Memoir
Memoir is (choose one)
fiction, non-fiction, poetry, verse
What is non-fiction?
Name one type of conflict
What is Person vs. _________?
Two types of characterization
What are direct and indirect chracterization?
A word or short phrase that describes what a text is about
What is a topic?
Two elements that must be included in a basic APA parenthetical citation are
What are the author's last name and the year of publication?
Memoirs are about this
What is an aspect of an author's life such as a specific event event or relationship?
Define conflict as it relates to literature
What is the problem in a story?
This is the difference between the 2 types of characterization
What is direct characterization is told directly by the author and indirect characterization is shown
Provide AT LEAST 2 examples of a topic
What is Love, Loss, Growing Up, etc.?
The parenthetical citation should appear here in a sentence using a quote or information from a source
What is right after the quote and before the period?
The perspective memoir is written from
What is first person?
When writing about conflict, what strategy do we use to analyze the significance of textual evidence?
What is Say, Mean, Matter?
Which type of characterization requires readers to make inferences?
What is indirect characterization?
Explain the relationship between topic and theme.
What is... a topic is the subject of a text and a theme is the universal observation that the text makes about that topic?
The problem with this citation is:
“Social media affects teens’ self-esteem” (Smith 2021).
What is it’s missing a comma between the name and year?
"Social media affects teens' self-esteem (Smith, 2021).
This is the literary term for the author's message to the reader
What is theme?
Name all of the types of conflict we studied this year
What are Person v. Self, Person, Society, Nature, Technology, Supernatural?
"The detective's sharp, observant eyes scanned the scene, noticing details that the others missed."
Identify AND EXPLAIN the type of characterization used here.
What is indirect characterization?
Readers can infer that the detective notices clues and solves mysteries well because of his skills
This is how a reader can figure out the author’s message if it’s not stated directly
What is by analyzing character actions, conflicts, and how the story ends?
We use parenthetical citations in our writing when citing textual evidence to do this
What is to give credit to the original source and to avoid plagiarism?
These pronouns are used in composing a memoir to convey point-of-view
What are "I," "me," and "my"?
Identify the primary conflict in the scenario:
Desirée meant to charge her computer overnight, but she forgot. When she got to school, Desirée couldn't take her final exam because her Chromebook was dead.
What is person vs. self?
What acronym did we learn to identify elements of indirect characterization?
What is STEAL?
Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks
Jason becomes popular after posting a viral video, but he loses his real friends when he chooses popularity over loyalty. After facing backlash, he works to make things right.
Name two possible themes the author might be trying to show through this situation.
For example:
What are “it's important to stay true to yourself” and “real friendships matter more than popularity”?
You're writing about how a character changes over time. You include a quote from page 45 of a book by Susan Hall published in 2018. This is how you should format the citation:
What is (Hall, 2018, p. 45)?