Memoir, Autobiography, and Biography

A life story that the author writes about his or herself.

• Biography

• Memoir

• Autobiography

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B

CCSS.W.7.3A

Focuses on one specific memory or topic in their life instead of their entire life story.

• Biography

• Memoir

• Autobiography

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B

CCSS.W.7.3A

When two people in a story are talking together.

• Sensory Details

• Figurative Language

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B

CCSS.RL.7.3

Two major characteristics of memoirs.

• Birth dates and Chronological Order

• Emotional details and Dialogue

• Bold actions and Memories

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B

T or F: Autobiographies focus on only one main event that the author experienced.

• True

• False

T or F: The author's thoughts can work like internal dialogue in a memoir or an autobiography.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B

T or F: Biographies are when an author writes someone else's life story.

• True

• False

T or F: When an author writes a person's thoughts, they need to put quotation marks around it.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B

T or F: When an author writes a person's spoken words and conversations (dialogue), they need to put quotations around it.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B

"I was born on April 9th, 1990 in Green Bay, Wisconsin..."

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Memoir