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All three types are about fictional people.
True or False?
What is false?
All three types are about real people.
A biography is about a person who made an impact or difference in the world.
True or False?
What is true?
An autobiography is written by...
A memoir is a made up story about a real person.
True or False?
What is false?
The event is real.
A diary or journal is this type of account.
What is first hand?
All three types contain real facts and events.
True or False?
What is true.
A biography is written by...
What is someone else or someone other than who the book is about?
An autobiography covers one event in the person's life.
True or False?
What is false?
Autobiography covers the whole life. Memoir covers one event.
A memoir is written by...
What is the person it is about?
Our Social Studies text book is this type of account.
What is second hand?
All three types are about people who did not make an impact or difference in the world.
True or False?
What is false?
A biography is written in this point of view.
What is third person?
An autobiography is written in this point of view.
What is first person?
A memoir tells about this much of a person's life.
What is one event or time period?
Identify the type of non-fiction:
I was born in 1732. I didn't go to school. I led the Army and became the first President.
What is an autobiography?
The purpose of all three types is to entertain the reader with a fun story.
True or False?
What is false?
The purpose is to inform the reader about the life and accomplishments of an important person.
A biography is this type of account.
First hand or Second hand?
What is second hand?
An autobiography is this type of account.
First hand or Second hand?
What is First hand?
A memoir is written in this point of view.
What is first person?
Identify the type of non-fiction:
I discovered that art was my passion in 4th grade. I was introduced to different artists and their types of art. I learned to express my feelings in art. This was the beginning of my career.
What is a memoir?
All types are told in this structure.
What is chronological or sequence?
A biography covers this much of a person's life.
What is the whole (or entire) life?
Clue words that tell you the point of view in an autobiography.
What are I, me, we?
A memoir often tells why the person is famous or what inspired them.
True or False?
What is true?
Identify the type of non-fiction:
Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, diplomat, editor, writer, and politician. He was born in 1706. He started his own business as a teenager. He worked with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
What is a biography?