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Six Word Memoir

Six Word Memoir. Imagine you were writing your “life story.” What is your life story? Would you need to write a novel to explain everything, or could you tell about one event that helped shape you as a person? Journal: Make a list of the things/experiences/memories/attitudes that define you. .

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Six Word Memoir

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  1. Six Word Memoir • Imagine you were writing your “life story.” What is your life story? Would you need to write a novel to explain everything, or could you tell about one event that helped shape you as a person? • Journal: Make a list of the things/experiences/memories/attitudes that define you.

  2. Six Word Memoir Origen • “a narrative composed from personal experience.” • The Origin: Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith of Smith Magazine • AND Hemingway For sale: baby shoes, never worn. • Examples • Got here somehow. Where am I? • Achieving perfection can be so imperfect.

  3. Assignment: • Sum up your life as it stands right now or some aspect of your life in six words.

  4. SMITH PROJECT • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ejndNExso9M

  5. Six Steps

  6. Writing your Six Word Memoir • Sum up your life as it stands right now or some aspect of your life in six words. • Feel free to brainstorm words and phrases. • Try out different words and combinations. • Experiment with punctuation. • Write as many six words memoirs as you can. • Have fun!

  7. A Study in Diction • Diction: the writer’s choice of words; a stylistic element that helps convey voice and tone. • Synonym: • laugh: chuckle, giggle, cackle, snort, hoot

  8. A Study in Diction • Connotation: the emotions associated with a word beyond its literal definition (denotation). A connotation may be positive, negative, or neutral. • Label the following words as positive, neutral or negative: • Look, glance, stare, gaze

  9. A Study in Diction • Register: the level or formality or informality associated with a word. • Words may be mainly: • colloquial (slang) • informal (conversational) • formal (literary) • old-fashioned

  10. A Study in Diction • Sound and rhythm: the way the words sound and scan contribute to their appropriateness. • Words can be euphonious (pleasant sounding, e.g., languid, murmur) • Or cacophonous (harsh sound, e.g., raucous, croak) • Words can be monosyllabic (one syllable in length) or polysyllabic (more than one syllable in length).

  11. Choosing the Best Word • Now, revisit your six-word memoir. Choose one word from your six-word memoir for which you can experiment with multiple synonyms. • Write this word on your paper. • Make a list of synonyms.

  12. Choosing the Best Word • Arrange words according to relative charge in connotation and formality of register. • Rewrite your six-word memoir by substituting each synonym in the place of the focus word that you originally chose. How does your word choice (diction) affect the meaning of your different memoirs? • Choose the best six-word memoir and create a visual representation.

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