Definitions
All in a Name—Memoir
100

Marking up a text with symbols, words, etc   

Annotate 

100

What word sounds like memoir.  It can also help you remember what a memoir truly embodies.  

What is memory?

200

This is a type of story.

What is genre?

200

It’s a change of heart or mind about something important.  It usually comes at the end of the memoir.  

What is epiphany?

300

Writing that has colorful descriptive language that lures the reader into the story.  

What is imagery? 

300

Somewhere that was considered home, until he realized he had to move on and be a nomad. 

What is the reservation?

400

How the narrator sounds….

What is tone?

400

This type of genre mixes realism with the otherworldly. 

What is magic realism? 

500

Based off of a real event, this genre makes the autobiography more story like, filled with description, strong sense of voice and an epiphany at the end.  

What is memoir?

500

This genre often has a young narrator, hero, or heroine who discovers something unique about themselves or their situation.  

What is “coming of age”?