Question

You are writing an autobiography of a pen. Which of the following would you include in the autobiography?

This question has multiple correct options.

a) I am a blue pen.
b) I am very useful.
c) This pen is blue. It is very helpful.
d) The pen that I am going to write about is blue in color and is very helpful.

Answer 1

Hint: An autobiography is an essay or record about a person’s life, which is written by the person himself/herself/itself.

Complete step by step Answer:

Since an autobiography is an account of a person written by himself/herself, it is always written in first person. In other words, a person talks about himself/herself. So, it is written in first person like starting with ‘I’ and ‘we’. So, there are two correct options- a and b. In the given question, the pen is writing its autobiography. In option a, the pen is describing itself in first person (use of ‘I’) as being a blue pen. Similarly, in option b it is describing itself in first person as useful.

But options c and d are incorrect options. In option c, the sentences are written in third person i.e. a person describing some third person to another person. It can be understood from the words like ‘this pen’ and pronouns like ‘it’. This cannot be used in an autobiography. Similarly, option d is also in third person which is understood from the use of the words ‘this pen’.

Additional information:

The word ‘autobiography’ is derived from two Greek words- autos meaning self and bios meaning life. So, it literally means self -account of life. It was used for the first time by William Taylor in an English periodical named as The Monthly Review.

Note: The person used in the sentence must be paid close attention to.