Testimonio is an analytical practice in which the writer describes a real or imaginary scene, event, interaction, passing thought, memory, form, adding a personal reflection on the meaning of the item or incident, thought, feeling, emotion, or situation in his or her life.

Reflective writing is also analyzing the event or idea (thinking in-depth and from different perspectives, and trying to explain, often with reference to a model or theory from the subject.)

A true narrative is simply a person’s account of a journey to another country or place.

A travel article, though classified as a feature, still uses many of the traditional elements of a news story.

Reading is a key element of most memoirs and personal essays.

The form of the true narrative is undefined; the purpose in telling the story is to express a point or observation.

The word “blog,” a contraction of “web log,” is an informational web page that consists of discrete units called “page.”

Blogs can be personal, artistic, academic, or professional.

Testimonio is directly translated to the English word “testify.”

Testimonio is generally considered a fact-based third-person narrative of injustice, seeking to represent the experiences of a larger social group, with the aim of rallying support to create a more just future.

Testimonio gives writers the opportunity to use design, images, audio, and video to supplement their writing.

Reflection is a type of “showing” that allows memoirists to get their present-day perspective onto the page.

Travel literature may be cross-cultural or transnational in focus or may involve travel to different regions within the same country.

Creative nonfiction (CNF) is a form of storytelling that employs the creative writing techniques of literature, such as poetry and fiction, to retell a true story.

Memoir comes from the Greek word mémoire, meaning memory or reminiscence.

Biography is a collection of personal memories related to specific moments or experiences in the author’s life.

Memoir is written in third person point of view.

Unlike memoirs, autobiographies focus more on facts than emotions.

A personal essay is the story of events and circumstances of a person’s life, written by someone other than that person

Lyrical essay is a report on real life events using literary conventions and styles.

Biography is written about another person, often a celebrity or public figure, and told in second person point of view.

If Mrs. Worsham decided to write a book telling about her life from childhood until now, then she is writing a biography.

If Mrs. Chuang decided to write a children's book about an imaginary friend that came to life and helped a child through a hard time, then this could be a fiction type of genre.

The lyric essay contains similar subject matter as the personal essay, but is much more experimental in form.

Autobiography and memoir are both objective.

A memoir is written to reflect on and explore the emotion of an experience.

If President Obama wrote about his experiences in the White House, it would be an autobiography.

Jim Haskins writing "Matthew Henson: At the Top of the World". This could be an example of memoir.

Which of these contains a figure of speech?

All figures of speech draw on ______ to some degree.

Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare (Langston Hughes, "Mother to Son")

Turn off your television sets. Turn them off now! Turn them off right now! Turn them off and leave them off. Turn them off right in the middle of this sentence. I am speaking to you now.

Substituting the word “euthanasia” for “mercy killing" or "killing the terminally ill"

I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!

Let's just say that Bozo the Clown is not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.

The chug-a, chug-a, chug-a of the train echoed down the hill, while a cloud of smoke rose up to the blue western sky.

But the prisoner would not answer, he only lay with wide, dark, bright, eyes, like a bound animal. (D. H. Lawrence, England, My England)

You have a lot of work to do, so I'll lend you a hand.

Pitching pennies with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a pitter-patter of rain outside the Pitti Palace. (James Thurber, Lanterns and Lances, 1961)

O Western wind, when wilt thou blow That the small rain down can rain? Christ, that my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again! (Anonymous, "O Western Wind")

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. (Benjamin Franklin)

We talked with each other about each other Though neither of us spoke — (Emily Dickinson)

The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk (Billy Corgan, "Thirty-three")

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."