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This document defines and provides information about the word "autobiography". An autobiography is defined as a biography written by the person it is about, telling the story of their own life. It is the opposite of a biography, which is written by someone else. The document gives the part of speech, origins, synonyms, antonyms, and examples of how the word is used in a sentence. It also provides related word families and stems to further explain the word.

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This document defines and provides information about the word "autobiography". An autobiography is defined as a biography written by the person it is about, telling the story of their own life. It is the opposite of a biography, which is written by someone else. The document gives the part of speech, origins, synonyms, antonyms, and examples of how the word is used in a sentence. It also provides related word families and stems to further explain the word.

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Vocabulary Web Example: Autobiography

Synonyms:
Memoirs
Life story
Life history

Source (sentence
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word): 1. The biography of a person written by
that person. (American Heritage
Dictionary, 3rd ed.)
“Autobiographia Literaria means literary 2. the biography of a person narrated by
autobiography, the story of a writer’s life.” himself. (Merriam-Webster Collegiate
Koch, Talking to the Sun: An Illustrated Dictionary, 10th ed.)
Anthology of Poems for Young People.

Antonyms:
Biography, epitaph

WORD: Part of speech:


Autobiography Noun

Example: Analysis
Some day when I am famous, I will take
my diary entries and write my
autobiography.

Stems:
Word Families: - auto
- bio
biography, biology,
- graphy
photography, automobile,
autograph, graphic,
graphology, automatic,
biodiversity

Origin:
Greek (autos, bios)
Latin (graphia)

From Autobiographies, a language arts unit for high ability learners in grades 5-6.

Center for Gifted Education


The College of William and Mary

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