Kelompok 4:
1.Farezi H
2.Ficky D
3.Kartianto Panji S
4.Kisnak S
5.Ridwan A
6. Reido S
BIOGRAPHY TEXT
Biography text
In English and in its terms, Biography text is a detailed description or account
of a person's life and written by someone else, it is non-fiction text. Or in
Indonesian biography text is a text that describes the details of a person's life
history in real and written by someone else.
Function of Biography
To know a person’s story about his / her life outside of any accomplishments
this person may be known for.
To give lots of information easily and educate the readers.
Characteristics of Biography
Biography Is not written by subject and is 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 based on the fact that a character's life experience
contains the story or story of a character in his or her life, whether it is in the
form of strengths, problems or deficiencies written by other people 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.
Generic Structure:
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.
EVENTS
In events, it should be a chronological order. This stage is part of the events or
events experienced by the character. Contains an explanation of a good story in
the form of problem solving, career processes, and various events that have
been experienced by the character to lead to success.
RE-ORIENTATION (CLOSING)
It consist of a conclusion or a comment or the writer. Tell about the contribution
or the contribution of the person. In closing, this section contains the views of
the author of the narrated character. This authentication is optional, so there
may or may not be.