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Duplicate of Memoir Characteristics
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A memoir should
not
only include the details necessary to the story.
False
True
2
What can be an authors purpose?
To Persuade
To Entertain
To Inform
All of the above
3
What is an autobiography?
story with made-up characters
story written about a person by that person
story written about a person by someone else
4
What point of view is this?
Third person
First person
Fourth person
Second person
5
dialogue
the language of a person or character
Conversation between characters.
the way how a character speaks
6
A
good
memoir has the following elements
EXCEPT:
descriptive language
Second person point of view
dialogue
just enough information for the reader
7
What point of view is this?
Third person limited
Third person omniscient
Second person
First person
8
What is a memoir?
an account of a person's life written by that person.
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.
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Which point of view says "
you
?"
Third person
First Person
Second Person
10
What is "tone?"
the attitude or feeling of a text
exaggeration for effect
a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
repetition of beginning sounds in words that are close together
11
Memoirs can read and sound like a diary.
False
True
12
What is a "biography?"
an account of someones life written by someone else
a story of someone in the future
an account of someones life written by themself
an account of a fictional character's life
13
The sensory details in a story are details that ________.
use just sights and smells
use the five senses
use big words
use dollars and cents
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A memoir is about
something made up
someone else's memory
a person's entire life
one specific memory
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Elements of a memoir include:
All three
A true story
A theme or purpose
Real, informal dialogue
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A memoir is:
Literary Fiction
Literary Nonfiction
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what is authors purpose?
Why the author wrote the story
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what the story is about
The summary
18
Which are examples of figurative language?
simile, metaphor, personification
paraphrasing, underlining, highlighting
verbs, nouns, and adjectives
integrity, persistence, ownership
19
What is flashback?
Answering a question.
a scene set in a time earlier than the main story.
The place or time that the story takes place.
What "sets up" the story.
20
What are first person words?
I, yours, and my
yours, be, and I
I, me, and my
21
How many events does a memoir focus on?
two
four
one
three
22
What is point of view?
None
Eyeshadow
The perspective that the story is written in
The theme
23
What is the major
difference
between a
memoir
and an
autobiography?
Only famous people write memoirs.
Memoirs are written in 1st person and autobiographies in 3rd
Autobiography is their entire life; Memoir is one memory.
They are both basically the same
24
Which of the following statements is
NOT
a characteristic of a memoir?
It uses sensory details
It develops characters through thoughts, dialogue, etc.
It focuses on the writer's relationships
It maintains a third person point of view.
25
True or False: Memoirs must be nonfiction.
True
False
