Memoir Literary Elements

What is the sequence of events called?

• Plot

• Symbol

• Setting

• Theme

What does setting include?

• Time

• Place

• Symbol

• Time and place

While _ tells the story of an entire life, _ focuses on a single important moment.

• Fiction, nonfiction

• Memoir, autobiography

• Autobiography, memoir

• Novel, short story

Tone in writing is

• Emotion

• Thought

• Feeling

• Message

Because a memoir is written by a real person about their real life, we can trust them to tell the truth:

• Yes: they were there and know what happened

• Yes: most people are truthful

• No: memoir isn't always real

• No: everyone has biases and misconceptions

A symbol is

• A main idea

• Something that has meaning

• A concrete object that represents an abstract thought

• The message or meaning of the story

A symbol only works if it

• a complete sentence

• application to everyone

• colors and sounds

• 3 things in common with what it represents

Person v. person and person v. self are both types of

• Themes

• Conflict

• Plot

• Setting

A moral or message of the story is known as a

• Tone

• Theme

• Symbol

• Plot

A theme should

• Apply to everyone

• Be true to you

• Be a complete sentence

• Both blue and yellow