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6th -
8thgrade
Autobiography vs Biography vs Memoir - Features Quiz
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Biographies and Autobiographies are both nonfictionTrueFalse
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAutobiographies are...The story of someone's life written by someone else in third person point of viewThe story of someone's life written by that person in first person point of viewA daily reflection written about a days eventsA fictional account of a historical event
- 3. Multiple ChoiceBiographies are...The story of someone's life written by someone else in third person point of viewThe story of someone's life written by that person in first person point of viewA daily reflection written about a days eventsA fictional account of a historical event
- 4. Multiple Choice
A memoir is similar to a/an...
Autobiography
Biography
Both
Neither
- 5. Multiple ChoiceI, me, my, we, us are examples of what point of view?1st person2nd person3rd person
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe author is not the subject inAutobiographyBiographyBothNeither
- 7. Multiple Choice
Shares the subject's personal thoughts and feelings about his/her life that spans a person's whole life.
Autobiography
Biography
Memoir
- 8. Multiple Choice
Explains how events, people, and experiences shaped the person's life, and may include details provided by the subject
Autobiography
Biography
Memoir
- 9. Multiple Choice
If Helen Keller wrote about her life from early childhood until the time of writing, it would be a/an ...
Autobiography
Biography
Memoir
- 10. Multiple Choice
If another person wrote about Steph Curry's life and experiences, it would be a/an ...
Autobiography
Biography
Memoir
- 11. Multiple Choice
He, she and they are examples of what point of view?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
- 12. Multiple Choice
Memoirs are usually told in...
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which excerpt is the BEST example of a biography?
My first childhood memory was chopping down a tree
I was born on February 12, 1809
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809
February is a cold month to be born in
- 14. Multiple Choice
Memoirs are NOT typically written about a specific period or time in a person's life.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
"It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life" would be found in ...
an autobiography
a biography
a memoir
- 16. Multiple Choice
"I was born in a log cabin at the edge of a huge, dark forest. My mother often begged my father to cut down more trees—"to let the sunlight in," she would say. But we were a poor family, and our energies had to go to finding food and keeping a roof over our heads."
Readers can tell that this passage is from an autobiography because it—
describes the subject's childhood in vivid detail
mentions where the subject was born
provides a quotation from the subject's mother
uses words like I, my, and we to refer to the subject
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which sentence most likely comes from a biography?
"When the fire was extinguished, we began to search for our belongings."
"As a college freshman, Martin joined the Drama Club."
"Some of the trees in that forest are more than 500 years old."
"It was the funniest thing I'd ever seen."
- 18. Multiple Choice
Why does someone write a memoir?
To tell their whole life story
To tell how they were feeling when they experienced a certain event
To tell retell a story someone told them
- 19. Multiple Choice
What point of view (POV) is a biography told?
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person
- 20. Multiple Choice
Memoirs should show the author's thoughts feelings and show how the author changed.
True
False
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