Autobiography vs Biography vs Memoir

What is an Autobiography?

• Account of person's life written by someone else

• Account of a person's life written by themselves

• Historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources

Which of these from the video are examples of Biographies?

• Mein Kampf

• Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

• Steve Jobs

• Bossypants

• Cleopatra

What is a Biography?

• An account of a person's life written by that person

• A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources

• An account of someone’s life written by another person

Which of these are considered elements of a Memoir? Check all that apply.

• Date and place of birth

• ABC story arc

• Life description

• Specific focus

• Slow pace

What is a Memoir?

• A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources

• An account of someone's life written by another person

• An account of someone's life written by that person

Which of these are elements of an Autobiography? Check all that apply.

• Vision of future

• Life description

• Education

• Meaning of life

Which of these, from the video, are examples of Memoirs? Check all that apply.

• Educated

• The Glass Castle

• John Adams

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

• Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

Which of these are elements of a Biography?

• Conclusion

• Education

• Work Experience

• Specific focus

• Vision of the future

Which of these, from the video, are examples of Autobiographies? Check all that apply.

• Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

• Becoming

• Unbroken

• Bossypants

• A Long Way Gone