Question

Which of the following is the correct definition of a biography?

A. an account of a fictitious experience that relies on figurative language


B. an account of a single significant experience in a person’s life


C. an account of somebody’s life written by that person


D. an account of somebody’s life written or produced by another person

Answer 1

The answer is D: an account of somebody’s life written or produced by another person.

A biography is a non-fictional literary rendition of the main events that transpired in a person´s life, but not written by the latter (when a person writes his or her own life events, that´s called an autobiography).

Like all non-fiction, the events that are narrated should be verifiable and they should be based on reliable sources.

Answer 2

D. an account of somebody’s life written or produced by another person

Step-by-step explanation:

In the dictionary, you can find the following definition: "an account of someone's life written by someone else". This is not a work of fiction, nor a single experience and it must not be written by the person whose life is being written about, that's an autobiography. Which leaves us with option D, which is very close to the dictionary definition.