Notaro

• Does the writer provide an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention? Yes, it's inviting and automatically starts introducing Pop Pop as a man that's becoming sickly and has "his ways" much like my grandparents.

• Does the writer focus on significant events in his or her life rather than trying to narrate his or her entire life’s story? This author is great! I follow her clearly and don't have to go back and read the essay multiple times to get a grasp of what she is talking about. She includes the perfect amount of necessary information and not too much of her own life.

• 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, you can visualize when she goes to the grocery store with Pop Pop and everybody disappears because of his abrasive nature. Reminds me of my Dad and Granny.

• Has the writer quoted speech or dialogue so as to reveal some important aspect of a character’s personality? Yes, she's trying to be patient with her Pop Pop, but at the same time laughing at his choices ( I do this with my Granny alllll the time).

• Does the writer narrate or describe events in a way that allows readers to connect them to experiences or relationships in their own lives? OH 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, the story is about how her Nana and Pop Pop are set in their ways, but still onry enough that they do what they want anyway. She tries to mediate, but it just doesn't work.

• Does the writer provide a conclusion that reinforces the point of the story? Haha yes, Pop Pop is going to do whatever the heck he wants even if he almost gets ran over by a car.