Which excerpt is the BEST example of a biography?

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809

My first childhood memory was chopping down a tree

I was born on February 12, 1809

February is a cold month to be born in

"I was born in a log cabin at the edge of a huge, dark forest. My mother often begged my father to cut down more trees—"to let the sunlight in," she would say. But we were a poor family, and our energies had to go to finding food and keeping a roof over our heads." Readers can tell that this passage is from an autobiography because it—

uses words like I, my, and we to refer to the subject

describes the subject's childhood in vivid detail

mentions where the subject was born

provides a quotation from the subject's mother

Which sentence most likely comes from a biography?

"As a college freshman, Martin joined the Drama Club."

"When the fire was extinguished, we began to search for our belongings."

"Some of the trees in that forest are more than 500 years old."

"It was the funniest thing I'd ever seen."

Why does someone write a memoir?

To tell how they were feeling when they experienced a certain event

To tell retell a story someone told them

Biography vs. Autobiography

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True or False: Biographies and Autobiographies are both nonfiction

True

False

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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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CCSS.RI.6.10

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Biographies 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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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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1 min • 1 pt

A memoir is similar to a/an...

Autobiography

Biography

Both

Neither

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1 min • 1 pt

I, me, my, we, us are examples of what point of view?

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

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1 min • 1 pt

The author is not the subject in

Autobiography

Biography

Both

Neither

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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1 min • 1 pt

Shares the subject's personal thoughts and feelings about his/her life that spans a person's whole life.

Autobiography

Biography

Memoir

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Biography vs. Autobiography

True or False: Biographies and Autobiographies are both nonfiction

Autobiographies are...

Biographies are...

A memoir is similar to a/an...

I, me, my, we, us are examples of what point of view?

The author is not the subject in

Shares the subject's personal thoughts and feelings about his/her life that spans a person's whole life.

Explains how events, people, and experiences shaped the person's life, and may include details provided by the subject

If Helen Keller wrote about her life from early childhood until the time of writing, it would be a/an ...

If another person wrote about Steph Curry's life and experiences, it would be a/an ...

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