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Biography Text Part-1




 Hello everyone, Today im gonna explain about Biography Text.

• What is Biography text ?
Biography is the story of a person's life that is more complex than just a curriculum vitae and work data. Generally, biographies tell more about the feelings a person faces in dealing with an event or a person's life. The biography describes the life of a character from childhood until he grows up, even until he finally dies. All services, works, and things produced by a character are also clarified. The biographical text itself was composed not by myself. Life history text types include Short life history and Long life history.

• What is Purpose of the Biography text ?
The purpose of a biography is to share the life of another person with an audience. An author may choose to write a biography because they find the subject's story to be interesting or to have themes that apply to life today

• What is General Structure of the Biography text ?
  • Orientation 

It is the opening paragraph. It tells the background information of the person. Usually, it consists of a person's identity such as full name, address and date of birth. 

  • Events 

 It is written in chronological order. This paragraph tells about the event happened to the person.  

  • Re - orientation (optional)

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


Linguistic features of biography text :

  • Use simple past tense 

Example : He was born on August 17, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

  • Use time sequence 

Example : His parents were divorced when he was three years old.

  • Focus on specific participant

Example : Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in Kentucky (USA). He worked on the farm of his father.

  • Use action verb 

Example : He did different types of jobs before he settled as a highly successful lawyer.

EXAMPLE of Biography Text 

B.J. HABIBIE


Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie known as B. J. Habibie was born on 25 June 1936. He was the Third President of the Republic of Indonesia (1998-1999). Habibie was born in Parepare, South Sulawesi Province to Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and R. A. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo.  

Habibie continued his studies in Jakarta and then in 1955 moved to Germany. In 1960, Habibie received a degree in engineering in Germany, giving him the title Diplom-Ingenieur. He remained in Germany as a research assistant under Hans Ebner at the Lehrstuhl und Institut fur Leichtbau, RWTH Aachen to conduct research for his doctoral degree. In 1962, Habibie returned to Indonesia for three months on sick leave. During this time, he was re-painted with Hasri Ainun and they married on May 12, 1962, returning to Germany shortly afterwards. They had two sons, Ilham Akbar Habibie and Thareq Kemal Habibie.  

When Habibie's minimum salary forced him to work time, he found Marque Talbot's employment with the Automotive, where he became an advisor. Habibie worked on two projects which were received funding from Deutsche Bundesbahn. Due to his work with Makosh, the head of train constructions offered his position to his retirement three years later, but Habibie refused. Habibie accepted Hamburg position with Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm. There, developed theories on thermodynamics, contruction, and aerodynamics known as the Habibie Factor, Habibie Theorem, and Habibie Method, respectively. He worked for Messerschmit on the development of the Airbus A-300B aircraft. In 1974, he was promoted to vice president of the company.  

In 1974, Suharto requested Habibie to return to Indonesia as part of Suharto's drive to develop the country. Habibie initially served as a special assistant to Ibnu Sutowo, the CEO of the state oil company Pertamina. Two years later, in 1976, Habibie was made Chief Executive Officer of the new state-owned Nusantara Gate Aircraft Industry companyIn 1978, he was appointed as Minister of Research and Technology. Habibie was elected vice president in March 1998. On 21 May 1998, Suharto publicly announced his resignation and Habibie was immediately sworn in as president. Habibie's government has been stabilized in the face of the Asian financial crisis and chaos of the last few months of Suharto's presidency.  

Since relinquishing the presidency, Habibie has spent more time in Germany than in Indonesia. However, he has also been active as a presidential adviser during Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's presidency. In September 2006, he released a book called Detik-Detik Yang Menatakan: The Long Way of Indonesia Towards Democracy Decisive Moments Indonesia's Long Road Towards Democracy). The book recalled the events of Detik-Detik Yang Menentukan: The Long Way of Indonesia Towards Democracy (Decisive Moments Indonesia's Long Road Towards Democracy). The book recalled the events of May 1998.





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