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Definition of Biography Text

A biography is a story or information about a person's life. A biography is more complex than just a resume and data on a person's work, it also tells about the feelings involved in experiencing these events. The biography describes in full the life of a character from childhood to old age, even to death. All services, works, and everything that is produced or done by a character is also clarified. The biographical text was composed by others, not by myself.

Biography consists of two words, namely: Bios which means Life, Graphia which means writing.

 

Function of Biography

1. To know a person's story about his/her life outside of any accomplishments this person may be known for.

2. To give much information easily and educate the readers.

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Characteristics of Biography

1.Biography is not written by subject and always written in the third person.

The biographical text is not made by the person whose life is being told, but is told by someone else in the third person point of view.

2. Based on research.

The text is made based on the facts of a character's life experience containing the story or story of a character in navigating his life, whether it is in the form of advantages, problems or drawbacks written by other people so that they should be exemplary.

3. Describes the person's surroundings (where, when and how the person lived).

Telling in detail about the information about the characters told which include W/H Questions (What, Where, When, Why, How)

4. Use vivid language to narrate events.

The use of language must be clearly applied in a biographical text. In order to avoid errors in the information presented.

 

Generic Structure

1. Orientation (Introduction)

It is the opening paragraph, gives the readers the background information of the person.

Usually contains narrated biodata such as full name, place and date of birth. Some general information can also be presented in this section as an introduction to the characters.

2. Events

In events, should be in chronological order.

This stage is part of the events or events experienced by the character. Contains an explanation of a story in the form of problem solving, career processes, and various events that have been experienced by the character to lead him to a success.

3. Re-Orientation (Closing)

It consists of a conclusion or comment or the writer. Tell about the achievement or the contribution of the person.

In closing, this section contains the author's view of the characters being told. This reorientation is optional, which means the author can give his personal view on the character being told or the author does not give his personal view on the character being told, which is not an important matter.

 

Grammar and Language Features

1. Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense is the main menu in making Biography Text. A simple form of an event that happened in the past. Use the second form of the verb (verb 2).

Example :

[ ] Harry Edward Styles was born in Redditch, Worcestershire on 1 February 1994.

[ ] He is the son of Anne Cox (née Selley) and Desmond “Des” Styles, who worked in finance.

[ ] Many of his ancestors were farm laborers in Norfolk.

[ ] Styles was raised in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire after his parents moved there along with his older sister, Gemma, when he was a child.

[ ] He attended Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School.

 

2. Temporal Sequence and Temporal Conjunction.

As a liaison between one sentence with another sentence in the order of time.

[ ] Temporal Sequence (sequence of time)

[ ] Temporal Conjunction (temporal conjunction).

Example: Styles' parents divorced when he was seven and his mother later was remarried to Robin Twist; he died in 2017

 

3. Focus on Specific participants

Use of Action verbs.

Explaining something that the character is actively doing by using some verbs in V2 or Past Form.

Example:

[ ] Styles launched his own record label, Erskine Records, in May and he signed a recording contract with Columbia Records as a solo artist, the same label behind One Direction, in June.

[ ] Styles wrote the song “Someday” in collaboration with Meghan Trainor for Michael Bublé's album Nobody but Me, released in October.

 

Types of Biography

1. Short Biography (focuses only on highlights of a person's life)

2. Long Biography (about life and times of someone in a lot more detail)

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