ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which genre is ____ Text someone writes to give factual information about someone else’s life.
A
Poetry
B
Autobiography
C
Biography
D
Historical Fiction
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Biography is a detailed account of a person’s life written by someone else, while an autobiography is written by the subject themselves.

Detailed explanation-2: -biography, form of literature, commonly considered nonfictional, the subject of which is the life of an individual.

Detailed explanation-3: -Simply put, a biography is the life history of an individual, written by someone else. An autobiography is the story of a person’s life, written by that person. And a memoir is a collection of memories written by the person themselves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biography and autobiography are non-fiction texts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Writing a book about your life is called a memoir or an autobiography. The difference is that a memoir has lessons and an overall theme or message tied to the stories while an autobiography is a chronological account of your life.

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