WorksheetsInterview for Biography
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
One of theses is not a means of researching and gathering pieces of information for a biography
an interview with the person you're writing on
interviews with friends and colleagues of the person you're writing about
conversations with their family members
relying on only what wikipeidia says about them
The main aim of interviewing a person for their biography is to
gather a great deal of information about them
deciding if what the news says about them is true
know how intelligent they are
Which of the following topics should you not ask about in an interview for biography?
birth, family and early childhood
education, career, challenges, and achievements
awards, personal life, legacy, and hobbies
political views, religious views, and membership of organisations
their intelligence and knowledge of everything in the universe
Select the question that can generate a lot of response from the person you're interviewing.
Your name is Tope, right?
Tell me about your childhood and how it felt growing up in the village?
Where were you born?
Do you have an education?
Questions that do not require a "yes" or "no" answer, and that allow the person you're interviewing to talk at length are called
closed-ended questions
unlocking questions
open-ended questions
locked question
Questions that do require a "yes" or "no" answer, and that won't allow the person you're interviewing to talk at length are called
closed-ended questions
unlocking questions
open-ended questions
locked question
Which is best for an interview
closed-ended questions
unlocking questions
open-ended questions
What is the best way of recording all the response of the person you are interviewing for a biography?
Tape/video recording while they talk
Note taking while they talk
capturing it all in your brain and memory
After recording the interview, what do you do with the pieces of information you recorded?
write them down
develop them into paragraphs about the person's life.
turn them into a video
Before the interview, you should get ready with some of the questions you would want to ask your interviewee
Yes
No
