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Biographical writing

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is biography?

a)

true story of someone's life

b)

study of biology

c)

fictional writing

d)

news acticles

2.

Is biography fiction or non-fiction?

a)

fiction

b)

Non-fiction

3.
I, me, my, we, us are examples of what point of view?
a)
1st person
b)
2nd person
c)
3rd person
4.
He, she, his, her, they, them are examples of what point of view?
a)
1st person
b)
2nd person
c)
3rd person
5.
Covers a part of a person's life rather than all of it
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Memoir
d)
Personal Narrative
6.
Explains how events, people, and experiences shaped the person's life, and may include details provided by the subject
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Both
d)
Neither
7.
Written in 3rd person point of view
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Both
d)
Neither
8.

Which of the following summaries is an example of a biographical writing?

a)

A diary of a newspaper reporter and her inner feelings of a news story she had to cover.

b)

An article about Rosa Parks written by someone who interviewed Rosa about her involvement with the Civil Rights Movement.

c)

"Brother" written by Maya Angelou about her relationship with her brother.

d)

A personal essay that Jackie Robinson wrote about his struggles with racism and inequalities when he became the first black professional baseball player.

9.

A biography is a piece of writing that....

a)

is about the author's own life story.

b)

is about someone different than the author.

11.

Choose the correct answer that goes with the following description-

"Uses 3rd person point of view"

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

both autobiography AND biography

d)

neither autobiography or biography

11.

Choose the correct answer that goes with the following description-

"Uses 3rd person point of view"

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

both autobiography AND biography

d)

neither autobiography or biography

12.

A biography is a piece of writing that....

a)

is about the author's own life story.

b)

is about someone different than the author.

13.

Choose the correct answer that goes with the following description-

"Uses 3rd person point of view"

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

both autobiography AND biography

d)

neither autobiography or biography

14.

Choose the correct answer that goes with the following description-

"An author writes about another person"

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

both autobiography AND biography

d)

neither autobiography or biography

15.

All of the following are elements of biographical writing except......

a)

direct quotation

b)

reasons

c)

facts and actual events

d)

other people's views of the subject (person)

16.

When a nonfiction text tells a story this means that it is a .....

a)

narrative

b)

fiction

c)

narrative nonfiction

d)

tale

17.

Which biographical element is in the following excerpt:

In 1963, over 250,000 people marched in Washington, D.C. where Dr. King gave his most famous speech, “I Have a Dream.” On the morning of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated He was just thirty-nine years old.

a)

direct quotation

b)

actual events

c)

other people's opinion on him

18.

Which of the following is an example of direct quotation?

a)

DePrince was number 27, because she suffers from vitiligo,.....To the "Aunties" who ran the orphanage, it was evidence of the evil spirit within the three - year-old.

b)

She was born in Sierra Leone in 1995. Her parents named her Mabinity, but after they both died during the civil war, she was sent to an orphanage, where she became a number.

c)

An American woman, Elaine DePrince , had come to the camp to adopt child number 26, now called Mia.

d)

"I have become more upbeat-I used to be very shy,"she says. "Now I've grown up and I'm so happy with the way things are turning out."

19.

Which of the following is an example of an actual event?

a)

She was born in Sierra Leone in 1995. Her parents named her Mabinity, but after they both died during the civil war, she was sent to an orphanage, where she became a number.

b)

An American woman, Elaine DePrince , had come to the camp to adopt child number 26, now called Mia.

c)

DePrince was number 27, because she suffers from vitiligo,.....To the "Aunties" who ran the orphanage, it was evidence of the evil spirit within the three - year-old.

d)

"I have become more upbeat-I used to be very shy,"she says. "Now I've grown up and I'm so happy with the way things are turning out."

20.

Which of the following is an example of a fact?

a)

An American woman, Elaine DePrince , had come to the camp to adopt child number 26, now called Mia.

b)

"I have become more upbeat-I used to be very shy,"she says. "Now I've grown up and I'm so happy with the way things are turning out."

c)

DePrince was number 27, because she suffers from vitiligo,.....To the "Aunties" who ran the orphanage, it was evidence of the evil spirit within the three - year-old.

d)

She was born in Sierra Leone in 1995. Her parents named her Mabinity, but after they both died during the civil war, she was sent to an orphanage, where she became a number.