BIOGRAPHY

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BOBY NIZAR
XII MK 1
  BIOGRAPHY DEFNITION

Biography text is a form of text that contains a story about a story or a story about a character in
navigating his life, whether it is a form of strengths, problems or deficiencies produced by someone in
order to be an example for many people.

In addition to biographies, there is also an autobiography. Autobiography is an article written solely by

the character. For this reason, biography and autobiography are different. This difference can be seen
from the author, whether the report was written by themselves or someone else wrote it.
 SOCIAL FUNCTION

Function of Biography
• To know a person’s story about his/her life outside of any accomplishments this person may be known for.
Untuk mengetahui kisah seseorang tentang kehidupannya di luar pencapaian apa pun, orang ini mungkin dikenal.
• To give much information easily and educate the readers. Untuk memberikan banyak informasi dengan mudah dan
mendidik para pembaca.
 GENERAL STRUCTURE

 Orientation

It given the reader the background information as two why this person is Noteworthy and should have a biography
written about the. The opening paragraph should answer the questions: who, what, where, when, and how.
 Series/Event

It presents a series of events, usually told in chronological order. Here the writer might refer to a certain time on line.
 Reorientation

It consists of a type of conclusion with a comment on the contributions this person has made or a summary and
evaluation of the person’s achievement.
 LANGUAGE FEATURES
Grammar and language features

 Simple past tense.

A simple form of events that occurred in the past. Use the second verb form (verb 2).
e.g. : -The family then moved to his stepfather’s home country.
-He was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

 Temporal sequence (urutan waktu) and temporal conjunction (konjungsi temporal).

As a link between one sentence with another sentence in chronological order.

e.g. : His parents separated when he was two years old.

 Focus on Specific participants Use of Action verbs .

A group of words that describe something the character actively does.

e.g. : the family then moved to his stepfather’s home country
 CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOGRAPHY

 Biography Is not written by subject and always written in third person. In other words, biographical
texts are not made by people who are being told their life history, but are told by other people in the
perspective of third people.
 Based on research. The text is made based on the facts of life of a character containing the story or
story of a character in his life, whether it is in the form of strengths, problems or shortcomings written
by others so that it should be an example.
 Describes the person's surroundings (where, when and how the person lived).
 Use vivid language to narrate events. Clear language must really be applied in a biographical text to
avoid mistakes in the information presented.
  BIOGRAPHY TEXT B J HABIBIE

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was born on June 25, 1936 in the sleepy seaside town of Pare Pare in the Indonesian state
of South Sulawesi. The fourth of eight children, he was nicknamed “Rudy” at an early age. His father, Alwi Abdul
Jalil Habibie, was a government agricultural official who promoted the cultivation of cloves and peanuts. His
grandfather was a Muslim leader and an affluent landowner. As a child Habibie liked swimming, reading, singing,
riding his father’s racehorses, and building model airplanes. Habibie’s interest in building model planes continued
while he excelled in science and mathematics at the Bandung Institute of Technology. His mother, R.A. Tuti Marini
Habibie, arranged for him to continue his studies in Germany. At the Technische Hochschule of Aachen, Habibie
studied aircraft construction engineering. In 1962, on a visit home to Indonesia, he married H. Hasri Ainun Besari, a
doctor. After graduating with a doctoral degree from the Aachen Institute in 1965, Habibie joined the aircraft
manufacturing firm Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Bluhm, rising to the rank of vice-president. As a research scientist and
aeronautical engineer, he helped design several planes, including the DO-31, an innovative vertical takeoff and
landing craft. In 1974, President Suharto asked Habibie to return to Indonesia to help establish an industrial base. As
minister of research and technology, Habibie promoted the importation of high-tech goods and services. In March
1998, President Suharto installed Habibie as vice-president. In May 1998 He became a President. He is a president
only for short time. For Indonesian people, Habibie is known as the genius man who build the plane.