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21 Cards in this Set
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What is an authentic biography?
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It is a biography that attempts to give only factual information of a person's life.
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What is an autobiography?
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It is a literary work in a person relates the story of his or her own life.
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What is a bibliography?
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It is a list of all the works consulted in the creation of a piece of writing.
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What is biographical fiction?
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It is a biography that relies more on the imagination of the author than on verifiable facts.
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What is a biography?
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It is a literary work that tells the story of one person.
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What is a citation?
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It is the process of indicating sources from which information was gathered.
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What is a collective biography?
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It is a biography that features brief sketches of several people with something in common or that weaves the life stories of several people into a single work.
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What is a complete biography?
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It is a biography that covers the subject's life from birth to death.
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What is fiction?
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It is a literary work that is mostly a product of the writer's imagination.
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What is fictionalized biography?
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It is biography that dramatizes the events in the life of its subject.
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What is history writing?
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It is writing that records and explains past events.
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What is a letter?
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It is a written communication directed to a specific individual or group.
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What is nonfiction?
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It is a literary work that is mostly not a product of the writer's imagination.
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What is an open-ended question?
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It is a question to which there is no single answer.
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What is a partial biography?
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It is a biography that focuses on one stage or aspect of a person's life.
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What is a personal essay?
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It is a literary work in which the writer explores his or her own thoughts, usually as they relate to an organizing idea or subject.
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What is plagiarism?
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It is presenting someone else's ideas, research, or writing as your own.
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What is a primary source?
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It is a first-hand record of a person, place, or event that has not been interpreted by another writer.
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What is a secondary source?
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It is a work in which a writer has collected and interpreted primary sources.
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What is speech?
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It is verbal communication.
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What is a works-cited list?
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It is a list of the works to which a writer makes direct reference in a piece of writing.
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