Autobiography
A person's account of their own life
Memoir
A true account of experiences from someone's life
Narrative
A spoken or written account of events
Narrator
The person telling the story
Biography
Writing about someone's life
Anecdote
A short, interesting story about a real event
Chronological
Arranged according to time
Description
Language that gives details about something
Dialogue
Conversation between people in a text
Chronology
Events arranged in time order
Reflection
Thinking carefully about an experience
Setting
Where and when a story occurs
Perspective
A particular way of viewing something
Theme
An important message or idea developed in a text
Characterization
How an author reveals someone's personality
Sequence
The order in which events occur
Hyperbole
Deliberate exaggeration for effect
Recollection
Something remembered from the past
Humor
Writing intended to amuse the reader
Flashback
A scene that returns to an earlier event
First-person
POV using I, me, my, and we
Figurative language
Language that goes beyond literal meaning
What school does Mrs. Mattos' daughter attend?
University of Oregon
Author's purpose
The author's reason for writing
Nonfiction
Writing based on real people/events/information