Museum Indiansby Susan Power

Autobiography(Auto=self, bio=life, graph=written)

Memoir

•True=Non-Fiction

•First-Person point-of-view

•Focuses on a specific

event or time period in

the author’s life, and

includes the author’s

feelings about those

events

•Memories that are

important to the

author’s life, or

unusual

Reading a memoir is a lot like reading someone’s diary—filled not just with what happened, but also describing how the person felt about what happened.

Literary DevicesTechniques an author uses to convey his or her message

Figurative Language

Allusion

Imagery

Repetition

Symbols

Types of Figurative Languagefigurative language: words that are not literally true. Used to add detail and make writing more interesting.

SimileA comparison using the words “like” or “as”

MetaphorA direct comparison that does NOT use the words “like” or “as”

AllusionAn allusion is a figure of speech that refers to past literature, history, or culture.

symbolSomething that stands for , or represents, something beyond itself

RepetitionRepeating a word or phrase to emphasize it!

“I Have a Dream” speech“I have a dream…”“With this faith…”“Let freedom ring..”“Free at last…”

vocabulary•chide—to scold or criticize•despondent—loss of hope/confidence•expiration—act of breathing out•nominal—small, insignificant•recap—retell, summarize•resonate—have an effect or impact on•requisite—needed or necessary•repatriate—return someone to their birth country