PDF-Memoir tells a compelling story using truth, theme, 1st person POV nar

2 THEME. Headline . Summarize the desired. outcome using Power Messaging framework. Value Wedge. D. escribe the future state you want to describe and what the value wedge is based on Power Messaging . Personas. Catches the reader’s attention right away. First sentence of your introduction. Types of Hooks. Dialogue – . starts your paper with a conversation between two or more of the characters. “And where do you think you’re going?” my mother asked, glaring at me.. About the authors. Literary terms. Story Plot. Story Plot. Setting. – . where. and . when. the story occurred. Where?. When?. Protagonist . the . main character . in a story, novel, drama, or other literary . Objectives. You will be able to:. Analyze a story to determine its theme.. Demonstrate familiarity with new literary terms.. Take Out. Binder with Paper. What is a theme? Write this down.. The theme is the central idea of a story.. . on Friday.. Continue to brainstorm by…. Making a list of memoir topics (at least 5). Free write for a few minutes about the significance of that experience to you NOW. Reminder: You will be handing these prewriting materials (list and free write) in with your memoir drafts.. /. Point . of View. Who is telling the story?. Point of View (POV). = . is . the voice that tells a story. There are . FOUR. basic types of Point of View .  . FIRST . PERSON – major character. Main . - Ralph Fletcher. What is a memoir?. What is a . memoir. ?. memory. What is a memoir?. A memoir is an account of . your . personal life and experiences. . What is a memoir?. A memoir tells the story of an. Why do we read fiction?. The eternal answers to this question are two: enjoyment and understanding.. There are two different types of fiction- Commercial and Literary . Commercial Fiction- . Written and published primarily to make money, and it makes money because it helps large numbers of people escape the tedium and stress of their lives. . Biographies, Memoirs. , and . Autobiographies. Non- fiction can come in many forms: personal narrative, memoir, autobiography, and biography.. Everyone has a story to tell. Personal experiences help our foundations for thought and make us unique.. What is a memoir? . Memoir . tells a compelling story using truth, theme, 1st person POV narration, voice, and a fifth element—the M&Ms of writing, Memory and Musing.. 1. TRUTH. It . really happened. We know the trouble writers can get into by not remembering this. But the bigger dilemma is how not telling the truth leaves the reader; it not only weakens the relationship with the author, it destroys it. No longer trust them. This can be tricky because not everything in a memoir is word for word true. Who can remember exactly what their dad said at breakfast fifty years ago? Dialogue serves to further the theme.. A skilled author can suppress his own feelings and get across the feelings of the narrator in the story~ telling the story as the narrator would see it. . In persuasive writing, you may get to use your own point of view (opinion) in order to try to get your audience to believe or do something. . Literary Devices (elements and Techniques) of fiction Literary Devices of Fiction Setting Plot Character Conflict Point of View Theme Mood Dialogue Rhetorical Devices Flashback Foreshadowing Figurative Language Writing Lessons from Your Life in Memoir f rom Jump Start Your Memoir , a course with Deborah Wilbrink 3. STYLE COMPARISON Theme, Organization, & Titling Instruction Style Read Around in Groups Plot Diagram. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Plot. Plot is the sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed.. Most short stories follow a similar line of plot development. . Although sometimes an author may not follow the elements in the order given, these elements are always found somewhere in the story..