3.14 Writing an Introduction and a Conclusion

Back to the Big Question

The big questions provide focus and make the biography interesting. If you haven't figured it out yet, you need to determine a big question that can be answered by your biography.

If you have a "big question", the reader will feel satisfied after reading the biography. The reader will have an "understanding" of something important as a result of reading your biography.

  • Some questions you might want to think about include:
    • What kind of effect did he or she have on the world? other people?
    • Do you feel this person made the world a better place to live in because of what he/she did?  How? Why or why not?
    • How would the history of the world been affected or changed if this significant
      contributor had never lived?
    • What qualities did this person have that made him or her successful?

Go To Your Learning GuideGo to your Learning Guide and respond to Big Question. Then, return to this online lesson.