Autobiography

 

The story of one's own life

 
     

 

Possible paraphrasing solution:
Original sentence:"

 John Harold Johnson wrote his autobiography, "Succeeding Against the Odds" to show how he became the successful publisher of Ebony and other magazines.

Paraphrased sentence:

In the story of his life, John Johnson told how he succeeded against the odds to become a famous publisher of Ebony magazine.

 
   
 

Your turn:

Paraphrase 2 of these sentences:

1. A college in Florida has a class called "How to Write Your Autobiography." 

2. "Sean Connery decided not to write his autobiography and returned the advance money to the publishers."1

3.   The autobiography of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski will be sold and the profits go to the victims of his crimes.

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1"Connery Fed Up With Hollywood 'Idiots'" Daily Mail (UK) July 31, 2005 accessed August 11 2005. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=357694&in_page_id=1773