the elements of nonfiction biography & autobiography
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The Elements of Nonfiction Biography & Autobiography. Objectives. You will be able to: Read for comprehension. Identify and define biography and autobiography. Identify the form and characteristics of biography and autobiography. Take Out. Binder with Paper - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Objectives You will be able to:1. Read for comprehension.2. Identify and define biography and
autobiography.3. Identify the form and characteristics of
biography and autobiography.
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Take OutBinder with PaperRemember Cornell Note-taking method.
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Biography
The story of a person’s life written by another person
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Biography/Autobiography In Greek, the word bios means “life” and
graphia means “writing.” A biography is a “written life.” “Auto” means self in Greek. An autobiography is the written story of the
writer’s own life.
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Biography
We look for factual accuracy and objectivity.
Biographies are based on study and research.
Writing objectively requires an unbiased account of the subject.
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Biography
What is unbiased?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unbiased?qsrc=2888
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So,Was “Eleanor Roosevelt” a biography or
autobiography? How do you know?
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Autobiography
The story of a person’s life written by that person.
We look for subjectivity. We look for the author to get personal.
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NonfictionSubjective details can be verified only by
reference to the reader's state of mind (feelings, opinions)
Objective details can be verified. They are factual.
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Personal Essay A short work of nonfiction that expresses the
writer’s thoughts and feelings on a subject.
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Personal NarrativeAn account of an incident from a writer’s life.
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AnecdoteBrief (short) stories of real life events
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Chronological OrderA way of organizing information by
presenting events in the order they happened.
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melancholyadj. sad; gloomy; depressed. ~ In the Middle Ages, people thought
sadness resulted from a body fluid called bile, and they used the Greek words for black bile to label this mood.
Rainy days make me melancholy, although I know there is no reason to feel sad.
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Textbook Page 780 – Read independently for 9
minutes.When you finish, try to answer the questions
1-6 on page 787 in your head.
Read along with audio - Audio Unit 07-04
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