Biography and Autobiography Sources

An autobiography is a piece of writing that...

• that the author wrote about someone else.

• that the author wrote about himself.

• that an author makes up.

• is based on fake events in history.

A biography is a piece of writing that...

• that the author wrote about someone else.

• that the author wrote about himself.

• that an author makes up.

• is based on fake events in history.

Biographies are written in

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

• Fourth Person

Autobiographies are written in

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• None of these

You write your life story in a/an

• biography

• autobiography

• memoir

• haiku

An example of an autobiography is...

• Michael Jordan writing a story about basketball

• Michael Jordan's mom writing a story about her son's life

• Michael Jordan writing about himself

• A coach writing about Michael Jordan.

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

An example of a biography is...

• Michael Jordan writing a story about basketball

• Michael Jordan's mom writing a story about her son's life

• Michael Jordan writing about himself

• Michael Jordan's diary

Biographies are written in which order?

• Cause and Effect

• Order of importance

• Problem and solution

• Chronological order

What is chronological order.?

• A way of arranging events or things according to the time they happen.

• A way of arranging events or things according to how important they are in a story.

• A way of arranging events or things according to what was most interesting first.