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Review for Unit Test on Memoirs

Review for Unit Test on Memoirs. What is the definition of a memoir?. A memoir is a mode of life narrative. What are the four corners of a life narrative?. Style Setting Coaxer Emplotment. What are the two components of style?. Diction-word choice Syntax-sentence structure.

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Review for Unit Test on Memoirs

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  1. Review for Unit Test on Memoirs

  2. What is the definition of a memoir? • A memoir is a mode of life narrative.

  3. What are the four corners of a life narrative? • Style • Setting • Coaxer • Emplotment

  4. What are the two components of style? • Diction-word choice • Syntax-sentence structure

  5. What are the two components of setting? • Place • Time

  6. What is emplotment? • The order in which the memoir is told

  7. What are two types of emplotment? • Chronological • Achronological

  8. Boy by Roald Dahl • Style-detailed, descriptive, humorous, slang, British expressions • Setting-Llandaff, England, 1923 • Coaxer-to tell a story with a moral • Emplotment-chronological • Summary: Roald Dahl and his friends play a trick on the mean old woman who owns the candy store. They place a mouse in a jar of candy to retaliate for her filthiness and the way she treats them. Dahl thought that beastly people should be punished.

  9. Black Boy by Richard Wright • Style-informal, descriptive, personification • Setting-Memphis, Tennessee, 1915-1920 • Coaxer-to describe his childhood, his poverty, how he dealt with bullies, tell his experiences growing up as an African American in the US during the first half of the twentieth century • Emplotment-chronological • Summary: Richard is living in poverty with his mother and brother because his father has recently abandoned the family. His mother forces him to confront the bullies who have taken his money.

  10. “When I Lay My Burden Down” by Maya Angelou • Style-informal, descriptive, figurative language, some Southern dialect • Setting-Stamps, Arkansas, 1938 • Coaxer-to pay tribute to her grandmother, to tell what life was like for African-Americans during this time of segregation and racism • Emplotment-chronological • Summary: Maya watches her grandmother, who owns a store in Stamps, Arkansas, deal with a group of young bullies.

  11. “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi” by Mark Twain • Style-long sentences, archaic words, advanced vocabulary • Setting-a steamboat on the Mississippi River, late 1850’s • Coaxer-to tell about his life learning to be a riverboat pilot • Emplotment-chronological • Summary: Mark Twain begins his dream job learning how to be a pilot on a Mississippi riverboat. His boss, Pilot Brown, is cruel and abusive. Twain finally stands up to him and beats him up. The captain laughs and warns him not to do it again on board the boat.

  12. Related Texts • “My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough” • Poem by Stephen Spender • The speaker dealt with bullies by looking the other way and pretending to smile.

  13. Related Texts • Informational text about bullies • Parents are filing lawsuits when their children are bullied in school.

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