Monday, November 29, 2010

Personal Narrative & Memoir

For this assignment, I would like you to sythesize your experiences with writing in the personal narrative and memoir genres by describing the similarities and differences.

Write one full paragraph on the similarities between the genres and a second paragraph on the differences.

81 comments:

  1. Writing the memoir and the personal narrative I noticed some things that were the same and some that were different.
    A thing that I noticed that were the same between the memoir and the personal narrative is that they are booth memories from the narrator's life.
    Some things I noticed were different. One thing I noticed was that the personal narrative was a short moment and the memoir is over a period of time. I also noticed that in the memoir we made up a character and made up a memory and in the personal narrative it was about something that happened in our lives.

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  2. I loved this h.w assignment! I love tht we get to create our own character!It was easy for me because I'm already writing a novel, but it was diffrent because I got to add something new to my story.

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  3. Well, personal narrative and memoir are the same, because they both incorporate the "show" part of writing, and also, each genre is written in first-person narration. Those are the ways they are the same.

    The differences of memoir writing compared to personal narrative are switching from show to tell. Also, as a personal narrative takes place in just one small moment, memoir writing has many different moments, like beads on a string. Each "bead" is a moment in memoir writing that the main character encounters. Those are how the two are different.

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  4. In both my personal narrative and my memoir I've noticed some similarities. I've noticed that in both I had to use dialog. Also I had to establish the setting.

    I noticed differences in the two as well. In the personal narrative I had to use the "show-don't-tell" technique constantly. As opposed to the memoir when I had to alternate from show to tell throughout the piece. In the memoir I had to make up a character and the characters situation witch made it a little bit more challenging.

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  5. The similarities between the genres are they are both told in first person, each have dialog. Both are telling a story or event in time.
    The differences are memoirs are longer periods of time while narratives are shorter. The narrative should not have tell, memoir has to have tell.

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  6. Some simialarities that i found with memoirs and personal narratives is that they both are from the "I" perspective. They are also both about personal stories in your characters life.
    Some differences that i found between personal narratives and memoirs are that Memoirs can jump forward in time, while personal narratives take place usually in one setting in the same day. Also personal narrative is an acual story that happened in your own life, while with a memoir you have to make up a personal narrative story for your character. One last thing is that Memoris have a pattern ( Tell,show,tell,show,tell) and always end with a life lesson.

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  7. some similarities between the personal narrative and the memoir is they both are in first person narration another simalaritie is that they both need dialoge.
    some differences are the memoir every time you change the speaker you make a new paragragh another is you tell parts of the memoir and in personal narrative you only show.

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  8. The similarities between a memoir and the personal narrative are: they both are in the "I" perspective and the a point in the life.

    The differences are: the memoir jumps into time and personal narratives dont and memoir uses the tell-show-tell-show-tell-show-tell method of writing

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  9. writing the memior and personal narritve i notice that it mostly suppose to be in first person narration and there the point of the eyes and brain.That In memior it tell-show-tell-show-tell-show-tell-show-tell and in personal narrative its show dont tell those are some diffrences in personal narrtive and some likes between both memior and personal narritve

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  10. One of the differnce that personal narrative have is that they don't have to be describing of what happend and what was the describing of what happend to that character.
    And the other one is the one that has no tell and no show because you have decribe what happened or show there feelings and there action.

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  11. Andraa Nelsina McCarthy ^.^ >.> <.< ^.^November 30, 2010 at 12:24 PM

    Some of the simialarities I found were both of the writings were from the "I" perspective. They both tell a story of a spacific character.

    Some of the differences between memoirs and personla narratives. Personal narritives don't use "show tell show tell" and memoirs do. Memoirs end with the lesson learned.

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  12. They both have dialoge and tell. They set up the problem and introduce the issue. They tell the lesson learned. They break up small moments with tells. Example: string together a series with small moments with tells minimum: tell-show-tell-show-tell. Also who, when and what.

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  13. The diffrence between the genere is that memoir is a small memorey from the past. Personal narratives are personal and dont need to be small or big it can be more of a free write.

    The simalarities of a memoir and a personal narrative is that they are both from your life.another simalaritie is that tere both big things about your life.

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  14. Some simialarities I noticed with memoirs and personal narritives is , they both can be written in first person narration.
    The differences that I noticed between memoirs and personal narratives is , in memoir your comming up with a character and creating there life. But with personal narratives your writting about your life and its a true story.

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  15. A personal narrative is something that you use show don't tell technique amd that was the difference that i found out that a memoir does not have.

    A memoir is when you make up a character but you like make it something that happened in your life.

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  16. Some similarities that I found between the memoir and the personal narritive was the "I" perspective and the dialoge.

    Some difference I found between the memoir and the personal narrative was that the personal narrrative used the show dont tell technique and the memoir used the tell-show-tell-show technique. Another difference I noticed was that we had to write about a moment in our lives for the personal narritive and for the memoir we had to make up a charecter.

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  17. Personal narritive is you writing small moments about your life and memoir is you making up a character with everyday problems with his/hers life.
    Personal narritive and memoir are the same because in both stories they both have problems in it.

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  18. The differences are personal narriative is a true story that happened in your life, and memior is a story that could happen to someone with a life lession learned at the end. The similarites are they are stories that can happen in real life.

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  19. Some Similarites Are: 1.They both have dialouge in the story.
    2.They both are about a character that is usually about the person writing the story.

    Some differences Are: In Memiors, it can be real but it's usually not based on a true story.
    In personal narratives, it is about the person writing it, but with a different character used in the story.

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  20. Personal narratives and memoirs are similar because they are both written in first person. They are also stories about something that has happened in your characters life.
    Personal narratives and memoirs are different because personal narratives are only a small moment in your characters life and ususally you are descriptive and show what happens in only a small amount of time. In memoirs, your character learns a life lesson and there is a tell-show-tell-show process.

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  21. In personal narrative and memoir they're similar because "show don't tell" and it has dioluges in each sentence.And telling the characters life. Like in the persons feelings it shows same time.The differences is that they have actual real life like a pattern like show,tell,show and tell in real life lesson for each story telling.

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  22. Some similarities that memoir and personal narrative have is that they both come from the "I" perspective. Memoir and personal narrative both are about a characters life. Memoir and personal narrative both are about one small moment in the characters life.

    Some differences that memoir and personal narratives have, are that memoirs can go forward in time, personal narratives take place on that day in one setting. Another difference that memoir and personal narrative have is that personal narrative is about one small moment in your life and memoir you have to make up a character for your story. One last thing is that memoir has a lessoned learned and it has a pattern:tell-show-tell-show-tell-show and personal narrative doesnt have a certain pattern or a lesson learned.

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  23. Similarites between Personal Narratives and Memoirs are 1) They both use first person narration. 2)They both use dialogue.
    Differences between Personal Narratives and Memoirs are 1) Memoirs is a small moment and personal narratives can be a small moment or big moment. 2) Personal narratives are real life moment and memoirs are based on real moments or can be real.

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  24. The differences between Personal Narrative writing and Memoir writing is that in Personal Narrative writing you are writing from your experience that is important to you, While in Memoir writing you have to make up a character ,make a problem for them to face and make a life learning lesson.Also in Memoir you have this on going pattern of showing-telling-showing-telling.In Personal Narrative you are mostly showing the person how you felt,instead of telling the person what happened specifically. The similarities between Personal narrative writing and Memoir writing is they both can use "I" as in I (you) or I (your character). Also both of them are memories from the person's life.

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  25. While I was writing the memoir and the personal narrative I noticed some things that were the same and some that were different between the memoir and the personal narrative is that they are both memories from the narrator's life.
    And the things that I notice that were different for example in the memoir at the end the character always learn a lesson and in the personal narratives the character at the end always solves the problem. And another thing I notice that was different is the memoir is base on a short moment and a personal narrative is always using a plot line.

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  26. In both of the personal narrative and memoir writing genres, there are some similarities and some differences. For instance, when writing the personal narrative, you tried to write in show don't tell as much as possible. We also had to write about something that happened in our lives. Personal narratives also happen in one moment, while memoirs can jump around. The memoir writing is also different because you follow a specific format of show, tell, show, tell and end with a life lesson. Lastly, the memoir is different because we are all writing about a fictional character's life that we made up instead of writing about our own lives.
    These genres in writing are also similar in many ways including, writing both in first person, they tell about someones life, they each have dialog, and both use show in some or all of the writing.

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  27. One similarity’s that I saw in both the memoir writing and personal narrative is that we used we took an important time in a person’s life and we wrote about it. Another is that we had a problem and revealed it with a life learned lesson.
    A difference about the personal narrative we use the show don’t tell technique, but in the memoir writing we did a show tell-show-tell format of genre. Another thing would be in the memoir we broke up the narrative writing with brief tells that reflected on the character

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  28. The things that would be the same in the personal narrative and the memoir would be that they establish the setting the date and time and have alot of dialog also the show don't tell technique.
    The differences that I could see were that in the narrative you had to choose a small period of time and expand it as in a memoir you have a long time period with big details and showing and telling.

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  29. Some similarities I found in both memoirs and personal narratives are: they are both first person narration. They are also personal stories about your life (or your characters life)

    Some differences I found are: personal narrative are stories about you; and,
    memoirs are stories about your character. In a memoir, your character always learns a life lesson.

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  30. some similarites in a memoir and a personal narrative is that they are both from the "i" perpecitve and they are both a memorie of a persons life.
    some differences between a memoir and a personal narrative is thats a memoir is of a moment or time where you learn a life leson and a personal narrative is of a time that is zoomed in and given lots of details.

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  31. A similarity I found between the personal narrative and memoir that it is used from the "I" perspective. They both are from parts of your life.
    A difference between them is that a personal narrative is a small moment and memoirs are parts of your life strung together to make the conclusion of it being a life lesson that u learned. Memoirs also have a pattern to them when personal narratives don't

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  32. The similarities of Personal Narrative and Memoir are that they are both real moments. Also they are both told in first person narration, and they both include dialog.

    The differences of Personal Narrative and Memoir are that memoir has tell in it and personal narrative doesn't. Another is that the memoir can jump ahead in time meanwhile the personal narrative cannot. The memoir doesn't not have so much of a plot but more a lesson learned while the personal narrative has a plot and can have a lesson learned.

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  33. In writing personal narrative and memoir there are many similarities and differences. The similarities of personal narrative and memoir are that they are both written in the first person. Another similarity is that they both stories about life experiences.
    The differences between personal narrative and memoirs are that personal narrative has to have a plotline and a memoir does not. Another way they are different is that personal narrative only uses show and memoir uses both show and tell.

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  34. A similaritie beween personal narrative and memoir is that they are both stories that have happened in the narrarators life. A difference between memoir and personal narrative is that personal narrative covers a short period of time, and memoirs cover a long period of time.

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  35. Personal narrative and memoir are alike because they both are told in first person narration,they are both stories about life experiences,having dialogue complements both the personal narrative and memoir, and they both use the "show, don't tell" strategy.
    Personal narrative and memoir are different because a memoir is showing a life lesson, a personal narrative is something that was important to you, you didn't necessarily learn a life lesson. Another difference is that a personal narrative follows a plotline, a memoir does not. Also a memoir takes place over longer periods of times, personal narrative are basically small moments blown up in detail.

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  36. The similarities between personal narrative and memoir is that they both have a problem to overcome. Another similarity is they both have a life less. Lastly, they both are told from the "I" perspective.
    The differences between personal narritave and memoir is that personal narritive is a story of something that happened to someone and a memoir is a memory someone has.Another difference is that personal narritive is strictly show and memoir switches from tell to show.Lastly, in a memoir there has to be a lesson learned and in personal narritive it isn't as required.

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  37. Personal narratives and memoirs are similar because they are both pieces of writing, clearly. They both are pieces written about a life (not necessarily about the author).They both revolve around a characters life, which you write, cramping your hand in the process.
    Personal narratives and memoirs are different because one has a life lesson in it. They are both different because one is about a memory. The personal narrative is just a piece of your life, while a memoir tells of a life lesson learned. One must be a memory in your life, while the memoir can be someone made up, as long as there’s a life lesson involved.

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  38. I did both of them.

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  39. Natalia Drozdowska(:December 2, 2010 at 11:56 AM

    The personal narratives and memoirs are similar, because they both use the same format, they both include dialouge, show-and-tell techinque, narrative language, and they are both written in the first person narration
    The personal narratives and memoirs are different, because in the memoirs you tell the problem, and not show the solution like you would in a personal narrative. Another differences is that you show small moments, not a bigger idea. In memoir you also use a process of show-tell-show-tell-show.

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  40. Personal narratives and memoirs are alike because they are both written in the first person. They are stories about something that has happened with your character.
    Personal narratives and memoirs are different because personal narratives are a small moment that happened to yor character. and ususally you show what happens in a short amount of time. In memoirs, your character learns a lesson and the story has a tell show timeline.

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  41. personal narritive and memoirs are similiar because they both are writing and they both are writing about a characters life,but the part how they are diffrent is how a memoir is a short moment that had happend in the past and a personal narritive is just a piece of your life.now that we handed in a memoir today I know alot more about memoirs.

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  42. Personal narratives and memoirs are similsr because they are both realistic because they could happend.There also similar because they have main characters,and they both have a life lesson.

    Personal narratives and memoirs are similar because Personal narrative is like about you and your memories.Memoir are like made up but have a lesson.

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  43. Personal narratives and memoirs are the same because they both are writin in the first person narrative and their both about a moment that happen in the past.
    Personal narratives and memois are different because memoir has a life lesson learned and it can be made up ,also it uses show and tell and memoir is a memory someone has.Personal narratives is a small moment that happen in your life and it only use show and it doesnt have a life lesson learned.

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  44. BrItTaNy StAlTaRe..... :D .. :PDecember 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM

    The things that they have in common are that personal narratives and memoirs are about a few small moments in your characters life. They are both in an “I” perspective.

    Some differences in personal narrative and a memoir are that a personal narrative is about you a memoir is about a character that has a special moment in their life but it isn’t about you. A memoir is about something that can happen and a personal narrative is so something that happened to you already.

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  45. Some ways that memoir and personal narrative are similar are that they both are written in the "I" perspective. They both are about the characters life. They both are about few small moments in a characters life.


    Some ways that memoir and personal narrative are different is that memoir can go forward in time and personal narrative take place on that day in one setting. Personal narrative doesnt have a lesson learned or a certain pattern, memoir has pattern of tell-show-tell-show-tell-show-tell and has a lesson learned.

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  46. Juliana Cintron -LeonardoDecember 2, 2010 at 12:29 PM

    Some similarities between memoir and personal narrative are they both have dialogue. Another similarity is they are both based on moments in your life.

    Some differences between personal narrative and memoir is that personal narrative is based on a small moment in your life and memoir is based on a huge moment in your life. another difference is personal narrative goes by only show and memoir goes by show and tell.

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  47. The persoanl naritive and memoirs are similer by useing the letter "I" as in you your self, as of your charecter too. When you wright the personal narritive you are useing the show don't tell stratergie.also you wright about yourself.when you wright in memior you have to make a charecter and you have to make them go through a problem

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  48. A similarity that a memoir and a personal narrative have is that you are writing with the "I" perspective, even if it's about you or not. Also in both a personal narrative and a memoir, it's about a small moment in your character's life.
    A memoir's format can be "tell-show-tell-show-tell" or you break up a small moment by using tells. A personal narrative's format is an introduction paragraph followed by a couple of body paragraphs and finally a conclusion paragraph. Also a memoir is about a lesson that you or your character learned during the experience. In a personal narrative however, it's just a small moment in your life that you decided to write about.

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  49. Personal narratives and memoirs are simalar because they both have descriptive words and dialouge.
    They are different because memoirs have both shows and tells and personal narratives use the "show don't tell" technique.

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  50. The silmilarities between a personal narrative and a memeoir is that they both are in the first person narration and they both are about someone's life.

    The diference between a personal narrative and a memeoir is that a memoir is about someone learning a leason and a personal narrative is about a conflict being resolved.

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  51. Memoirs and personal narratives are pretty similar. They both have to do with somthing from your memory(or your character's). They also have at least 4 parts of show in them. Last but not least,they both can have symbolism in them. This is how memoirs are similar.
    Of course, personal narratives and memmoirs are also pretty diffrent. Memoirs can have a long time period while personal narratives have to be written about a small moment in your life. Memoirs use the tell show tell show stratgy. Personal narratives show the entire time. Finally, in memoirs you learn a lesso instead of having a plotline. This is how memoirs and personal narratives are diffrent.

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  52. the personal narrative and memoir are the same because they are both written in first person narration and also a moment or moments in your or your characters life.

    the personal narrative and memoir are different because a memoir is a longer period of time and also there is a lesson that is learned.

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  53. Memoirs and personal narrative are a like and different from each other. One way that they are different is that personal narrative has show don't tell. And in memoir it has both show and tell starts off with tell and ends with tell.
    And they are both similar because they us a lot and dialog , details and others. They are also alike because they should have a problem and at the end it has its resolutions.

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  54. Memoirs and personal narratives are somewhat the same. The similarities are that they both have show in them. They also both have some sort of symbolism in them (mine was a squeaky locker). They are also the same because they both have a little bit of dialogue.

    There are many differences between a personal narrative and a memoir. One difference is that a personal narrative is written in first person narration and a memoir isn’t. Memoirs can have a long time span, but personal narratives have to be written about a small moment in your life. Another difference between the two is that a memoir is written in Show-Tell-Show-Tell-Show and a personal narrative isn’t .

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  55. The personal narrative and meoirs are a like and different for some resons.The meoirs are about a short moment in your own life but in a Personal narrative you make up a character and th problem isn't realy solved, its a bout the lesson learned.
    Their the same because their both witten in first person and a moment in a characters life.

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  56. Personal narrative and memiors are the same because they are both told in first person, and they both have dialog and are all told by the main charater like in the tell tale heart becuse the narrater was the main charater.

    Memoir and person narrative are different because a personal narrative is about the writers life and a memoir is about a character that the writer makes up and puts him/her into a real life scenario.

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  57. personnel narrative and memiors have many similarities and differences. for instance memiors have a show-tell-show format. while a personnel narrative is all show. also a personnel narrative focuses on a really small event. while a memior has to have a life lesson in it in order for it to be a memior. finally a personnel narrative has to be about yourself while a memior could be a made up .

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  58. Some similarities between personal narrative and memoir are that they both used the "show" strategy. Also they both included dialogue. In both pieces I noticed that an easy and good way to display the "show" strategy was to use dialogue.
    Some differences between memoir and personal narrative was that in memoir you use the "show" and you use the "tell". In personal narrative you only use the "Show" strategy. Also in memoir the point of the piece is to teach lesson. In personal narrative the piece is just about a small moment in your life that doesn't usually involve learning a life lesson. Another difference is that a memoir takes place during a long period of time. In personal narrative takes place over a short period of time.

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  59. Personal narrative and memoir writing are similar because they both include small moments from your character's life.Another way they're similar is that they both are told in the "I" perspective.
    Personal narrative and memoir are different because memoirs are a series of small moments while personal narratives are just one small moment.They're also different because memoirs have a moral to them and personal narratives are just stories.

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  60. Memoir and personal narrative are the same because they both usually contain dialogue and descriptive writing. They also are about someone's past experiences.
    They are different because a memoir has a purpose to be written and have a lesson learned in the end. They also usually have symbolism

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  61. Some of the similarities are that they are both said in first person. Also they both are about a small moment in our life or lives. They also could have deep detail/dialog. Next there usually is a problem and at the end it is resolved. Some differneces is that in a memior it is both show and tell while in personal narrative it has show don't tell. Also in a memior the character learns a lesson and fixes a problem. In personal Narrative there is not a lesson learned and sometimes there is a problem but not all the time. Finally memior's happen over a long period of time but personal narrative's focus on a small single moment

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  62. There are many similarities in Memoirs and Personal Narratives. One of them is that their both in first person narraration. They can both also have symbolism in them Showing a symbol of what is going to happen in the story. Good and Bad. Also, they both have to do with real life expiriences, and they both have diolaugue.
    There are also many differences in Memoirs and Personal Narratives. One of them would be that Personal Narratives happen in a very short time, when Memiors can go on for a several amount of time. Another difference is is that Memiors have a lesson in them, when Personal Narratives use the whole story plotline. Also, Personal Narratives should be all show, when Memiors switch off from show to tell.

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  63. Some similartiers are the it's about a persond life and that it's first person narrative.Also in memoirs and personal narratives there is many difference because memoirs its show and tell one paragraph about show aand another one with tell and it keeps repeating.Personal narrative you wanna show more then tell.

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  64. Personal narratives and Memoirs have some things is common. Like that they both incorperate dialouge. Also that use the show dont tell strategy. Finaly they both can have symbolism.
    Personal narrative and Memoirs have differences to. Personal narratives tend to be less longer or take place in a shorter period of time when memoirs tend to be the opposite. Another difference is that memoirs have a life lesson that is told by the end of the story. Finally memoirs use tell-show-tell-show while in personal narrative you try and just use shows.

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  65. The simialr things in writting personal narratives and memoirs are that they are both written in "first-person-narration" They both also are small moments in a persons life that can have deep detail or diolag.And both can show symbolism to show what will happen next in the story, good or bad.

    The diffrences between personal narratives and memoirs is that personal narratives are about real people in thir lifetime. However, a memoir is a made up charecter. Another diffrence could be that personal narratives cover a very short amount of time, as for memoirs can go up to a very long period of time. Memoirs also teach you a lesson and switch from show to tell personal narratives just use the whole story plotline and are all tell.

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  66. One thing that personal narratives and memoirs have in common is that they are both told in first-person narration. They are both written from a moment in the narrators life.

    Some of the differences between a personal narrative and a memoir are that when a writer writes a personal narrative, they write about something that actually happened to them using people's real names. When a writer writes a memoir, they write about a moment in the characters life, using different names then the actual people.

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  67. The similarities that memoirs and personal narratives are that they both use dialogue. Another similar aspect is that when you write them you use first person narration. They also both use figurative language.

    Some differences that memoirs and personal narratives don't share are that memoirs tell the problem. Another difference is that in a personal narrative you can do unorganized sets of tells and shows. In a memoir you use a pattern of tells and shows and always has to start with a tell an end with a tell. In a personal narrative you can start and end with anything you like.

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  68. Jessica Rose NicholsonDecember 5, 2010 at 11:34 AM

    There are a lot similarities in memoir writing and personal narrative writing. In both stories you are writing about a memory from someone's life. Both writing pieces have a certain rule that they have to follow. Both of them are descriptive at a point by using dialogue or descriptive language. Last but not least, they are both told in 1st person.
    Memoirs and personal narratives also have a lot of differences. In this type of memoir we wrote about a made up memory, and in the personal narrative it was based on a real memory. In personal narrative writing you follow the rule "Show, don't tell", and in memoir writing you follow the rule " Tell, show, tell, show...". A personal narrative is very descriptive, and although the memoir can be descriptive you tell more than you show.

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  69. There are similarities and diffrences between memoirs and personal narratives. A similarity with memoirs and personal narrative's are there both about you, or the fictional character you make up.Another similarity is that there both written in first person narration.

    There are also differences like memoirs need a plot line when personal narratives dont.another difference is memoirs go on and off with show and tell when personal narratives are usually all show.

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  70. Some of personal narratives, and memoirs similarities are that they are both from the first person narration.

    Some differences are between the personal narratives and memoirs are that memoirs talk about a characters life, ad a personal narrative is something that happened to the authors life

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  71. Personal narratives and memoirs have alot of simularities and diffrences. Some sinularities are that they both tell a story in first person
    narration. Another one of there many simularites is that they both are about a small moment that gives a close up and a perspective on it specifically. A simularitie that usually shows up is a problem inside that moment or a thinking that is advantually resolved throught the moment.They Both Include Diagalouge and a reasoning to a real life story that would make sence. Memoirs and personal narratives may be alike but there also is various diffrences. Such as memoirs can be over a varying period of time but personal narratives are one short moment in the writers life expierience. Another diffrence is memoirs switch off between show and tell and personal narratives are just show. One last thing that can vary is sometimes a memoir has a life lesson learned and personal narrative just has a problem solved. Those are most of the simularites ad diffrences between personal narratives and memoirs

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  72. Personal narrative and memoir are alike because they both involve same train of thought but from a couple if things they are both in first person. you need dialog in both narrative and memoir.

    Personnel narrative focuses on a small moment in time and have a life lesson.memoir can be of anything you want it to be about.

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  73. There are many similarities in Memoirs and Personal Narritives. One of them is they have to do with real life situations. They are both in first person narration. Another way they are similar is you use symbolism in both. When you use symbolism you are showing good or bad times in the story through other things.
    There are also many differences in Personal Narritives and Memoirs. one of them is that a Personal Narritive is over a short time period and a Memoir could be over a year or more. In a Personal Narritive you have to use the show don't tell technique in a memoir you don't. A Memoir has a lesson at the end, Personal Narritves dont't. A Personal Narritive has a plot line to it and a Memoir follows the tell show tell show tell and always ends with a tell.

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  74. The simularities I noticed between writing a memior and a personal narrative was it was first person narration and each was about real things happening to us.
    The differences I noticed are that in a personal narrative its a small moment in our lives and in memiors its over a long period of time and it shows how we learn a life lesson.

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  75. Some Similarities in Menmoirs and Personal Narratives are that they are both in the first person narration. They both have symbloism. They also have Dialogue.
    There are differences in Memoirs and Personal Narratives. One of them is that Personal Narratives are just one little moment in a Idea.While in a Memoir its a bigger idea but not a huge idea. Memoirs also have a life lesson in them.Personal Narratives usually are all show while Memoirs go from show to tell.

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  76. Personal narritive is the same as memoir because they both have dialogue, although I found memoir had more dialogue. Another thing that is alike is that they are both written in first narration. They also can both have symbolism if the author wants to have symbolism.

    Personal narritive and memoir are different because they personal narritives are zoomed into one very small moment in your life, memoir can be a over a long period of time. Another reason they are different is because personal narritive is mostly show, and you try to show in narritives as much as possible. In memoirs you use a show-tell-show-tell format, and you always end in a tell.

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  77. Personal narritive is the same as a memoir because a they both tell a story about your self and the obstical you had to over come, and what you did to solve that obstical.

    the difference between a pernonal narritive and a memoir is that an personal narritive is that you are telling a story about you and i think you use less dialouge. Where as the memoir you can write either about you or a fictional character .

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  78. Personal narritive and memoirrs are simialar because they both can have symbolism and they both are simialar because they both can be first narration>

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  79. Writing a personal narrative and memoir have similarities and differences.One similarity I notice is that they both have dialogue.Another similarity is that they are both memories.A difference I noticed is that a memoir is over a period of time.And a personal narrative is a small moment in someones life.Also a memoir has a show-tell-show-tell format.And personal narrative is mostly show.

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  80. There are many differences and similarities between a memoir and a personal narrative. The similarites are that both use dialogue. They also both in first person narration.

    Theres are a couple differences but there is one big one. The big differece is the memoir is over a big period in time. The personal narrative is a day or even a hour or 10 minutes.

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  81. Personal narritives and Memoir were very different and a lot alike.
    They were alike because they both told a story and they both had dialouge. The narration in both was 1st person.

    The two were different because personal narritives zoomed up on one small moment in your life and memoirs are over a long period of time. Memoirs also relied more heavily on dialouge.

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