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writing about a person's life written by that person
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autobiography
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A person who is a good writer and who has an interesting life should consider writing an autobiography.
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the writing of one's own name
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autograph
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After the show the actors will come into the lobby to autograph the playbill for you.
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the written list of all the books used in a report or book
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bibliography
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Be sure to include a complete bibliography in your report so you can share your information sources.
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a book written about a person's life
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biography
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David McCullough has written an excellent biography of John Adams.
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map making; the writing involved in making maps or charts
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cartography
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If you study cartography you will be able to make a map of Merrimack.
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a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (bow-hair bow, bow-front of a ship)
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homophone
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'Tear' is a homophone so you will have to read the sentence to figure out its meaning.
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a section of writing that has a topic, details, and a concluding sentence.
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paragraph
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It is important to include several supporting details in your paragraph on that topic.
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record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound
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phonograph
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Before we had i-pods we had to use a phonograph to play record albums of our favorite music.
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the use of light to record an image using a camera
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photography
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When you study photography you will learn how to adjust your camera so you can get a good photo even if it is a cloudy day.
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a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth during an earthquake.
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seismograph
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The seismograph showed that there had been a strong earthquake on the ocean floor that caused the tsunami.
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