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GENRE STUDY A biography is the story of a real person’s life
written by someone other than that person.
• Authors of biographies present events and details about a
person in ways that help readers better understand him or her.
• Authors of biographies use literary language and devices,
such as idioms, to describe major events in a person’s life.
• Biographies often include the subject’s own words.
SET A PURPOSE Think about the title and genre of this text.
What do you know about Rita Moreno? What do you want to learn?
Write your ideas below.
CRITICAL
VOCABULARY
exposure
willful
stereotypical
Meet the Author and Illustrator: authentic
Juan Felipe Herrera and Raúl Colón
discriminatory
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