Answer:
A. autobiography
Explanation:
Auto means “self,” so autobiography means “a record of one’s own life.”
When the biographer is the subject, the biography is actually an autobiography.
What Makes an Autobiography Different?
You know from analyzing the word autobiography that it means “a record of someone’s life written by that person.” It is a firsthand account of the person’s life.
A way to identify autobiography is by recognizing the point of view from which the person is writing. You can tell the point of view by noting in which person the biography is written.
As you read these passages, take note of the person in which each is written.
When you tell a story about yourself, which point of view do you use? If you were to write a biography about one of your relatives, which point of view would you use?
Autobiographies are almost always written in the first-person point of view. The subject of an autobiography is I or we.
Other biographies are written in the third-person point of view. The subject of a biography is he, she, or they.
In summary, autobiographies are firsthand biographies written in the first person. Otherwise, all the rules of biographical writing apply.
