Memoirs/Writing Process
A type of autobiography that is told as a story and usually focuses on a specific part of the author’s life, relating to an overall theme or message.
What is a memoir?
The who or what the sentence is about
What is a subject?
A story that relates to a young person’s shift towards adulthood through a new understanding of themselves.
What are coming of age stories?
A figure of speech that directly compares two things using the words “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
Using your five senses to help paint a picture in your reader’s mind by showing not telling.
What are sensory details?
The first stage of the writing process that includes brainstorming and organizing ideas and is completed before beginning a first draft
What is prewriting?
Multiple sentences that run together
What is a run-on sentence?
Believe in yourself, growing up is inevitable, and hard work pays off are...
What are common themes of coming of age stories?
A figure of speech that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas
What is personification?
A non-fiction, first-person story about a person’s entire life that is written by the person who the story is about
What is an autobiography?
A tool to help you check your work for mechanical errors such as spelling and incorrect grammar.
What is an editing checklist?
A complete sentence needs
What is capitalization, a subject and predicate, and punctuation?
Makes discoveries about the world and who they are and is socially and emotionally maturing are...
What are the characteristics of coming of age stories?
A figure of speech where two things that are normally unrelated are compared to each other
What is a metaphor?
The process through which one is able to see a situation from the viewpoint of another, understanding their feelings, intentions, thoughts, or view of a particular situation.
What is perspective taking?
A process that allows for students to provide and receive meaningful feedback from a classmate before turning an assignment in.
What is peer editing OR peer feedback?
The veterinarian.
This sentence is a...
What is a fragment?
The main character that experiences a “turning point” or a point of no return
Who is the protagonist?
"The perfect picture hung on the pretty porch" is an example of...
What is alliteration?
Smooth, freezing, furry, soft, and wet are examples of...
What are touch words?
The word that memoir has the same root word as.
What is memory?
Fix the sentence: The basketball player watched the game and he wished he was on the court.
What is...
The basketball player watched the game, and he wished he was on the court?
A turning point that represents a character's shift from _____ to _____.
What is...
Naive to Knowledgable OR Inexperienced to Experienced OR False View of the World to Realistic View of the World OR Immature to Mature
"Life is a rollercoaster that goes up and down" is an example of...
What is a metaphor?
Inner thoughts, figurative language, and sensory details are examples of...
What is descriptive writing?