Unit 7 Biography/Autobiography Study Guide
Test- Tuesday 10/13
Define the following Concepts:
Biography
Sequence
Sources
Autobiography inference
Fictional Adaptations
Chronological order personal essay
Also, review the following stories and know the following vocabulary words.
Eleanor Roosevelt (Biography)
1. Prominent
2. Compassionate
3. Impoverished
4. Migrant
5. Grave
6. Dominate
7. Wavering
8. Brooding
Theme summary
Names/Nombres (Personal Essay)
1. Ironically
2. Merge
3. Specified
4. Chaotic
The Noble Experiment (Autobiography)
1. Shrewdly
2. Eloquence
3. Retaliate
4. Camouflage
5. Capitalize
6. Integrated
7. Disillusionment
8. Speculate
9. Insinuation
10. Taunt
Questions: Answer using complete sentences.
1. How can you tell that a piece of writing is a biography? Autobiography?
2. How can a biographer get information about the person they are writing?
3. What type of source is a biography? Autobiography? Which one is more valid and why?
4. How are the events of a person’s life in most biographies and autobiographies organized?
Sample Test Questions:
1. Based on lines 5374, you can infer…
2. Which of the following quotes proves that this is a biography/autobiography?
3. When did _________ leave her family to move to America?
4. Based on the person’s behaviors in lines 25-27, the reader can infer…
5. How did the person’s belief/action/attitude/ differ from others in the text?
6. Which statement best summarizes the text?
7. Which statement best summarizes paragraph 5?
8. Which words and phrases in paragraph 7 help you understand the order of events?
9. How does Sally feel in lines 18-24?
10. Which of the following details help you understand how Stuart was feeling in lines 45-52?