graph = writing

What do fans of famous authors, artists, and actors like to ask for?

• biographies

• autographs

• phonographs

• paragraphs

Answer explanation

the writing of one's own name

What do you call a book about a person's life written by someone else?

• autobiography

• autograph

• biography

• bibliography

Answer explanation

a book written about a person's life

The National Geographic magazine hired many experts in this area to create its many excellent maps.

• seismography

• bibliography

• cartography

• homograph

Answer explanation

mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts

What is another name for a record player?

• bibliography

• phonograph

• recordgraph

• homograph

Answer explanation

record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound

Which is a recording of images using light?

• phonograph

• homograph

• autograph

• photograph

Answer explanation

the use of light to record an image using a camera

What is the name of the device that tells scientists when an earthquake has occured?

• seismograph

• geograph

• homograph

• photograph

Answer explanation

a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth

What are many types of writing broken up into so that it makes sense and sounds clear?

• seismographs

• autographs

• bibliography

• paragraph

Answer explanation

a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence

If you are writing a report, this should be your last page.

• autograph

• bibliography

• autobiography

• homograph

Answer explanation

the written list of all the books used in a report or book

Many famous people write one of these about their lives.

• biography

• seismograph

• autobiography

• autograph

Answer explanation

writing about a person's life written by that person

A bow in your hair and the bow of a ship are called what type of words?

• homographs

• autographs

• seismographs

• homophones

Answer explanation

a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g., bow - hair and bow - ship)