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          Features of an autobiography

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          Biographies and autobiographies

          Watch: What are autobiographies and biographies?

          Biographies and autobiographies are both types of non-fiction stories about someone’s life.

          They are both based in fact but there are some key differences between them.

          Watch this video in which teacher Mr McPartlin explains the differences.

          Listen carefully and join in with the activities.

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          Similarities and differences

          Time for a recap on those similarities and differences!

          Both biographies and autobiographies:

          • tell the story of someone’s life

          • are written in the past tense

          • follow chronological order (the order in which things actually happened)

          • are non-fiction

          BiographyAutobiography
          Written by a person about someone else’s life.Written by a person about their own life.
          Written in third person (//)Written in first person ()

          To see some examples, watch the first minute of each of these clips.

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