CHAPTER 1: BIOGRAPHY

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Biography

Do you know these women?

 Biography

Choose a woman to narate and answer these questions:

 Do you know where or when they were born?

 Do you know when they passed away?
 Have you heard about their struggle?

 What is your impression about them?

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 Biography

It involves more than just the basic facts like education,

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work, relationships, and death

2 it portrays a person's experience of these life events

What is biography?
3 It includes an analysis of the subject's personality

text is a detailed description or account of a pers

4 on's life and written by someone else, it is non-fic
tion text

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 Biography

Function of biography

 To know a person’s story about his / her life outside of any accomplishments thi
s person may be known for
 to give lots of information easily
 to educate the readers.

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 Not Written
written by in the
the third To educate
subject person

Characteristics of Biography To give Fact- About life

based expe-
lessons text rience

Describe
Single
the
subject
inspiring
subject’s To inform
surroun
people
d-ing

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 GENERIC STRUCTURE of the text

• giving the readers the background information of the person

ORIENTATION • Containing narrated biodata such as full name, place and date of
birth.

• presented in chronological order

• part of the events or events experienced by the character
EVENTS • an explanation of a good story in the form of problem
solving, career processes, and various events that have been
experienced by the character

• A conclusion or a comment by the writer

RE-ORIENTATION • Telling about the contribution or the contribution of the person
(CLOSING) • views of the author of the character

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 Biography

Function of biography

 Use of simple past tense. A simple form of events that occurred in the past. Use t
he 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 and temporal conjunction are used as s a link between one
sentence with another sentence in chronological order.
e.g. :
His parents separated when he was two years old.
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Biography

Analyze the generic structure of

“RADEN AJENG KARTINI”

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 Let’s Learn

• Died • When she • April 1879

sequence/conjunction
temporal
Past verbs

Typical Vocabularies of Bio

• Made was • At the age
• exposed forced…. of 25
• …………… • After her • In 1922
• …………. marriage…. • ……
• …..
• …..

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 Let’s Learn
You are going to write a biography by an interview. What you need to keep in mind are:

Choosing Your Subject and Angle

Why did you choose

Preparation and Interviewing Your Subject
him or her? 
What drew your
Planning and Drafting Your Article
Start with the five W's
attention to this
person? Revising and Editing
complete,
Keep the focus on the review your notes
person
highlight the most read through
important cut out any unimportant
words or sentences
Pay attention to these important things to consider:
WATCH THIS AND ANALYZE THE WAY SHE PERFORMS TO DELIVER THE BIOGRAPHY OF RA KARTINI

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