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.

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

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

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.

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

• you

• he

• she

• I

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

• I

• my

• she

• you

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

• Timeline

• Map

• Spell check

• Bold words

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

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.