Biography and Literary Devices Quiz

Which of the following statements best defines biography?

• It highlights an important moment of a famous person's life.

• It is a composition that features only the life of those who are famous.

• It is a written narrative of the life of a person, usually from birth to death.

• A composition that highlights the achievements of a person.

Which of the following statements is true?

• A biography is a written story about the events in an author's own life.

• Biography came from the words bios (life) and graphia (writing).

• Only the life of famous individuals (like politicians, heroes, celebrities) can be featured in a biography.

• We should always ask the permission of the person we are writing about (in a biography).

Which of the following situations is true about biography?

• A writer featured a momentous life event of a famous individual.

• A writer interviewed about and researched a person's life before he wrote the biography of that person.

• A famous writer writes about the chronological events of his life.

• A famous politician hired a writer to write his accomplishments in politics.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about a timeline?

• There are different ways of presenting a timeline.

• The most important element in a timeline is the names of people.

• A timeline is always arranged in chronological order.

• It can be presented through diagrams, charts, pictures, or a combination of shapes and lines.

Which of the following was not mentioned about how Americans acknowledge the sacrifices of Harriet Tubman?

• They named parks, museums and schools after her.

• They made movies to highlight her contributions to the United States.

• They have plans of putting her in their $20 bill.

• They built statues to honor her.

Which of the following tells something about a timeline?

• It describes the life of a person.

• It is always presented using pictures.

• It is used to present data like in bar graphs.

• It is a graphic design that displays a list of events in chronological order.

Which of the following statements is true?

• A biography is a written story about the events in an author's own life.

• Biography came from the words bios (life) and graphia (writing).

• Only the life of famous individuals (like politicians, heroes, celebrities) can be featured in a biography.

• We should always ask the permission of the person we are writing about (in a biography).

Which of the following shows advocacy?

• A celebrity uses her social media account to promote products.

• A school PTA conducts a monthly meeting to update the parents/ guardians.

• A group of students creates campaign videos to help their fellow students survive the new-normal in studying.

• Teachers created their online classrooms.

What does a conductor in the American Underground Railroad do?

• He/ She assists the passengers of the train.

• He/ She helps the fugitive slaves escape from their masters by providing them safe shelter along their route to freedom.

• He/ She collects payments of slaves who would like to be freed from their masters.

• He/ She coordinates the schedule of the railroad with the people running the underground railroad.

Which of the following best describes the American Underground Railroad?

• an organized railway system that helped black Americans escape slavery

• an organized railway system whose income is used to help the slaves be freed from their masters

• an organized network of individuals that provide slaves a safe place along their road to freedom

• an organized network of black Americans that run a railway system