SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT A BIOGRAPHY IS?

What is biography?

• a request, a solicitation, or an attempt to get another person to join you at a specific event

• an official notification about something, wheter written or spoken which presented to the public

• a text that consists of detail information about someone’s life

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Is biography a fiction or non-fiction?

• fiction

• Non-fiction

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Do biographies have to be about a dead person?

• Yes

• No

• Always

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The story of someone's life written

by him/herself is a(n):

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Memoir

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What is the author's purpose for a biography?

• to describe the appearance of the person

• to describe the pets the person has

• to make up stories about a person

• to inform the reader about a person

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The information in a biography should be written in...

• Sequence order

• Chronological order

• Step-by-step order

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A biography should always be written in the first person point of view.

• True

• False

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

• I

• my

• she

• you

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This is a true story about someone's life written by someone else.

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Both

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A well written biography should also include drama, excitement, and suspense by including features of good storytelling, characters, setting, plot, etc

• True

• False

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