Autobiography

Question 1

What does an autobiography offer insights in?

Answer 1

Offers insights into the attributes, personalities, interests, and opinions of the subject and of those close to the subject.

Offers insights into the conditions and times in which the person lives/d.

Question 2

What type of narrative are in an autobiography?

Answer 2

Usually continuous narrative

Question 3

Continuous narrative

Answer 3

a type of narrative that illustrates multiple scenes of a narrative within a single frame.

Multiple actions and scenes are portrayed in a single visual field without any dividers.

The sequence of events within the narrative is defined through the reuse of the main character or characters.

Question 4

Why are autobiographies unreliable for facts?

Answer 4

May be based on memory, or on other people’s impressions and memories rather than research or reference to factual records.

Usually some emotive and reflective language. Usually includes feelings and opinions.

Usually highlights one’s better traits.

Question 5

In what person is an autobiography written in?

Answer 5

First person

Question 6

How are the chapter headings usually?

Answer 6

Descriptive

Question 7

What can autobiographies include?

Answer 7

Flashbacks

Direct and indirect speech

Question 8

How would the photographs be sequenced?

Answer 8

Grouped chronologically