Writing about a person's life written by that person.

• A. Biography
• B. Memoir
• C. Diary
• D. Autobiography

Answer: (D)

A writing about a person's life written by that person is called an autobiography. It is a first-person account, so you hear the author say I and my as they describe their own experiences, thoughts, and feelings. An autobiography usually covers a wide span of life—from childhood to the present—and aims to give readers a sense of who the person is through their own perspective. A biography, in contrast, is written by someone else who tells the story of that person’s life. A memoir focuses on specific events or periods and centers on the writer’s memories and insights rather than the whole life. A diary is a daily record kept by a person, often private and not organized as a full life narrative. Since the prompt specifies a life story written by the person themselves, autobiography is the best fit.