Biography Basics
What is a biography?
Answer: A nonfiction text about a real person.
"He was born in 1920.”
Answer: Fact
What is a cause?
Answer: Why something happens.
What does QAR stand for?
Answer: Question–Answer Relationship
What is a character trait?
Answer: A word that describes personality.
Answer: A word that describes personality.
What is the main purpose of a biography?
Answer: To inform.
“She was the greatest leader ever.”
Answer: Opinion
What is an effect?
Answer: What happens because of the cause.
Which QAR type means the answer is in one sentence?
Answer: Right There
Give one example of a positive character trait.
Answer: Brave, determined, kind, etc.
What two things make up the setting?
Answer: Time and place.
How can you tell if something is an opinion?
Answer: It cannot be proven.
The law was unfair, so people protested.
Cause?
Answer: The law was unfair.
Which QAR type uses clues + your thinking?
Answer: Author and Me
What is historical context?
Answer: What was happening during that time period.
Name two text features found in biographies.
Answer: Heading, title, bullet points, dates, captions.
Write your own fact about a famous person.
Answer: (Must be provable.)
She studied hard and passed the test.
Effect?
Answer: She passed the test.
Which QAR type uses several parts of the text?
Answer: Think and Search
Why does historical context matter?
Answer: It explains challenges or opportunities.
Why are dates important in biographies?
Answer: They show when events happened.
Why do authors sometimes include opinions in biographies?
Answer: To show perspective or how people feel.
Why is cause and effect important in biographies?
Answer: It shows how events are connected.
Which QAR type does NOT require the text?
Answer: On My Own
If a person fought unfair laws, what traits might they have?
Answer: Brave, determined, courageous.