Memoir
Conflict
Characterization
Theme
Citations
100

Memoir is (choose one)

fiction, non-fiction, poetry, verse 

What is non-fiction?

100

Name one type of conflict

What is Person vs. _________? 

100

Two types of characterization

What are direct and indirect chracterization?

100

A word or short phrase that describes what a text is about

What is a topic? 

100

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?

200

Memoirs are about this

What is an aspect of an author's life such as a specific event event or relationship? 

200

Define conflict as it relates to literature

What is the problem in a story? 

200

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 

200

Provide AT LEAST 2 examples of a topic

What is Love, Loss, Growing Up, etc.? 

200

 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?

300

The perspective memoir is written from

What is first person? 

300

When writing about conflict, what strategy do we use to analyze the significance of textual evidence? 

What is Say, Mean, Matter? 

300

Which type of characterization requires readers to make inferences? 

What is indirect characterization? 

300

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?  

300

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).

400

This is the literary term for the author's message to the reader

What is theme? 

400

Name all of the types of conflict we studied this year

What are Person v. Self, Person, Society, Nature, Technology, Supernatural? 

400

"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 

400

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?

400

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?

500

These pronouns are used in composing a memoir to convey point-of-view

What are "I," "me," and "my"? 

500

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? 

500

What acronym did we learn to identify elements of indirect characterization? 

What is STEAL? 

Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks

500

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”?

500

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)?