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Memoir Writing

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

True

b)

False

2.
A narrative tells...
a)
a problem
b)
a story
c)
facts
d)
details
3.
A personal narrative communicates a distinct __________________ or overall feeling. 
a)
details
b)
dialogue
c)
mood
d)
solution 
4.

Writers use _____________ - describing what they saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted.

a)

sensory details

b)

main ideas

c)

pictures

d)

mood

5.

What is the point of view of a personal narrative?

a)

3rd person view

b)

bird's eye view

bird's eye view

c)

1st person view

d)

narrator's view

6.
A personal narrative is about...
a)
someone else's life
b)
a small moment in your life
c)
a bird's eye view
d)
your family
7.
A personal narrative should not show any of your emotions.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
A personal narrative should be about an important...
a)
event in history
b)
a song that you like
c)
time in your life
d)
your family's memories
9.
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.
10.
Elements of a Memoir include a ...
a)
honesty
b)
dialogue
c)
theme
d)
all of the above
11.
A memoir should be written in first person
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Covers a part of a person's life rather than all of it
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Memoir
d)
Personal Narrative
13.
If President Obama wrote about his experiences in the White House, it would be a/an ...
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Both
d)
Neither
14.

The point moment of highest emotional intensity in the plot.

a)

Crisis

b)

Resolution

c)

Climax

d)

Exposition

15.
A series of events arranged to tell a story.
a)
Rising Action
b)
Plot
c)
Crisis
d)
Climax
16.

Non-fiction writing is

a)

personal

b)

real

17.

A memoir is a form of narrative writing.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A memoir focuses on the writer's entire life.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

A memoir reveals the writer's feelings about the event in their life.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

A memoir should be written like a narrative (story).

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The climax of a memoir is when the character changes, realizes, or learns something.

a)

True

b)

False

22.
A personal narrative should not show any of your emotions.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
A personal narrative uses words like...
a)
he, she, them, they
b)
I, me, my mine, myself
24.
flash of lights in the night sky-
is an example of which sensory detail?
a)
sound
b)
sight
c)
touch 
d)
taste
25.
Dialogue is 
a)
Action at the end of the story
b)
The conversation between characters
c)
Authors point of view
d)
Chronological order
26.

What is an event?

a)

dialogue

b)

something important that happened

c)

a true story about your life

d)

Everything

27.

Which of the following describes the sense of smell.

a)

He bit into the juicy apple.

b)

His breath was minty fresh when we spoke.

c)

His eyes were as blue as the ocean.

d)

He was singing like an injured cat.

28.

Which one of these sentences uses the sense of touch?

a)

The fruit tasted sweet.

b)

We heard a dog barking next door.

c)

The thorn on the rose felt sharp.

d)

The smell of pepper stings brought tears to his eyes.

29.
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The sweet perfume of the flowers filled the room.
a)
sight
b)
touch
c)
taste
d)
smell
30.
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The sun's rays warmed my face as I stepped outside.
a)
smell
b)
sight
c)
touch
d)
taste
31.
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The monster had bright green, scaly skin with purple freckles, and orange tufts of fur on his head.
a)
taste
b)
sight
c)
touch
d)
smell
32.
These are examples of which sense?
loud, crunch, bark, slam, boom
a)
touch
b)
sound
c)
smell
d)
taste
33.
These are examples of which sense?
aroma, scent, perfume
a)
taste
b)
sound
c)
smell
d)
sight
34.
These are examples of which sense?
Soft, squishy, rough, smooth
a)
taste
b)
sight
c)
sound
d)
touch
35.
These are examples of which sense?
Sour, sweet, tangy, delicious, gross
a)
taste
b)
smell
c)
sight
d)
touch
36.
These are examples of which sense?
bright, dark, shiny, dull, colorful
a)
sound
b)
sight
c)
taste
d)
touch
37.
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue.
a)
taste
b)
touch
c)
sight
d)
smell
38.
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house.
a)
sound
b)
sight
c)
touch
d)
taste
39.
It was too dark to see in the cave, but I tasted the tang of salt on my lips.  I must be near the ocean!  Excited, I moved toward the salty spray. 
What sense did the writer describe?
a)
smell
b)
sound
c)
taste
d)
sight
40.
Barefoot, The warm mud molds my feet.
a)
see
b)
hear
c)
touch
d)
taste
41.
By mistake, I grabbed a pink sticky mound of gum from under the table. 
a)
hear
b)
taste
c)
smell
d)
touch
42.
The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb.  Which sense is being described?
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Smell
d)
Hear
43.

What are sensory details?

a)

Descriptions that appeal to our 5 senses

b)

Personal reflections or feelings

c)

Memories that we have had

d)

Real life experiences in writing

44.

What is a setting?

a)

dialogue

b)

the character feeling

c)

character thinking

d)

the place in your story

45.

The most exciting part of the story is called the _________. The height of tension or emotion/action.

a)

Setting

b)

Exposition

c)

Climax

d)

Rising action

46.
What is the definition of plot?
a)
The lesson in the story
b)
The sequence of events in the story
c)
The turning point of the story
d)
The conflict in the story
47.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
climax
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
48.
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?
a)
exposition
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
resolution
49.
What is conflict?
a)
a struggle between two forces
b)
The time and location in which a story takes place 
c)
how the author arranges events to develop his basic idea
d)
The person in a work of fiction
50.
Your personal narrative must have included sensory details.
True or False? 
a)
True
b)
False
51.

The buzzing sound of the plane filling the air.

Which sense helps you to know the sound?

a)

hear

b)

taste

c)

touch

d)

smell

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