Memoir Characteristics
The Glass Castle
Propaganda
Allegory
Animal Farm
100
Memoirs must be based on...
The truth/personal experiences.
100
Who wrote The Glass Castle
Jeanette Walls
100
I'm a dentist and my own children only brush their teeth with Crest.
Testimonial
100
Napoleon
Stalin
100
Who wrote Animal Farm?
George Orwell
200
Memoirs are always written in...
First Person
200
Who was Billy Deal?
The boy who had a crush on and tried to rape Jeanette.
200
She is a liar and a murderer!!!
Name-calling
200
Mollie
Vain and Selfish People
200
Animal Farm is an allegory for...
The Russian Revolution
300
In a memoir, the author’s choice of memories to revisit focus on a particular ______________, or truth that the author has learned from his or her experiences.
Lesson
300
What does it mean to do the "skedaddle?"
Sneak away in the middle of the night to avoid some consequence.
300
Thousands of teenagers already chew Hubba Bubba chewing gum!
Bandwagon
300
Moses
Religion
300
Are rats comrades?
Yes.
400
Memoirs differ from biographies in the sense that they focus on _________ instead of ___________.
Emotions, events
400
How does "sink or swim" explain Rex Walls' parenting style?
He let's his children either succeed or fail without much interference or help.
400
Grey Poupon mustard only lets classy people like its page on Facebook.
Snob Appeal
400
Snowball
Trotsky
400
What is the first evil action that the pigs do?
They take the milk.
500
In a memoir, the writer takes a _____________stance in looking back on a particular time in his or her life.
Reflective
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! FOR 1,000 POINTS, What does Fire symbolize, in The Glass Castle?
Change.
500
The president is photographed eating a hot dog with his family at a picnic table.
Plain Folks
500
Squealer
The Propaganda Department
500
What happened to Boxer and why is this significant in its relation to allegory?
Once he got injured, he was sold by Napoleon to the glue factory, for his hoofs. This is significant because, by the end of his reign, Stalin betrayed even his closest followers.
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