Unit 1: Memoir Review

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The choices a writer makes about word choice, sentence structure, organization, figurative language, and details to convey meaning, relate a message, and produce a desired effect on the reader

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Author's Craft

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A narrative or story told in time order

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Chronological

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Word choices made by an author (example: palace vs. shack)

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Diction

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Writing meant figuratively, not literally, and used to make a point or create an image (includes simile, metaphor, personification)

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Figurative Language

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An interruption in the chronological telling of a narrative to go back in time and relate to an earlier event

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Flashback

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A form of writing such as memoir, informative text, mystery, correspondence, humor, technical writing, drama, movie script, recipe, song lyrics

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Genre

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Descriptive or figurative language that creates an image or picture in the reader's mind

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Imagery

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Writing genre that is the narrative telling of a true memory by a person who lived it

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Memoir

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The atmosphere of a narrative created through the setting, tone, and writer's choices, the feeling or emotions evoked in the reader (examples: eerie, lighthearted, tense, sentimental)

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Mood

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The perspective from which a narrative is told. Memoirs are told in first person, from the perspective of a person who lived the experience. This gives the advantage of walking through the story alongside the author and experiencing each of his or her emotions up close and seeing the events through his or her eyes.

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Point of View