Compare & Contrast Texts

to note similarities

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• contrast

• compare

to note differences

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• contrast

• compare

the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by using he, she, or they

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• biography

• autobiography

the narrator tells the story from their point of view using words such as I, me, and my

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• biography

• autobiography

true account of someone’s life written by someone else

• primary source

• secondary source

• biography

• autobiography

an author writing about their own life from personal experience

• primary source

• secondary source

• biography

• autobiography

immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with the information, example: diary

• primary source

• secondary source

• compare

• contrast

created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events that usually, however, references primary sources, example: textbook

• primary source

• secondary source

• compare

• contrast

like an autobiography, it is a historical account written from reflection and personal experience

• memoir

• secondary source

• biography

• autobiography

TRUE OR FALSE: A biography is objective.

• TRUE

• FALSE