Memoir is another name for a whole life autobiography.

• True
• False

Memoir is another name for personal narrative.

• True
• False

Memoirs are usually written in 

• cause/effect text structure.
• problem/solution text structure.
• chronological text structure.
• any of these.

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Memoirs are always written in which point of view?

• first person 
• second person 
• third person
• This is a trick question.  Memoirs can be written in any point of view.

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One thing that is different when comparing memoir to autobiography is that memoirs

• are always about a bad experience.
• might be a story about someone else.
• are shorter that autobiographies.
• have a surprise ending.

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Which feature(s) would be good to include in a memoir?

• dialogue and figurative language

• similes and metaphors.

• a few things that didn't actually happen to make the story more interesting.

• a lot of big words to make yourself sound extra smart.

What do you do to come up with a good memoir story?

• Ask your teacher

• Look online

• brainstorm life events

• none of these

Memoirs should show some emotion.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A good memoir could be funny or sad as long as you make it up from your imagination.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The best memoirs

• Are based on famous people

• Are told like you are sharing with your friends about a time in your life

• Are easy to check and see if they really happened