Literary Nonfiction

A biography is written ____.

• by you about yourself.
• by you about any topic.
• by you about about another person. 
• by someone else about any topic. 

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An autobiography is written ____.

• by you about another person.
• by you about yourself.
• by another person about any topic.
• by you about any topic.

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Which is an example of First Person point of view?

• I was born in San Antonio, TX.
• Matthew was born in San Antonio, TX.

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Which is an example of Third Person point of view?

• I was born in San Antonio ,TX.
• Matthew was born in San Antonio, TX.

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Which of the following is an example of an autobiography?

• "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Anne Frank
• "John Adams" by David McCullough
• "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
• "James Madison" by Ralph Louis Ketcham

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What key word helps the reader know that the text is written in FIRST point of view?

• you
• he
• she
• I

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In what point of view is an autobiography written?

• First point of view
• Second point of view
• Third point of view

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How are biographies and autobiographies similar?

• Both are written in the same point of view.
• Both texts talk about the life of a real person.
• Both can be written after the person passes away. 

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Memoirs are always written in which point of view?

• first person 
• second person 
• third person
• This is a trick question.  Memoirs can be written in any point of view.

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One thing that is different when comparing memoir to autobiography is that memoirs

• are always about a bad experience.
• might be a story about someone else.
• are shorter that autobiographies.
• have a surprise ending.

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