An autobiography is your life story. English teachers usually assign an autobiographical incident, which is an important event from your life and not your entire life story. You might want to clarify the instructions with your teacher.
If you really are writing about your entire life, a good place to begin is your birth. Describe your family background and how you came into the world. Where was your family? What siblings did you have and how old were they? What did your parents do for a living? Any interesting or important information about your birth is good to include.
From then, focus on interesting and significant events from your life that you remember. You can ask family members for ideas. Focus on a few specific memorable things, like times you might have moved, important events in your life, accomplishments, or anything that stands out. Do not focus too much on the mundane. Use broad strokes.
For an autobiographical incident, you should choose an event that you remember that is important to who you are. It could be something that you did or something that happened to you. Sometimes people choose births of siblings, family vacations, traumatic incidents, or other important events. The idea is to focus tightly on one specific event in your life.
When writing an autobiographical incident, give background of who you are at the time. Explain when it happened, and think like a reporter. Who was involved? Why did it happen? How did it affect you? Remember that you are writing a story. It is good to include dialogue. It does not have to be word for word exactly what people said. If you remember the gist of it, or can imagine how the conversation might have gone, that will be enough. Dialogue spices up the writing and makes it seem more like a story.
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