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2 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

3 What is a biography?

4 Biography Bio-graphy To write Life Bonus Question: What does biology mean? The study of life. Bio- = life -logy = the study of…

5 Definition:  A biography is someone’s life written down by another person.

6 1. Geography (Geo- means earth) 2. Photograph (photo- means light) 3. Paragraph (para- means besides) 4. Choreograph (choreo- means dance) How many other words can you think of that end with -graph?

7 1. Automobile 2. Autograph 3. Automatic 4. Autopilot 5. Autopsy How many words can you think of that begin with auto-?

8 Automobile Auto-mobile Capable of moving By itself or oneself

9 Automobile- a vehicle capable of moving by itself Auto-mobile Capable of moving By itself or oneself

10 Autopsy Auto-psy To see By itself or oneself

11 Autopsy- seeing the cause of death with one’s own eyes. Auto-psy To see By itself or oneself

12 Autograph Auto-graph To write By itself or oneself

13 Autograph- something written in one’s own handwriting Auto-graph To write By itself or oneself

14 1. Autopilot 2. Autoloading 3. Autobiography Now that you know what the prefix auto- means, what do you think these words mean?

15 Autobiography Auto-biography Someone’s life written down. By itself or oneself

16 Definition:  An autobiography is someone writing down their own life.

17 Practice Identifying  Biography  __________  My Life by Mark Twain  Mark Twain by Bob Westing  Autobiography  ____________  Rapping, my life by LiL Wayne  The Rapper, LiL Wayne by Brian Johnson My Life by Mark TwainMark Twain by Bob Westing Rapping, My LifeThe Rapper, LiL Wayne

18  Make a list of 3 people that you think might have an interesting biography.  Explain why these people would have an interesting biography.  Would their autobiography tell a different story?


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