Deconstructing Memoirs Please copy into the Writing Assignments section of your notebook.

After reading Burroughs’ “Something Isn’t Right,” respond to the following questions… Create a chart like the one that follows…

Memoir Title Substance Sensory Details Layout “Something isn’t Right” -- What is the significance of the title? -- Does it have a symbolic or metaphoric meaning? Substance -- What is the significant moment that the text focuses on? -- Time frame? -- Describe the memoir’s tone? -- Setting? Sensory Details -- Which sensory details are included? -- See, feel, hear, smell, taste Layout -- Important passages -- Important lines of dialogue “Something isn’t Right” Choice read

Choose another memoir from the front table. Read and respond to the same sets of questions in the chart.