Type of Non-fiction:

MEMOIR
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MEMOIR
▪Comes from the French word
‘memoire’, which means ‘memory’
or ‘reminiscence’.
▪Focuses on an important event or
period in the life of the subject.
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Characteristics of Memoir
▪Narrative tales set in a character’s
past
▪Stories set during a short period of
time
▪A greater emphasis on feelings,
emotions, and perspectives versus
factual storytelling
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Elements of Memoir
✓An emotional journey of the author to connect
with the readers
✓Obstacles and overcoming
✓First-person point of view (I, me, my)
✓A specific theme.
✓Truth
✓Voice (author’s style of writing, tone, word
choices, syntax, and rhythm)
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Structures of Memoir
▪Flashback- Moving between past
to present
▪Chronological order- The order in
which the event happened
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Types of Memoir
✓Personal memoir
✓Survivor memoir
✓Confession memoir
✓Coming of age memoir
✓Travel memoir
✓Insider memoir
✓Celebrity & political memoir
✓Portrait memoir
 Types of Memoir
Personal Memoir
Based on a particular
experience or event
Most popular type of
memoir
 Types of Memoir
Personal Memoir
“I was small-boned and
skinny, but more than able
to make up for that with
sheer meanness.”
— Mary Karr, The Liar's Club
Types of Memoir
Personal Memoir
Mary Karr's haunting memoir
of growing up in East Texas
in the early 1960s, virtually
motherless, and fiercely
seeking to understand her
parents, their lives and their
relationship to her sister and
herself.
 Types of Memoir
Survivor Memoir
Author has performed heroic
feats of endurance, sacrifice,
intelligence, strength
Life-threating illness, survived
actual trauma, live through war
Types of Memoir
Survivor Memoir
After a childhood in Argentina and formative
years in England, Violet Jessop spent her
entire career at sea. She was a stewardess for
first-class passengers on the Titanic and she
wrote an absolutely unique eyewitness
account on the most written about disaster of
our time. Four years later, Violet was a nurse
onboard the hospital ship Britannic when it
struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the
Aegean. But Titanic Survivor is much more. A
unique autobiography for those who want to
know how it really felt, a story that could be
told only by a Titanic Survivor.
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Confession Memoir
Writers reveal life events
that have previously been
kept secret
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Coming-of-Age Memoir
These are the stories of the
transition between childhood
and adulthood
There should be a pivotal
event, awakening or lesson
Types of Memoir
Coming of age Memoir
Author and artist Jarrett J.
Krosoczka, the creator of the Lunch
Lady graphic novels, was raised by
his grandparents due to his
mother's struggles with addiction.
In this memoir, he recounts growing
up in a complicated and sometimes
troubled family.
 Types of Memoir
Travel Memoir
Writer create a first-person
account of unique
experience in unfamiliar
surroundings
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Travel Memoir
“When you’re traveling in India—
especially through holy sites and
Ashrams—you see a lot of people
wearing beads around their necks.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
 Types of Memoir
Insider Memoir
Witnessed something of major
significance
A story that can only be told
by someone who was there
 Types of Memoir
Celebrity Memoir
Writer shares his/her
experiences, feeling,
thoughts about life in the
public eye
 Types of Memoir
Political Memoir
Written by a person who
holds public office, like
presidents, as a form of
historical record
Types of Memoir
Political Memoir
Of Tyrants and Martyrs is an account of Manuel
Lahoz’s experiences during Martial Law. In this book,
he narrates his encounters with unsung heroes who
dedicated their lives to uphold human rights even
amidst dark times. The book tells stories of ordinary
people such as Fr. Zacarias Agatep, Deacon Santiago
Arce, Ama Macli-ing Dulag, Puri Pedro, Sr. Mariani
Dimaranan, and Bobby dela Paz who took
extraordinary tasks for the welfare of others. More
than a political memoir, the book aims to inspire the
younger generation not to forget the men and women
who lost their lives in their fight against tyranny.
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Portrait Memoir
Based on an event or experience
of a person who is not the
author.
These stories recount the
lessons learned from the
relationship
Types of Memoir
Portrait Memoir
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a
colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who
understood you when you were young and searching,
and gave you sound advice to help you make your way
through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie
Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty
years ago.
Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you
made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you
like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions
that still haunt you?
Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered
Morrie in the last months of the older man's life.
Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone
disease - Mitch visited Morrie in his study every
Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their
rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class':
lessons in how to live.
❖ “Accept what you
are able to do,
and what you are
not able to do.”
❖ “A teacher to the
Last.”
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