Memoir Unit Vocabulary Terms

He is as cold as ice!

This is an example of a:

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She is a ray of sunshine!

This is an example of a:

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This term describes the author's tone, attitude or emotion in their writing.

• Symbolism

• Voice

• Vignette

• Forshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

This term provides a warning or clues to the reader as to what will happen next.

• Voice

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

• Ancestors

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The use of an object or image to represent (stand for) something else.

• Foreshadowing

• Recollection

• Voice

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A TRUE story about a person's life experiences.

• Memoir

• Novel

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Term for: Family member who were born/lived before us.

• Characters

• Ancestors

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The term for : Recalling a past event for the reader.

• Symbolism

• Flashback

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

A memory that we recall/remember and choose to share in our writing.

• Recollection

• Symbolism

• Ancestors

• Metaphor

Beliefs and traditions that are practiced by a group of people:

• Symbolism

• Ancestors

• Culture

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2