Biography
Context Clues 1
Biography Traits
Writing
100

What is an account of someone's life written by someone else?

Biography

100

These help you figure out the meaning of an unknown word

Context clues

100

These are big happenings in someone's life

Key events

100

This is a resource written by someone who has done research, like your biography research paper

Secondary source

200

What is an account of someone's life written by the person it is about?

Autobiography

200

This means the setting, or how the word is used

Context

200

The second paragraph of your biography paper was supposed to be about this

The person's birth and childhood (growing up)

200

You should always do this to a paragraph

Indent

300
This prefix means "self."

Auto

300
These words are the opposite of a word
Antonyms
300

The fourth paragraph in your biography paper was supposed to be about this

The person's accomplishments and why they are important

300

Name one thing that should be in your introduction paragraph, always

Intro

Main idea

3 details about your topic

400

What is a "memoir"?

Someone writing their memories about their life. 

400

These words mean the same as a word

Synonyms

400

The third paragraph of your biography paper was supposed to be about this

The person's adult life, what they did that made them important

400

What is the final paragraph called?

Closing or conclusion paragraph

500

Biographies are usually written in this type of order.

Chronological order 

or order of how things happened

500

This makes you have to think about what the word might mean

Inference clues

500

This is a resource written by someone who actually witnessed things

Primary source

500

This means to combine information from two more more sources to form a new thought

Integrate information

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