Memoir

What point of view is used in a memoir?

• first person

• second person

• third person omniscient

• third person limited

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CCSS.RL.7.6

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

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CCSS.RI.6.6

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.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

Elements of a Memoir include a ...

• honesty
• dialogue
• theme
• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

All of the following are true about a memoir, except:

• it's autobiographical
• it's chronological
• it's told in first person
• it's emotional

How is a memoir different than an autobiography?

• It is not chronological
• It doesn't cover the writer's whole life.
• It's more story like.
• All answers are correct

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.9

A memoir is more emotional than an autobiography.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.9

A memoir has narrative structure, This means it is like reading 

• a book report
• a news article
• a biography
• a story

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.3A

A memoir is written about a person by another person.

• True
• False

A look back to an earlier event...

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• theme

• conflict