This document provides an overview of biographies, explaining that they tell the story of someone's life but an autobiography is written by the subject themselves. It discusses the purpose of biographies, whether they are authorized or unauthorized, and how accurate they aim to be. The document also outlines the typical structure of biographies and some common language features.

1. Biography

2. Think,pair,share

3. learningobjectives

4. contents

5. Whatisabiography?

6. Howisautobiographydifferent?

7. Purpose

8. Authorisedvs.Unauthorised

9. Soarebiographies'real'?

10. Generalstructure

11. languagefeatures
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12. segmenttopics

13. Shortbiography