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Center for Gifted Education 
The College of William and Mary 
 
 Vocabulary Web Example: Autobiography 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From Autobiographies, a language arts unit for high ability learners in grades 5-6. 
Source (sentence where you saw 
the word): 
Source (sentence where yo  
the word): 
 
“Autobiographia Literaria means literary 
autobiography, the story of a writer’s life.” 
Koch, Talking to the Sun: An Illustrated 
Anthology of Poems for Young People. 
Definition:  
1. The biography of a person written by 
that person. (American Heritage 
Dictionary, 3rd ed.) 
2. 
the biography of a person narrated by 
himself. (Merriam-Webster Collegiate 
Dictionary, 10th ed.) 
Example: 
Some day when I am famous, I will take 
my diary entries and write my 
autobiography. 
Synonyms: 
Memoirs 
Life story 
Life history 
Antonyms: 
Biography, epitaph 
Word Families: 
biography, biology, 
photography, automobile, 
autograph, graphic, 
graphology, automatic, 
biodiversity 
Origin: 
Greek (autos, bios) 
Latin (graphia) 
Stems: 
- 
auto 
- 
bio 
- 
graphy 
Part of speech: 
Noun 
Analysis 
 
WORD: 
Autobiography
