Characteristics of biography and autobiography powerpoint

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1 Biography and autobiography

2 Biography A biography is about somebody else’s life.
It is about a real person, but is not written by the person.

It is written in third person.The author must know a lot about the person and research the person, so that they can write a lot about them.

3 Biography A biography describes key facts about a person.
such as, where, when and how they live (or have lived if the person is no longer alive)It is written in chronological order

4 Biography Provides details that show events in a person’s life.
A biography might talk about a person’s achievements, things that have happened to them, and their likes and dislikes.

5 BiographyA biography will talk about how the person feels about different things.It might talk about the work a person does or the things they believe in.

6 AutobiographyAn autobiography is written in first