1. Memoir genre: agree or disagree
Learning Target: Readers understand the genre of memoir.
Memoir genre: agree or disagree

2. Choose a memoir author that you recognize:
Gary Soto
Jerry Spinelli
Roald Dahl
Eric Carle
Beverly Cleary

3. Memoirs are written in the first person.
Agree
Disagree

4. The main character in a memoir should not change in any way.
Agree
Disagree
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5. It’s okay to include background information that is not related to the memoir if it will amuse the reader.
Agree
Disagree
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6. Memoirs help the author, and the reader, make sense of the author’s life.
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7. The author refers to him or herself as “I” not “he,” “she,” or “one.”
Agree
Disagree
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8. The memoir should include enough background information for the reader to understand the events of the memoir.
Agree
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9. The author must include all the details of what happened even if they do not add to the overall effect of the story.
Agree
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10. Detail should advance the action or the meaning of the story.
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11. Memoirs are true.
Agree
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12. It’s good to have a lot of detail, even about unimportant things.
Agree
Disagree
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13. Memoirs are _________________.
Plays
Speeches
Fiction
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14. A memoir is about _____________________.
The author's entire life.
A single memory that takes place in a limited time period.
An experience that will happen to the author in the future.
The experiences of a family member of the author.
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