Memoirs

What is a Memoir?

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How are
Memoirs
written?
 The events
are in the
order they
occurred

How are
memoirs Usually told
in past tense
(-ed, was,
written? went)

(Cont.) Have
specific
characters
who were at
the event.

Uses a lot of
detail to
SHOW what
happened.

Shares the
author’s
feelings.
Let’s talk about memories…