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Composition 7 Unit 2
Autobiographical Incident
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An ____________ is a life story told by the person whose life it is. | autobiography |
| An ____________ is a specific event. | incident |
| An essay describing an event in the writer's life, told by the writer, is an _______________________ essay. | autobiographical incident |
| An _____________________ is like a short story, except that it is about something that really happened to the writer. | autobiographical incident |
| The ____________ introduces the characters and situation and gets the reader interested. | beginning |
| The ____________ develops the events and shows how the characters respond to problems. | middle |
| The ____________shows the main problem being solved and answers the crucial questions, “Why is this experience important enough to write about?” and "What point is the writer trying to make—what does it all mean?" | ending |
| The writer’s craft includes all the techniques a writer uses, such as pattern of organization, style, and __________________. | point of view |
| , in almost all autobiographical incidents, the writer uses the _____________ point of view, the "I" point of view. | first-person |
| Most autobiographical incidents, like most other stories, are arranged in _________ order. | chronological |
| _____________ are when the writer offers the reader a glimpse at something that happened earlier in the action. | Flashbacks |
| A good story should ____________ its reader from the beginning, and so most autobiographical incidents begin with a catchy statement or an action that will grab attention. | hook |
| Most stories use ____________ to show what the characters are like and to create a sense of reality. | dialogue |
| In an autobiographical incident, it is especially important to create a ____________ with words. | feeling |
| To make it work, the writer must match the essay's _______ and ________ to its purpose. | tone; voice |
| The ___________of an essay can sometimes be described in one word, such as joyous or gloomy. | tone |
| The writer usually wants the reader to ___________ with his or her emotions. | sympathize |
| Writers use many ____________ to open their minds to the topics within them. | techniques |
| When writers ____________, they let their minds wander within a broad area, such as "Interesting Things I Have Done." | brainstorm |
| ____________ is brainstorming on paper. | Freewriting |
| You give yourself a subject area and a time limit, start your pen moving, and keep going until time is up. | Freewriting |
| You can use_________________ to research your own life. | journal entries |
| Some writers find that _____________ help them select topics and organize ideas. | graphic organizers |
| Any visual device that helps you is a __________ organizer. | graphic |
| ___________________ are among the most often-used graphic organizers. They group, or cluster, details and connect them to the main topic to help you remember events. | Cluster diagrams |
| Autobiographical incidents are naturally organized in ___________________, since they are about events that occurred in time. You can list your clustered details in chronological order. | chronological order |
| Another common graphic organizer is a ___________, a simple chart showing the sequence of events in a story. | story map |
| A _________________can show how you might set out the beginning, middle, and ending of your essay. | story map |
| An autobiographical essay should narrate events using ___________ language rather than telling language. | showing |
| ____________ language is vivid, descriptive language. It paints pictures with words. In contrast, telling language states dry facts. | Showing |
| "It is raining" is a __________ sentence. "Slow, fat drops spatter the soil with wet sounds" is a showing sentence. | telling |
| _____________________ is a kind of showing language because it shows exactly what is said, rather than reporting characters' statements indirectly. Quotation marks begin and end each character's words. | Direct dialogue |
| ______________________ helps show the author's thoughts and feelings. | First-person point of view |
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