Life Stories

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A memoir differs from an autobiography because it

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Focuses on specific themes/experience

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Which book is a famous memoir about surviving genocide?

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Night by Elie Wiesel

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Mala Yousafzai's life story is best associated with advocating for ?

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Gender equality In Education

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What is the key difference between an autobiography and a biography?

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An autobiography is written by the subject, Biography is written by someone else.

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Nelson Mandela's life story teaches the power of?

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Forgiveness and reconciliation

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A memoir is a type of autobiography that focuses on the author's entire life.

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False

Answer explanation

Memoirs focus on the specific themes, events, or periods

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Which of these is an autobiography? Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Becoming by MIchelle Obama, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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Becoming by MIchelle Obama

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Why might an author choose to write a memoir instead of an autobiography?

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To focus on emotional truths and specific experiences.

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Biographies always require the subject's permission to be written

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False

Answer explanation

They can be written with or without the subject's involvement.