Elements of Biographies

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Across
  1. 2. when someone writes a story about someone else’s life
  2. 5. PREFIX: self
  3. 6. PREFIX: life
  4. 8. ROOT WORD: to write
  5. 10. the goal or job that you met/finished
  6. 11. someone or something that makes an effect
  7. 13. to put things in order
  8. 15. to search for more information about someone or something
Down
  1. 1. information that isn’t from a first-hand source (like a book written afterwards) (2 words)
  2. 3. when someone writes a story about his/her own life
  3. 4. when you reach your goal or finish your job
  4. 7. information that is from a first-hand account (like a diary or interview) (2 words)
  5. 9. the main idea of a piece of writing
  6. 12. SUFFIX: when you want to change an action (verb) into a thing (noun)
  7. 14. another word for “autobiography;” they usually have lots of short stories, like diaries
  8. 16. when something happens because of a cause