What is an autobiography?
An autobiography is the story of someones life written by that person. While a biography is written by someone else an autobiography is written by the person in the story. Memoirs are short periods of a person's lie while an autobiography is the person's whole life. Autobiographies are often written in first person point of view, and they are normally very detailed and show the person's thoughts as the person knows how they felt during that time.
Autobiography
Rick Riordan
Born: June 5, 1964
Place of Birth: San Antonio, TX
Education: Attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. Worked as an
editor for the school newspaper and won third place in state for UIL feature
writing. Also got in trouble for publishing an underground newspaper that made
fun of the school, especially the losing football team. (The football team later
egged my car). Began college at North Texas State (because I thought I wanted
to be a guitar player and they had the best music program), but then
transferred to the University of Texas at Austin. Graduated with a double major
in English and history. Got certified to teach English and history from UT San
Antonio. Did my student teaching in the San Antonio Independent School
District.
Childhood influences: The first book [I] remember reading for fun was the Lord
of the Rings. I probably read it ten times. I also liked Greek and Norse
mythology since I was in middle school. I read mostly fantasy and science
fiction in high school, then got interested in mysteries when I got to college.
My parents were both teachers. My mom was a musician and an artist, too. My dad
was a ceramicist (he made stuff out of clay), so I grew up in a very artistic
family. I started writing when I was in middle school. The first story I
submitted for publication was when I was 13. It wasn’t published. My first
published works were two short stories in the UTSA literary magazine.
Work experience: When I was in college, I worked for three years as the music
director at a summer camp, Camp Capers. This is where I got the idea for Camp
Half-Blood. My first full-time job was teaching middle school in New Braunfels,
Texas. After that, my wife and I moved to San Francisco. We lived there for
eight years and I taught at Presidio Hill School. Then we had our two sons,
Haley and Patrick, and we moved back home to San Antonio. I taught at Saint
Mary’s Hall (English and social studies, grades 6-8) for six years, then stopped
teaching to become a full-time writer. I taught mythology almost every year that
I was a teacher. It was always my favorite thing, and the students always liked
it, too!
Family: I live with my wife and two sons, Haley and Patrick.
Pets: one dog (a Golden Labrador mix) and two black cats.
Favorite book I wrote: That’s a hard question for a writer. It’s like asking
which of your children is your favorite. I like them all for different
reasons.
Favorite character in my books: Also hard to answer! Probably Grover or Tyson
because they’re so much fun to write about.
In my spare time: [I like to read, swim, play guitar, and travel with my
family. I also play video games with my kids (World of Warcraft or games on the
Wii).]
Born: June 5, 1964
Place of Birth: San Antonio, TX
Education: Attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. Worked as an
editor for the school newspaper and won third place in state for UIL feature
writing. Also got in trouble for publishing an underground newspaper that made
fun of the school, especially the losing football team. (The football team later
egged my car). Began college at North Texas State (because I thought I wanted
to be a guitar player and they had the best music program), but then
transferred to the University of Texas at Austin. Graduated with a double major
in English and history. Got certified to teach English and history from UT San
Antonio. Did my student teaching in the San Antonio Independent School
District.
Childhood influences: The first book [I] remember reading for fun was the Lord
of the Rings. I probably read it ten times. I also liked Greek and Norse
mythology since I was in middle school. I read mostly fantasy and science
fiction in high school, then got interested in mysteries when I got to college.
My parents were both teachers. My mom was a musician and an artist, too. My dad
was a ceramicist (he made stuff out of clay), so I grew up in a very artistic
family. I started writing when I was in middle school. The first story I
submitted for publication was when I was 13. It wasn’t published. My first
published works were two short stories in the UTSA literary magazine.
Work experience: When I was in college, I worked for three years as the music
director at a summer camp, Camp Capers. This is where I got the idea for Camp
Half-Blood. My first full-time job was teaching middle school in New Braunfels,
Texas. After that, my wife and I moved to San Francisco. We lived there for
eight years and I taught at Presidio Hill School. Then we had our two sons,
Haley and Patrick, and we moved back home to San Antonio. I taught at Saint
Mary’s Hall (English and social studies, grades 6-8) for six years, then stopped
teaching to become a full-time writer. I taught mythology almost every year that
I was a teacher. It was always my favorite thing, and the students always liked
it, too!
Family: I live with my wife and two sons, Haley and Patrick.
Pets: one dog (a Golden Labrador mix) and two black cats.
Favorite book I wrote: That’s a hard question for a writer. It’s like asking
which of your children is your favorite. I like them all for different
reasons.
Favorite character in my books: Also hard to answer! Probably Grover or Tyson
because they’re so much fun to write about.
In my spare time: [I like to read, swim, play guitar, and travel with my
family. I also play video games with my kids (World of Warcraft or games on the
Wii).]
Annotations
Bracketed text shows elements of an autobiography such as first person point of view and talking broadly or "as a whole." He talks in first person and tells about his life as a whole.
Analogy
autobiography is to yourself as biography is to someone else.
Explanation
What makes this an autobiography is that it is told from first person and tells about the person as a "whole watermelon"