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UNLOCKED MEMORIES:
Writing the Story of Your Life
with ALEC GILL and AUDREY DUNNE
LISTENING / EVALUATION
SKILLS
F O R M
1. TITLE: appropriate for the story or misleading?
2. BEGINNING: Did it hook your attention?
3. LANGUAGE: How would you describe it - sloppy, inventive, rich, technical, complex, simple, confused, beautiful, homely, or
what ________?
Were any Figures of Speech used _______________?
4. S T Y L E: Did it suit the story - grand, boring, or what? Was there a plot,
conflict, suspense?
5. M O O D: sentimental, happy, sad, optimistic, depressing, humorous, or what
______________?
6. H I S T O R Y: Did the writing capture the spirit of the age?
7. READING VOICE: could you hear the reader - clear or mumbled? monotonous or
varied?
8. DESCRIPTIONS of PEOPLE: Did pen-pictures conjure up a clear image? Did
personality come across? Was it a family-centred story?
9. DESCRIPTION of PLACES: Were they evocative? Were you drawn into the atmosphere?
10. ENDING: Was it an anticlimax or uplifting?
C O N T E N T
A. Did this story stir any memories in your life?
B. What period of the reader's life was covered _____?
C. Will it inspire you to write about a similar topic?
D. If so, what _________________?
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