Memoir

Why does someone write a memoir?

• To tell their whole life story

• To tell how they were feeling when they experienced a certain event

• To tell retell a story someone told them

How is a memoir different than an autobiography?

• An autobiography tells more a single event in a persons life

• A memoir is focused on facts

• A memoir is written with a collaborative writer

• A memoir is more concerned with personal truth.

Elements of a Memoir include a ...

• honesty

• dialogue

• theme

• all of the above

The purpose of a Memoir is to explain something important  in your life or yourself.

• True

• False

Memoir

• The writer shares a portion, or time, of his/her life. Can cover several events.

• The writer shares their whole life story.

• The writer shares someone else's whole life story. 

• The writer shares one event that occurred in their life. 

The writer of a memoir writes about something that 

• he/she doesn't give a second thought to.

•  required research of several sources.

•  impacted his/her life.

•  you would see in an argument essay.

What should a memoir include according to the text?

• A clear story arc and three-dimensional characters

• Only facts and no feelings

• Only the author's achievements

• Fictional events

A memoir must show some sort of:

• Reflection

• Conflict

• Irony

• 3rd person POV

What is a Memoir?

• an account of a person's life written by that person.

• An account of a memorable event in a persons life

• an account of someone's life written by someone else.

• a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

What 6 word memoir should be written below the image?

• Flowers were waving him a hello

• I fumed like an angry bull

• Horrible, chilly, cold tragedy without hope

• Footsteps of doom could be heard