Once More to the Lake

• Does the writer provide an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention?
• Yes, the introduction has a lot of sensory details in it that caught my attention.
• Does the writer focus on significant events in his or her life rather than trying to narrate his or her entire life’s story?
• Yes, the story is about all the memories that the writer has of going to this lake with his father during the summer.
• Do the descriptions of the characters or important objects in the memoirs include sensory details that help readers to visualize, hear, smell or feel them?
• Yes, the lake and the wildlife that surround it are almost always described with sensory details.
• Has the writer quoted speech or dialogue so as to reveal some important aspect of a character’s personality?
• No, there is no dialogue in this story.
• Does the writer narrate or describe events in a way that allows readers to connect them to experiences or relationships in their own lives?
• Yes.
• Has the writer explained the significance of the people, events, places, or objects in shaping who he or she has become? Does this explanation make sense in relation to the events, people, places, and things described throughout the memoir?
• Yes, yes.
• Does the writer provide a conclusion that reinforces the point of the story?
• Yes.