Who? (People in Biographies)
This is the person a biography is written about. Who is it?
The subject of the biography (the person the book is about).
A biography uses true or made-up facts?
True facts.
Why do people read biographies? Give one simple reason
To learn about a real person’s life or to learn from their experiences.
A biography tells about someone's life. Name one thing you might learn about the person.
Possible answers: where they were born, what job they had, important events in their life, family.
Biographies often include this short statement at the start that tells you when and where a person was born. What is it called?
Birth information (birthdate and birthplace) or basic facts.
biography usually tells events in this order — from when a person was born to later years. What is that order called?
Chronological order (time order, sequence).
This word means the subject did something important or famous and is often the reason someone writes their biography. What is that word?
Achievement or accomplishment.
Authors use these to show important moments in the subject’s life in the order they happened. What are they called?
Events or timeline.
Authors write biographies to teach readers about the subject. Name one lesson or idea a biography might teach.
Perseverance, kindness, creativity, bravery, hard work (any one).
If a biography is about a famous scientist, the book will mostly focus on this type of information about that person. What kind of information is that?
Their life events related to science — e.g., discoveries, experiments, contributions.
Name two types of sources an author might use to learn true facts about someone’s life.
Letters, interviews, photographs, newspapers, official records, other books (any two).
When checking facts for a biography, an author makes sure events are true. This careful checking is called what?
Research or fact-checking.
Name two kinds of people authors often pick for biographies because their lives teach lessons or changed the world.
Inventors, leaders, activists, artists, scientists, athletes, explorers (any two).
A biography might include these short writings by the person or by others that show feelings or thoughts. They can be words the person wrote. What are they?
Quotes or diary entries.
Explain in one sentence why it is important to put events in order in a biography.
Putting events in order helps readers understand how the person's life changed over time and how one event led to another.