Memoir vs Autobiography: Review

Autobiography describes...

• What life means to you – Your feelings, both past and present

• • Captures certain highlights or meaningful moments in one’s past

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A Memoir describes....

• What your outlook on the future is – Usually based on one event

• • certain highlights or meaningful moments in one’s past

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A Biography is....

• Most important facts and events of someone’s life

• • Written by same person that it is about

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A Memoir...

• Most important facts and events of someone’s life

• Much more emotional and connects the writer to someone or something that had and impact on their life

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