Graph “ writing ”

Autobiography Writing about a person’s life written by that person

Helen Keller wrote her own life story in her autobiography, The Story of My Life.

autograph The writing of one’s own name

Barack Obama signed this photo of himself. His autograph will be valuable because he is the President-elect of the United States.

biography A book written about a person’s life

There are many biographies written about the lives of each past president of the United States.

bibliography A list of books used to write a report or a book

At the end of the report, I included a bibliography of all the books, articles, and internet sources I used.

cartography Mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts

Planetary cartography, or mapping the planets in our solar system, is a skill that requires mathematics and astronomy as well as map-making skills.

homograph A word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g. Fly (noun) and fly (verb).

paragraph A section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence

phonograph Record player device that turns the writing on records into sound

Before CD players and Ipods, people played records on phonographs.

photography The use of light to record an image using a camera

Digital photography is technology that enables anyone to take quality pictures!

seismograph A device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth

A seismograph measures the strength of the earth’s movements during an earthquake.