Biographies and Autobiographies

What Genre are biographies and autobiographies?

• Nonfiction/Informational

• Drama

• Poetry

• Argumentative

Answer explanation

Both autobiographies and biographies are nonfiction informational text.

True or False: A biography is a story about made up characters.

• False

• True

Answer explanation

ALL biographies and autobiographies are about a REAL person. There are no made up characters.

A biography is a book about a person's life written by

• a poet.

• the person themselves.

• someone else.

Answer explanation

A biography is a story about a persons life written by someone else.

What is the Author's Purpose in a biography and autobiography?

• for fun

• to entertain

• to inform

• to persuade

Answer explanation

The author's purpose of biographies and autobiographies is to inform.

An autobiography about the life of Ms.Moody would be written by who?

• Ms.Moody

• An different principal.

• Ms.Bonilla

Answer explanation

Autobiographies are stories about a person's life written by that person. So Ms. Moody would write her own story.

How comfortable do you feel explaining to your friends what a biography and autobiography is.

• 
• I feel good

• not good at all