Objectives You will be able to:1. Read for comprehension.2. Identify and define biography and

autobiography.3. Identify the form and characteristics of

biography and autobiography.

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Biography

The story of a person’s life written by another person

Biography/Autobiography In Greek, the word bios means “life” and

graphia means “writing.” A biography is a “written life.” “Auto” means self in Greek. An autobiography is the written story of the

writer’s own life.

Biography

We look for factual accuracy and objectivity.

Biographies are based on study and research.

Writing objectively requires an unbiased account of the subject.

Biography

What is unbiased?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unbiased?qsrc=2888

So,Was “Eleanor Roosevelt” a biography or

autobiography? How do you know?

Autobiography

The story of a person’s life written by that person.

We look for subjectivity. We look for the author to get personal.

NonfictionSubjective details can be verified only by

reference to the reader's state of mind (feelings, opinions)

Objective details can be verified. They are factual.

Personal Essay A short work of nonfiction that expresses the

writer’s thoughts and feelings on a subject.

Personal NarrativeAn account of an incident from a writer’s life.

AnecdoteBrief (short) stories of real life events

Chronological OrderA way of organizing information by

presenting events in the order they happened.

melancholyadj. sad; gloomy; depressed. ~ In the Middle Ages, people thought

sadness resulted from a body fluid called bile, and they used the Greek words for black bile to label this mood.

Rainy days make me melancholy, although I know there is no reason to feel sad.

Textbook Page 780 – Read independently for 9

minutes.When you finish, try to answer the questions

1-6 on page 787 in your head.

Read along with audio - Audio Unit 07-04

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