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memoir vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a Memoir?
a)
an account of a person's life written by that person.
b)
An account of a memorable event in a persons life
c)
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
d)
a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
2.
Memoirs are always written in which point of view?
a)
first person 
b)
second person 
c)
third person
d)
This is a trick question.  Memoirs can be written in any point of view.
3.

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

a)

are always about a bad experience.

b)

might be a story about someone else.

c)

are shorter than autobiographies.

d)

have a surprise ending.

4.

a writing by an author about themselves

a)

autobiographical

b)

theme

c)

personification

5.
Define foreshadowing.
a)
A flashback of what happened previously
b)
A hint at something that will happen later
c)
Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
d)
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
6.

A look back to an earlier event...

a)

Flashback

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

theme

d)

conflict

7.
What is conflict?
a)
Two characters getting along.
b)
A struggle between two opposing forces.
c)
The climax in a story.
d)
Part of the resolution.
8.

When an author's voice shows through a piece of writing, we see...

a)

The author's personality

b)

Facts

c)

Verbal pictures

9.
A simile.....
a)
tells what a person likes
b)
compares two unlike things using the words like or as
c)
compares two similar things 
d)
tells what a person is doing
10.

Hermione was like a walking dictionary.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

11.

Fred and George believe that the rules are begging to be broken.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

12.
Giving human characteristics to non-human things is:
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
13.

Carlos was the Einstein of his class.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

14.

What is a metaphor?

a)

is when someone compares you to something without saying like

b)

when you say a hint to someone

c)

when you compare with someone saying like

d)

I don´t know

15.

Symbols represent a concept or idea that is more significant (or more important) than the symbol itself.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The author's attitude towards a subject or audience.

a)

symbolism

b)

conflict

c)

tone

d)

personification

17.
Hyperboles are phrases that
a)
compare two unlike things
b)
exaggerate
c)
give person-like qualities to animals and things
d)
have a different meaning than the words.
18.

Which is true about sensory details?

a)

The purpose is to make writing more detailed and interesting

b)

They describe at least one of the 5 senses

c)

Both are true

19.
The part of the introduction that catches the reader's attention is called the...?
a)
Hook
b)
Background Information
c)
Thesis Statement
d)
Claim 
20.
The best definition of theme is...
a)
The lesson the author is teaching. 
b)
The message the author is sending.
c)
A word that summarizes the story.
d)
The character's main problem.

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