biography part 2

BIOGRAPHY TEXT PART 2

Generic Structure of Biography Text

• Orientation

Orientation is the first part of the biographical text. This section includes an introduction to the character and background of the story or event that will be told in the next section.

Orientation serves to make it easier for readers to understand basic information about the events being told. This section is also an introduction before going into a more detailed discussion.

• Important phenomenon

Next up, important events. In this section, the story is told about a series of events, namely the main events experienced by the characters. This section is arranged chronologically in order of time. Sometimes, the author also includes some comments on certain parts of the chronology of events.

This section is also the core of the biographical text because in this section the reader can take lessons and examples from the life story of the character.

• Reorientation

The last is reorientation. This section contains comments or concluding statements regarding the series of events that have been told previously. Reorientation acts as a closing on the biographical text and is optional.

This section makes it easier for the reader to understand the events that have been told and to understand why the character should serve as an example for many people.

LANGUAGE FEATURES OF BIOGRAPHY TEXT

• Using the third person singular 'he', 'she' or 'it'
• use verbs to describe events or actions taken by characters
• Use passive verbs to describe events experienced by characters
• Use adjectives to describe character traits, such as genius, diligent, and tenacious

ACTIVITY 3

1. Write an INVENTOR BIOGRAPHY, minimal 4 paragraph and attach picture in each paragraph and publish it in your blog

2. Record a video you read the paragraph in a good pronunciation creatively and publish in your you tube channel. attach the video in your blog

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 

Benjamin Franklin wrote his autobiography up until the year 1757. So it misses out on a lot of the more historical events we know him for. Those including, the Revolutionary War and his time serving in the Continental Congress. Franklin paints an intimate picture of his earlier years. It is the rise of a young man and considered by many contemporaries of his time and historians of today as the first renaissance man of the American era. 

Few people of the time or even today can compare to Benjamin Franklin. An autodidact with a wide range of interests, he was scientist, inventor, and one of the great philosophers of the time. The charm of this book comes from the fact that we get to see Benjamin Franklin in the time that he wasn’t the famous and mythical man many know him as today. Instead we see the classic story of a self-made man as he faces the tried and trued trials and tribulations of a legend on the rise.