Memoirs

exposition

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

Dialect

A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

Conflict

A struggle between opposing forces

Memoir

A true story written from personal experience by the narrator about only a small portion of the author's life.

voice

A writers distinctive use of language

Biography

A written history of a persons life that is generally written by someone other than the person

Tone

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Resolution

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

falling action

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

rising action

Events leading up to the climax

first point of view

Memoirs are written in first person view. First person point of you tells a story from the author's perspective. You see pronouns such as I, me, mine, we, and ours.

Plot

Sequence of events in a story

Expository

Style of writing with the purpose to inform the reader; factual texts

Autobiography

The life story of a person narrated by him/herself; historically tends to be more of a list of narrative telling of life events rather than a more reflective self-telling

Setting

The time and place of a story

Narrative

a story

complicating incident

an important early event that signals the start of the action of a story and introduces the conflict

dialogue

conversation between two or more characters within a story

explicit

definite, clearly stated

Chronological order

events are sequenced in terms of time or order

Voice

individual style of writing; memoirs are written like a narrative

Jargon

special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

purpose

the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.

Climax

the turning point of the story