Autobiography Vs. Biography GENED

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.

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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.

• A science term

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Autobiographies and biographies...

• Are both fictional

• Are both based on American people

• Can be based on a person's thoughts and feelings

• Both contain facts about a person's life

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Which of the following summaries is an example of a biographical writing?

• A diary of a newspaper reporter and her inner feelings of a news story she had to cover.

• An article about Rosa Parks written by someone who interviewed Rosa about her involvement with the Civil Rights Movement.

• "Brother" written by Maya Angelou about her relationship with her brother.

• A personal essay that Jackie Robinson wrote about his struggles with racism and inequalities when he became the first black professional baseball player.

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

• I

• my

• she

• you

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Which of these text features can be found in a biography?

• Timeline

• Map

• Spell check

• Bold words

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Autobiographies/Biographies should include

• A problem the person faced

• Birth date, important life events, date of death (if not still living)

• The person's favorite food

• Worst enemy, best friends, report card grades

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What kind of animal is taking over the Everglades?

• The alligator

• The flamingo

• The Burmese python

• Some kind of bird

What is an invasive species?

• An animal that invades personal space.

• A plant or an animal that is brought to a new place and damages the species already living there.

• A species of plant that takes over other plants.

• An animal that bullies other animals.

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