| A | B |
| autobiography (n) | writing about a person's life written by that person |
| autograph (n) | the writing of one's own name |
| bibliography (n) | the written list of all the books used in a report or book |
| biography (n) | a book written about a person's life |
| cartography (n) | mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts |
| homograph (n) | a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g., bow—hair and bow-ship) |
| paragraph (n) | a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence |
| phonograph (n) | record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound |
| photography (n) | the use of light to record an image using a camera |
| seismograph (n) | a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth |