Which of the following would be an example of a memoir?

a person's story of his or her life experience - this one?
a reporter's article about an important event
a book about something generally unknown
a fictional story about magical creatures

An example of a memoir would be A. A person’s story of his or her life experience.

A memoir is a type of writing that consists of a collection of memories of a person that can concentrate on the public as well as private aspects of his or her life. The memories of the events narrated tend to be subjective and influenced by the way the writer perceives those events.  

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

the correct answer would be d.