biography

What is the definition of the biography, autobiography, and memoir genres?

• About real things

• Made up

• Only contain true information

• True stories about real people's lives

Non-fiction is

• fake; a made up story

• not fake; it is real

A written account of an individual's life written by someone else

• memoir

• biography

• autobiography

• historical fiction

In a biography of George Washington, what might you read about?

• George Washington fighting against slavery.

• George Washington fighting dinosaurs.

• George Washington being abducted by aliens.

• George Washington becoming the first president.

What do you call the text that appears below a picture?

• Caption

• Footnote

• Subtitle

• Index

This book is by Michelle Obama and tells about her entire life. Which genre is it?

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Memoir

Abraham Lincoln, J.K. Rowling, and Jackie Robinson would best fit into which biography characteristic?

• Real Events

• True Information

• Real Characters

• Informative Title

Memoir is another name for autobiography.

• True
• False

This book was written by Dinah Brown and is about Malala Yousafzai. Which genre is it?

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Memoir

A memoir is written about a person's entire life, whereas an autobiography is about a specific time period or a series of events on someone's life.

• True
• False