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1
Elements of a memoir include:
All three
A theme or purpose
A true story
Real, informal dialogue
2
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.
3
True or False: Memoirs must be nonfiction.
False
True
4
What is point of view?
The perspective that the story is written in
None
Eyeshadow
The theme
5
What is the major
difference
between a
memoir
and an
autobiography?
Autobiography is their entire life; Memoir is one memory.
Memoirs are written in 1st person and autobiographies in 3rd
Only famous people write memoirs.
They are both basically the same
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What are first person words?
yours, be, and I
I, yours, and my
I, me, and my
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A
good
memoir has the following elements
EXCEPT:
descriptive language
dialogue
just enough information for the reader
Second person point of view
8
Which point of view says "
you
?"
Second Person
Third person
First Person
9
Which are examples of figurative language?
paraphrasing, underlining, highlighting
verbs, nouns, and adjectives
integrity, persistence, ownership
simile, metaphor, personification
10
A memoir is:
Literary Nonfiction
Literary Fiction
11
What is a "biography?"
an account of someones life written by someone else
an account of someones life written by themself
a story of someone in the future
an account of a fictional character's life
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dialogue
the way how a character speaks
Conversation between characters.
the language of a person or character
13
A memoir should
not
only include the details necessary to the story.
True
False
14
What is a memoir?
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
an account of a person's life written by that person.
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
An account of a memorable event in a person's life
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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
16
What point of view is this?
Second person
First person
Third person limited
Third person omniscient
17
What is flashback?
What "sets up" the story.
Answering a question.
a scene set in a time earlier than the main story.
The place or time that the story takes place.
18
What can be an authors purpose?
All of the above
To Entertain
To Inform
To Persuade
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A memoir is about
a person's entire life
something made up
someone else's memory
one specific memory
20
Memoirs can read and sound like a diary.
False
True
21
How many events does a memoir focus on?
four
one
two
three
22
What point of view is this?
Fourth person
Second person
First person
Third person
23
what is authors purpose?
The summary
what the story is about
pizza
Why the author wrote the story
24
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
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The sensory details in a story are details that ________.
use dollars and cents
use the five senses
use big words
use just sights and smells
