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Ethnic/regional/gender
Family, hate
Family, ill
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Job/profession/poverty story
Kids growing up/acting up?
Life in an institution
Outdoors story
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Romance
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Family, ill
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Food
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Life in an institution
Outdoors story
Pal/friendship story
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Political/social rights fight
Road trip
Romance
Royalty bio
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War/Spying
Period of greatest activity?
1950+
1900+
1800's
1700's
ancient times
Subject of Biography
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Gender
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Female
Profession/status:
a lawyer creature
accountant
accused criminal
actor/actress/producer
airforce pilot
artist
bounty hunter
business executive
champion of justice
chef
dictator
diplomat
doctor
engineer
explorer
farmer
gambler
government investigator
homemaker
infantry soldier
journalist
killer
magician
musician
musician
navy soldier
not employed but independently wealthy
police/lawman
politician/elected ruler
Prince/Nobleman/King
private investigator
prostitute
psychiatrist
religious figure
scholar
scientist
secretary
servant
slave
slaver
small businessman
sports figure
sports figure
spy
student
teacher/professor
thief/con artist
trader
unemployed
veterinarian
writer
Age:
a kid
a teen
20's-30's
40's-50's
60's-90's
long lived adults
Eccentric/Mental
Biography of famous person?
Ethnicity
White
Black
American Indian
Indian Indian
Arab
Jew
Hispanic/Latinic
Chinese
Japanese
Other Asian
Nationality
American (!)
Irish/McCourt
British
French
German
Italian
Scandinavian
Eastern European
Russian
Greek
Turk
North African
Subsaharan African
Central/South American
Japanese
Chinese
Australian
Canadian
Holland/Dutch
How sensitive is this person?
soggy whimpering jelly muffin
sensitive to others' feelings
middling sensitive to others' feelings
hard edged
mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
Strong but gentle sense of humor
Cynical sense of humor
Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
Retarded
Dumb
Average intelligence
Smarter than most other people
Very much smarter than other people
Genius (really!)
Physique
bulging muscles
very athletic
average physique
healthy but a geeky weakling
physically sick
druggie/wino disease
missing body parts/abilities
quite fatty
Setting
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Africa
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Asia/Pacific
City?
Desert?
Europe
Farm/Ranch?
Forest?
Ice Caps/Sea?
Island?
Jungles?
Mountains/Cliffs
Prairie?
Small town?
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Mountains/Cliffs
Prairie?
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The Americas (not US):
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How much descriptions of surroundings?
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Century:
1980's-Present
1960's-1970's
1930's-1950's
1900-1920's
19th century
18th century
17th century
distant past
near future
Style
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Person
mostly 3rd
mostly 1st
rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
no torture/death
generic/vague references to death/punishment
moderately detailed references to deaths
explicit references to deaths
explicit references to torture
very explicit references to deaths and torture
Book makes you feel?
very happy
encouraged
challenged
concerned
depressed
scared
in awe
spiritual
angry
thoughtful
Is book humorous?
Sex in book?
Lot of foul language?
Commentary on society?
Unusual Style:
a lot of play on words
a lot of flashback and forwards
a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject:
very favorable
favorable
neutral
somewhat unfavorable
very unfavorable
Story of entire life, or part?
story of nearly entire life
story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people?
If this is a kid's book:
Age 5-7
Age 8-10
Age 11-14
Age 14-16
Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Pictures/Illustrations?
None
A few 1-5 B&W
More 6-10 B&W
A lot 11-15 B&W
A ton 16-20 B&W
Some in color 1-5
More in color 6-10
A lot in color 11-15
More than 15 in color
Is this an e-book?
How much dialogue in bio?
mostly dialog
significantly more dialog than descript
roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
significantly more descript than dialog
little dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Lot of titilating info about love life?
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
0-25% of book
26-50% of book
51%-75% of book
76%-100% of book