BIOGRAPHY TEXT

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Patricia Aurha D.P

XI PMP A
No 28.
 DEFINITION

01 ● Biography text is a detailed description or

02 account of a person’s life and written by
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someone else, it is nonfiction text.
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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.)
 CHARACTERISTIC OF BIOGRAPHY

01 always written in the Describes the person’s

surroundings
third person
(where, when and how the
02 person lived).

03

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Based on research Use vivid language to
narrate events.
 GENERIC STRUCTURE
(Introduction)
Orientation It is the opening paragraph, gives the readers
01 the background information of the person.

02 In events, should be in
Events chronological order.

03
It consists of a conclusion or comment or the
Reorientation
04 writer. Tell about the achievement or the
contribution of the person
 Grammar and Language Features

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02

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04 Simple Past Temporal Focus on Use of Action

Tense Sequence and Specific verbs.
Temporal participants
Conjunction.
 TYPES OF BIOGRAPHY

01
1 2
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04 Short Biography Long Biography

focuses only on highlights of a person’s about life and times of someone in a lot
life more detail
EXAMPLE
 SOEKARNO
Sukarno was the first president of Indonesia.
He was born in 6 June 1901 and died in 21 June
1970. He led his country to fight against
Netherlands and the man who proclaimed the
independence. Sukarno was a prominent leader
of nationalist movement during the colonial
period. He spent more than a decade under the
detention before released by the Japanese force.
Ir. Sukarno and all his nationalist fellows
collaborated to collect support in spreading
nationalist ideas. When Japan surrender the
Indonesian independence was declared by
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta on 17 August
1945. At the same time, Sukarno was appointed
as the president and Mohammad Hatta as vice
president. After became president, Sukarno had
to fight once again against resisting Dutch re-
colonization efforts.
After parliamentary democracy chaos in
1957, Sukarno put an autocratic system
called Guided Democracy. It successfully
ended the rebellions and instability which
were threatening the country. In the early
1960s, Sukarno brought the country to the
Soviet by giving protection and support to
the Indonesian Communist Party.
Unfortunately, the 30 September
movement in 1965 ended the communist
era and Sukarno’s position as president
was replaced by Suharto, the man who
became president for 32 years. After
Suharto in charged, Sukarno was exiled to
Bogor and spent the rest of his life there.
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