Autobiography

Based mainly on the subject's memories

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Both

• Neither

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.

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.

First person pronouns that might be used in a memoir/autobiography.

• You/your/yours

• He/she/it

• I/me/my

• They/Them/Themselves

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

Memoir is a type of ...

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Both

• Neither

Personal Narrative is a type of ...

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Both

• Neither

How are biographies and autobiographies similar?

• Both are written in the same point of view.

• Both texts talk about the life of a real person.

• Both can be written after the person passes away.