Elements of biography and autobiography

5 difference between biography and autobiography

While biography is the record of someone else’s life, autobiography is the story of one’s own life written in the first person.

In this lesson, students listen to a read aloud of a biography and compare its characteristics to other familiar genres.

In an autobiography, the author attempts to capture important elements of his life.

Autobiography, as a genre, is one of the most diverse types of nonfiction writing.