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Page 1: Biography  Brad Sowerbrower  Brian Thorpe  Period 1

Biography Brad Sowerbrower Brian Thorpe Period 1

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biography

A biography is a story or a book about a persons life written by someone else.

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biography

Some biography books are,When Men Win Glory, by Jon krakauerJohn Adams, by David McCulloughPatrick Swayze: One Last Dance, by Wendy

LeighAnne Frank: The Book, The Life, The

Afterlife, by Francine ProseBarack and Michelle, A Portrait of an

American Marrage, by Christopher Andersen

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Biography Movies

JFK: A Presidency Revealed, released in 2003

Cleopatra-Destiny’s Queen, released in 2007

Bee Gees-This is Where I Come in – The Official Story of the Bee Gees, released in 2001

Toby Keith, released in 2008

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Excerpts On September 9, 2009, there were excerpts

released by the White House of President Barack Obama’s speech on health care. One of the Presidents comments “We have seen Washington at it’s best and at it’s worst.

On the radio you may have heard a live concert from a RockStar such as Ozzy Osborne. In between the songs they insert parts of an interview the DJ had with the star. These are excerpts.

The Diary of Anne Frank is an excerpt.

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Biography quiz

What is the definition of a biography? What is one biography book listed in our

examples? What is one biography movie listed in

out examples? The movie ‘flight 93’ is a biography. True

of false? A biography is written by who?