Memoir

So, how can a 6-word memoir define you?

• It gives your date of birth

• It is a figurative snapshot of something of great meaning to you

• It is a biography of your life

• It traces your ancestors 

Which author is famous for the first six word memoir?

• Mark Twain

• John Steinbeck

• Ernest Hemingway

• Harper Lee

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.

Which feature was suggested to include in a memoir?

• dialogue.

• 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.

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.

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.

Memoirs should be written from whose perspective?

• From the perspective of whichever character is the most interesting.

• From my own perspective.

• From the perspective of all of the characters in the memoir.

• From the reader's perspective.

What is the point of writing memoirs?

• To get a good grade.

• To tell your readers about a real memory of yours that had a big impact on your life.

• To make up an interesting story about the future.

• To tell a bunch of stories about yourself for no particular reason.

Which sentence uses a lead/hook that "sets the scene?"

• We went to my grandparents' home.

• Each time we drive down the long, winding driveway to my grandparents' home, we are welcomed by the smell of sweet lilacs and the sounds of birds happily chirping in the dangling limbs of the willow tree.

• We visit my grandparents once a year.

• Today, I am going to tell you a story about visiting my grandparents.