Memoir Writing

The purpose of a Memoir is to explain something important about your life or yourself.

• True

• False

A narrative tells...

• a problem
• a story
• facts
• details

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A personal narrative communicates a distinct __________________ or overall feeling. 

• details
• dialogue
• mood
• solution 

Writers use _____________ - describing what they saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted.

• sensory details

• main ideas

• pictures

• mood

What is the point of view of a personal narrative?

• 3rd person view

• bird's eye view

  bird's eye view

• 1st person view

• narrator's view

A personal narrative is about...

• someone else's life
• a small moment in your life
• a bird's eye view
• your family

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A personal narrative should not show any of your emotions.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A personal narrative should be about an important...

• event in history
• a song that you like
• time in your life
• your family's memories

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is a Memoir?

• an account of a person's life written by that person.
• An account of a memorable event in a persons life
• an account of someone's life written by someone else.
• a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Elements of a Memoir include a ...

• honesty
• dialogue
• theme
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10