1. Biography, autobiography and Memoir

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. Biography
A 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. Autobiography
An autobiography is written in first person because it contains facts about the author’s own experiences.
An autobiography recounts key incidents/events in the author’s life.
It is often, but not always, written
in chronological order

7. Autobiography An autobiography describes influences upon the author.
A Speech
Home
A teacher
Somewhere they have visited
An achievement
An event

8. Autobiography
An autobiography describes interactions between the writer and significant people in his or her life
Their friends
A teacher
Their family
A religious figure

9. Memoir
A memoir is a type of autobiography that is focused on a certain theme, influence or subject of the author’s life.
It does not cover all of the author’s life, but highlights key memories. The word memoir comes from the word memory.
A Memoir is often not
chronological