Asked by Charles

Two types of biographies are: a. Formate and genre b. Poetry and prose. c. Fiction and nonfiction. d authentic and fictionalized
Answered by Reed
I have no idea what a "formate" biography might be. Biography is a genre of literature. What does your text say? What is YOUR choice?
Answered by Charles
Sorry the word is "format ". I chose fiction and nonfiction
Answered by Ms. Sue
Biography and fiction is a contradiction of terms. A biography is supposed to be factual.
Answered by Charles
This is what my text says. "Standards for nonfiction and biography should be applied as rigorously as standards for fiction." I'm totally confused
Answered by Reed
I don't know what "standards" your text is referring to. Writing standards? In any case, biography is non-fiction. It is the story of someone's life, told factually, based on research. Your choices for this question are confusing, I agree. Sometimes writers will use the outline of a real person's life and "fill in the gaps" with what might have been, or one might suppose happened. That is fictionalization. But I would call it historical fiction, not biography. The famous writer E.L Doctorow did that very well, but his work is considered fiction, not history or biography. I really don't know which of these choices will be considered "correct" by your school program or teacher. D seems most likely, but I do not know.