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memoir v. reflection

• Similarities?

– interesting topic

–significance

–vivid details

memoir v. reflection

• Differences?

–Focus on writer (memoir)

–Focus on subject (reflection)

–Past (memoir)

–Present (reflection)

Opening strategies?

• Start in the middle of the action

• Start by describing a scene or image

• Start by seeing your reflection in a mirror or window

• Start at the end

• Start with dialogue

voice

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writer's voice • sentence structure

• word choice

• punctuation

• formal/informal

• chatty/conversational

• serious

• funny

• flippant

Peer editing • Exchange papers.

• Read carefully and thoughtfully. Twice.

• On the peer editing checklist, respond to your classmate’s essay.

• Be lavish with your praise when it's deserved.

• Exercise some empathy. (How would you respond to your criticism?) Be a friend.

• Return papers and discuss your comments.