How to Write an Autobiography for School Without Feeling Conceited
Compile a list of important events in your life., Focus on single events., Draw a thread of events together., Add the introduction., Create the conclusion., Proofread., Consider what can be done to better the flow of the work, as well as the...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Compile a list of important events in your life.
We'll worry about writing and the introduction later on.
Try to think of things that helped shape your view of the world and affected who you are as a person.
Sort your list chronologically. -
Step 2: Focus on single events.
For each event that you wrote down, write about it as if you are writing only about that topic. , After you have completed step 2 for every event, begin to tie the events together, explaining how they relate to one another and how they have influenced your life. , After you have written the body of the work, go about writing the introduction.
It is suggested that one takes a humble, yet not self defeating stance.
Explain why your autobiography is of importance to the reader.
Pull them in to the work. , After writing your introduction and body, reread the work and sum everything up in the conclusion.
Explain how this has brought you to where you are today, how these events have truly affected your present way of life for better and for worse. , Go through your paper now and eliminate and redundancies, errors, and items that are not accurate.
Check for spelling, grammar, and style errors as well. , Remember to add important details, like who was there with you during an important event, but don't add in things that won't affect the story, like the color of the shirt you wore that day. , Ask this of people who have known you for a while as well as newer acquaintances.
This way you get an objective standpoint. ,,, -
Step 3: Draw a thread of events together.
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Step 4: Add the introduction.
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Step 5: Create the conclusion.
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Step 6: Proofread.
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Step 7: Consider what can be done to better the flow of the work
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Step 8: as well as the readability without sacrificing the accuracy of what you are portraying.
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Step 9: Take your paper and have others read
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Step 10: and tell you what they think.
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Step 11: Rewrite
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Step 12: making the necessary changes to better your work.
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Step 13: Reread
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Step 14: reedit.
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Step 15: Rewrite one more time and remain vigilant towards making necessary changes.
Detailed Guide
We'll worry about writing and the introduction later on.
Try to think of things that helped shape your view of the world and affected who you are as a person.
Sort your list chronologically.
For each event that you wrote down, write about it as if you are writing only about that topic. , After you have completed step 2 for every event, begin to tie the events together, explaining how they relate to one another and how they have influenced your life. , After you have written the body of the work, go about writing the introduction.
It is suggested that one takes a humble, yet not self defeating stance.
Explain why your autobiography is of importance to the reader.
Pull them in to the work. , After writing your introduction and body, reread the work and sum everything up in the conclusion.
Explain how this has brought you to where you are today, how these events have truly affected your present way of life for better and for worse. , Go through your paper now and eliminate and redundancies, errors, and items that are not accurate.
Check for spelling, grammar, and style errors as well. , Remember to add important details, like who was there with you during an important event, but don't add in things that won't affect the story, like the color of the shirt you wore that day. , Ask this of people who have known you for a while as well as newer acquaintances.
This way you get an objective standpoint. ,,,
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