Memoir Unit Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Unable to cause harm, peaceful.
  2. 3. Extremely common; found everywhere
  3. 4. The genre all memoirs should be a part of.
  4. 8. For something to be unavoidable; definitely going to happen.
  5. 9. This word describes the way the author uses words to "paint a picture" of a scene in their story.
  6. 13. To represent the idea of another concept.
  7. 14. A chapter from the memoir "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah.
  8. 15. The order in which the author tells their story; organization is very important in story telling!
  9. 16. The country that Trevor Noah was born in.
  10. 21. The title of Michelle Zauner's band.
  11. 23. This word describes the way in which the author uses word choice to strengthen the meaning of their story.
  12. 26. The way which the author writes their memoir, in place of using facts or textual evidence.
  13. 28. To be unfiltered; completely telling the truth about something.
  14. 29. A sentence that has a subject, verb, and other parts of speech to convey clear meaning.
Down
  1. 1. In proportion to, to increase in size according to another thing.
  2. 5. Well-known for a bad deed or bad quality.
  3. 6. A sentence that lacks a subject or a verb, therefore making it an incomplete sentence.
  4. 7. False; a sham.
  5. 10. Inspiring love and affection.
  6. 11. The Korean food, grocery and beauty market that Michelle Zauner visits in her memoir.
  7. 12. As a writer of a memoir, you use these to fill your memoir with rich details that only you know about.
  8. 17. In science, the concept of combining two things together.
  9. 18. To be unable to be satisfied; always hungry.
  10. 19. The type of government and law system that was prevalent during 1948-1990s in South Africa.
  11. 20. The nickname Nelson Mandela was given by the people of South Africa.
  12. 22. To have doubts; very suspicious
  13. 24. The idea that something is a natural part of something.
  14. 25. The township in Johannesburg, South Africa where a large portion of land was set aside for black workers to live on- with no official housing or plumbing.
  15. 27. To be completely stressed out to the point of breaking.
  16. 30. To have a strong interest in something.