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Memoir Characteristics
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What can be an authors purpose?
To Inform
All of the above
To Entertain
To Persuade
2
What is "tone?"
repetition of beginning sounds in words that are close together
exaggeration for effect
the attitude or feeling of a text
a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
3
What is the major
difference
between a
memoir
and an
autobiography?
They are both basically the same
Autobiography is their entire life; Memoir is one memory.
Memoirs are written in 1st person and autobiographies in 3rd
Only famous people write memoirs.
4
Which point of view says "
you
?"
Third person
Second Person
First Person
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dialogue
the language of a person or character
Conversation between characters.
the way how a character speaks
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What point of view is this?
Third person limited
Second person
First person
Third person omniscient
7
A memoir should
not
only include the details necessary to the story.
True
False
8
What is an autobiography?
story written about a person by someone else
story written about a person by that person
story with made-up characters
9
What are first person words?
I, me, and my
I, yours, and my
yours, be, and I
10
What is flashback?
Answering a question.
The place or time that the story takes place.
What "sets up" the story.
a scene set in a time earlier than the main story.
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A
good
memoir has the following elements
EXCEPT:
Second person point of view
just enough information for the reader
dialogue
descriptive language
12
what is authors purpose?
The summary
what the story is about
pizza
Why the author wrote the story
13
Memoirs can read and sound like a diary.
True
False
14
The sensory details in a story are details that ________.
use the five senses
use dollars and cents
use just sights and smells
use big words
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What is point of view?
The perspective that the story is written in
None
Eyeshadow
The theme
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A memoir is:
Literary Fiction
Literary Nonfiction
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What is a memoir?
An account of a memorable event in a person's life
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
an account of a person's life written by that person.
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How many events does a memoir focus on?
two
three
one
four
19
What point of view is this?
First person
Third person
Second person
Fourth person
20
Which are examples of figurative language?
paraphrasing, underlining, highlighting
verbs, nouns, and adjectives
simile, metaphor, personification
integrity, persistence, ownership
21
What is a "biography?"
an account of someones life written by themself
an account of a fictional character's life
an account of someones life written by someone else
a story of someone in the future
22
Which of the following statements is
NOT
a characteristic of a memoir?
It maintains a third person point of view.
It focuses on the writer's relationships
It uses sensory details
It develops characters through thoughts, dialogue, etc.
23
A memoir is about
something made up
a person's entire life
someone else's memory
one specific memory
24
Elements of a memoir include:
All three
A theme or purpose
A true story
Real, informal dialogue
25
True or False: Memoirs must be nonfiction.
False
True
