Which genre recounts a person's life and times as written by that person?

• A. Literature
• B. Autobiography
• C. Poetry
• D. Biography

Answer: (B)

The main idea is a self-written life story told in the first person. An autobiography is a person’s own account of their life and the times they lived through, narrated from their perspective with personal memories, thoughts, and reflections. This differs from a biography, which describes someone’s life but is written by someone else, not by the subject. Poetry and other broad literature genres aren’t defined by a self-authored life narrative, so they don’t fit the prompt as cleanly. So, when a person recounts their life and times in their own words, that genre is an autobiography.