Biographies & Memoirs

Are biographies and autobiographies fiction or non-fiction?

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

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What is a biography?

• A story of someone's life written by themselves.

• A story of someone's life written by someone else.

• A made up story.

• A diary

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"BIO" in the word Biography means....

• Life
• Read
• Self
• Write

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Autobiographies are... 

• The story of someone's life written by someone else in third person point of view
• The story of someone's life written by that person in first person point of view
• A daily reflection written about a days events
• A fictional account of a historical event

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The difference between an autobiography and a memoir is

• Autobiographies are written by someone else and memoirs are the stories of a person's life written by that person.

• Autobiographies tell the person's life story in chronological order and memoirs are only about a particular event or period of time.

• Autobiographies are sad and memoirs are funny/comical.

• Autobiographies are only written about famous people. Memoirs can be written about anyone.

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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 these is an example of a biography? (Hint: Written about someone else)

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

• The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

• I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

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When writing a biography, it's important to include...

• only primary sources

• only secondary sources

• both primary and secondary sources

• neither primary or secondary sources

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Select all the examples of SECONDARY sources...

• Biographies

• A Diary

• Textbooks

• Personal Letters

Select all the examples of PRIMARY sources...

• Biographies

• A Diary

• Textbooks

• Personal Letters