memoir | creative nonfiction

Setting Context

• Creating tension within the first few paragraphs

• Beginning in the middle of a climatic moment

• Providing helpful clues and clarifying details

• Reflecting on past events

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

In Media Res is...

• Latin

• Stands for "at the beginning"

• Stands for "in the midst of things"

• Can be an interesting way to begin a story

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The intended message or life lesson is

(a)  

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The sun happily greeted everyone, "good morning!"

• Hypberole

• Personification

• Simile

• Sarcasm

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Syntax is the arrangement of words in a sentence.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Repetition is a part of syntax.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Hyperbole is...

• likely to happen

• unlikely to happen

• impossible

• an exaggeration

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Rising...

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Show-Don't-Tell

• A technique which uses sensory details

• A technique which uses imagery

• A technique which uses simple language

• A technique which uses strong word choice

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Characterization is the process where

• theme is solely created

• the intended audience learns about side characters

• characters are revealed purposefully

• syntax is used

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3