What is the point of view that a personal narrative uses?

bird's eye view bird's eye view

How are biographies and autobiographies the same?

Both texts talk about the life of a real person.

Both texts are written in first person point of view.

Both are written using opinions about the person.

An account of a memorable event in a persons life

an account of a person's life written by that person.

an account of someone's life written by someone else.

a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

How can a reader BEST identify a memoir?

It describes meaningful events from their past.

It focuses solely on the author's emotions.

It contains a vivid description of the setting.

It has a well-developed character that encounters a problem.

The writer of a memoir writes about something that

he/she doesn't give a second thought to.

required research of several sources.

you would see in an argument essay.

How is a memoir different than an autobiography?

It doesn't cover the writer's whole life.

Colin Powell was born

in New York City's Harlem district.

on a country estate in New York.

It It worked Me, one lesson Colin Powell wants to teach is

Never do more than one job at a time.

Powell learned his habit of working hard from

his Jamaican immigrant parents.

getting a union card when he was eighteen.

driving a truck in New York City.

Which of these is NOT something Powell believes about work?

You must always approve of what your boss wants you to do.

Every job is a learning experience.

In Colin Powell, which detail supports the idea that Powell had “a mild interest in the military”?

In high school, he closely followed the events of the Korean War.

His parents expected him to go to college.

He enrolled in the engineering program at City College.

He had no intention of making the army a career.

In Colin Powell, the quotation, “It was just the way they lived their lives,” supports the idea that

Colin's parents led by example.

Colin's parents came from Jamaica.

Colin's parents didn't expect much from their children.

Both the memoir and the biography of Colin Powell

help explain the kind of a person Powell is.

focus mostly on Powell's family life.

emphasize the effect school had on Powell.

has a high level of respect from people.

If you have perseverance , you

believe your ideas are the best ideas.

listen carefully to important people.

the thing that is most important to someone.

a goal that is the same for everyone.

something all people want to achieve.

the weakest idea in a set of ideas.

A biography describes _______________

the childhood experiences, family, and career of an individual.

the individual's hobbies and career of an individual.

the mistakes one has made in life.

the birth of an individual's children.

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A biography is a story about

A person's life

A time in history

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What is Biography?

A story of someone's life written by themselves

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

A made up story.

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Memoir

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Ir. Soekarno was one of the founding fathers of our nation.

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Biography/Autobiography/Memoir/Diary

A biography is a story about

What is Biography?

Is biography a fiction or non-fiction?

A biography is considered fiction.

The story of someone's life written
by someone else is a(n):

The story of someone's life written
by him/herself is a(n):

Is the following most likely from a
Biography or Autobiography?

Ir. Soekarno was one of the founding fathers of our nation.

Is the following most likely from a
Biography or Autobiography?

When I was little I always like to watch the trains go down the tracks by my house.

What key word helps the reader know that the text is written in FIRST person point of view?

What key word helps the reader know that the text is written in THIRD person point of view?

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Is the following most likely from aBiography or Autobiography?Ir. Soekarno was one of the founding fathers of our nation.

Is the following most likely from aBiography or Autobiography?When I was little I always like to watch the trains go down the tracks by my house.

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The story of someone's life written
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The story of someone's life written
by him/herself is a(n):

Is the following most likely from a
Biography or Autobiography?

Ir. Soekarno was one of the founding fathers of our nation.

Is the following most likely from a
Biography or Autobiography?

When I was little I always like to watch the trains go down the tracks by my house.