Biography part 1

 

Definition of Biography Text

A biography is a story or information about a person's life. A biography is more complex than just a resume and data on a person's work, it also tells about the feelings involved in experiencing these events. The biography describes in full the life of a character from childhood to old age, even to death. All services, works, and everything that is produced or done by a character is also clarified. The biographical text was composed by others, not by myself.

Function of Biography

• To know a person's story about his/her life outside of any accomplishments this person may be known for.
• To know someone's story about his life beyond any achievements, this person might be known.
• To give much information easily and educate the readers.
• To provide a lot of information easily and educate the readers.

Characteristics of Biography

• Biography is not written by subject and always written in the third person.
• The biographical text is not made by the person whose life is being told, but is told by someone else in the third person point of view.
• Based on research.
• The text is made based on the facts of a character's life experience containing the story or story of a character in navigating his life, whether it is in the form of advantages, problems or shortcomings written by other people so that they should be exemplary.
• Describes the person's surroundings (where, when and how the person lived).
• Telling in detail about the information about the characters told which include W/H Questions (What, Where, When, Why, How)
• Use vivid language to narrate events.
• The use of language must be clearly applied in a biographical text. In order to avoid errors 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. Some general information can also be presented in this section as an introduction to the characters.

• Events

In events, should be in chronological order. This stage is part of the events or events experienced by the character. Contains an explanation of a story in the form of problem solving, career processes, and various events that have been experienced by the character to lead him to a success.

• Re-Orientation (Closing)

It consists of a conclusion or comment or the writer. Tell about the achievement or the contribution of the person. In closing, this section contains the author's view of the characters being told. This reorientation is optional, which means the author can give his personal view on the character being told or the author does not give his personal view on the character being told, which is not an important matter.

Grammar and Language Features

• Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense is the main menu in making Biography Text. A simple form of an event that happened in the past. Use the second form of the verb (verb 2).

So, when you want to make a biography about someone, then of course you will tell the history of what has been done in the past. The past relationship with Recount was very close. This is because Recount Text is a text that uses Simple Past Tense as the main menu in making sentences. Simple Past Tense itself is one type of English Tense that serves to express events in the past and are not felt at this time.

The right steps that you have to take in making a Biography in English are:

Learn Simple Past Tense

Learn about Recount Text (Because there will be a significant relationship between Recount Text and the Biography that you will make)

Example of Biography Text : Famous Peron

B.J. HABIBIE

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie known as BJ. Habibie was born on June 25, 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. His father was an agriculturist from Gorontalo of Bugis descent and his mother was a Javanese noblewoman from Yogyakarta. His parents met while studying in Bogor. When he was 14 years old, Habibie's father died.

He remained in Germany as a research assistant under Hans Ebner at the Lehrstuhl und Institut für 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 reacquainted with Hasri Ainun, the daughter of R. Mohamad Besari. The two married on 12 May 1962, returning to Germany shortly afterwards. Habibie and his wife settled in Aachen for a short period before moving to Oberforstbach. In May 1963 they had their first son, Ilham Akbar Habibie, and later another son, Thareq Kemal Habibie.

When Habibie's minimum wage salary forced him into part-time work, he found employment with the Automotive Marque Talbot, where he became an advisor. Habibie worked on two projects which received funding from the Deutsche Bundesbahn. Due to his work with Makosh, the head of train constructions offered his position to Habibie upon his retirement three years later, but Habibie refused.

Habibie did accept a position with Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm in Hamburg. There, he developed theories on thermodynamics, construction, 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 was 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 enterprise Nusantara Aircraft Industry (IPTN). In 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 stabilized the economy in the face of the Asian financial crisis and the 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 Yudoyono's presidency. In September 2006, he released a book called Decisive Moments: Indonesia's Long Road Towards Democracy (Decisive Moments: Indonesia's Long Road Towards Democracy). The book recalled the events of May 1998.

Write a FAMOUS PERSON BIOGRAPHY, minimal 4 paragraph and attach picture in each paragraph and publish it in your blog

Harry Styles

Harry Edward Styles was born in Redditch, Worcestershire on 1 February 1994. He is the son of Anne Cox (née Selley) and Desmond “Des” Styles, who worked in finance. Many of his ancestors were farm laborers in Norfolk. Styles was raised in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire after his parents moved there along with his older sister, Gemma, when he was a child. He attended Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School. Styles’ parents divorced when he was seven and his mother later was remarried to Robin Twist; he died in 2017. He has an older stepbrother named Mike and a stepsister named Amy, children of Twist. As a sixteen-year-old, he worked part-time at the W. Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel.

As a child, Styles loved singing, covering songs from Elvis Presley. While at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive, Styles was the lead singer for the band White Eskimo, which won a local Battle of the Bands competition. Styles has cited country singer Shania Twain as his “main influence” both musically and in fashion. He has also cited Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Harry Nilsson, Freddie Mercury, and Elvis Presley as being influences. His music contains elements of soft rock, pop, folk, rock, and Britpop.

Following a suggestion from his mother, on 11 April 2010, Styles auditioned as a solo candidate for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor, singing a rendition of Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely”. He failed to progress to the “Boys” category at “judges’ houses”. Four others in his age group also failed, but at the suggestion by Nicole Scherzinger, a guest judge, they were put together as an ensemble at Wembley Arena in July 2010, during the “boot camp” stage of the competition, thus qualifying for the “Groups” category. The group consisting of Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, got together for two weeks to get to know one another and practice. In 2017, Styles said he had suggested the name One Direction to his bandmates and they agreed to keep it.

For their qualifying song at “judges’ houses”, and their first song as a group, One Direction sang an acoustic version of “Torn”. Simon Cowell later commented that the performance convinced him that the group “were confident, fun, like a gang of friends, and kind of fearless as well.” Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were Cowell’s last act in the competition. The group quickly gained popularity in the UK.

In 2016 to present, he has been busy with the solo album and acting debut. In February 2016, Styles left the group’s management company Modest Management and joined Jeffrey Azoff’s Full Stop Management. Styles launched his own record label, Erskine Records, in May and he signed a recording contract with Columbia Records as a solo artist, the same label behind One Direction, in June. Styles wrote the song “Someday” in collaboration with Meghan Trainor for Michael Bublé’s album Nobody but Me, released in October.

In March 2017, Styles announced his first solo single titled “Sign of the Times” and the song was released on 7 April, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. An accompanying music video for the song directed by Woodkid was also released, featuring Styles levitating and walking on water. The song was variously described by critics as pop rock and soft rock ballad with glam rock influences.

His self-titled debut album was released on 12 May 2017, whereupon it debuted at number one in several countries, including the UK, the US, and Australia. The record was heavily influenced by ’70s soft rock and was described by Variety as a “classic cocktail of psychedelia, Britpop, and balladry”. It received generally favorable reviews from critics and was included in several publications’ lists of the best albums of 2017.

Styles made his film debut in Christopher Nolan’s war film Dunkirk in July 2017, playing a British soldier named Alex who is a part of the Dunkirk evacuation in World War II. He appeared alongside actors Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy, and Kenneth Branagh in the film.

My Exercise About FAMOUS PERSON BIOGRAPHY 

 R.A Kartini

Orientation 

Raden Ajeng Kartini or better known as Ibu Kartini. He was descended from a prominent family and was born on April 21, 1879. One thing that his family inherited was education.

Kartini once felt sitting in elementary school until she graduated from elementary school. His thirst for knowledge made him continue to pursue higher education.

However, her father did not give Kartini permission to continue her education. Knowing her father's attitude, Kartini was very sad but she could not change her father's decision.

Events 

Kartini is no longer allowed to leave the house until it is time for her to marry or the term is secluded. To get rid of her boredom, Kartini spent her time reading science books that she had.

Her hobby of reading has become Kartini's daily routine. In fact, he did not hesitate to ask his father if there was something he did not understand or did not understand. Gradually, his knowledge increased and his insight became wider.

Events 

He admired many works and thoughts of European women. Moreover, their freedom to be able to continue to school. This admiration really inspired her to be able to advance women in Indonesia.

In his point of view, women do not only have to be able to deal with household matters. But more than that, women must also be able and have broader insights and knowledge.

He also began to move to gather his female friends to be taught to read and write. Every day, Kartini is getting more and more busy with her reading and teaching activities.

Events 

Kartini also had many friends in the Netherlands and often communicated with them. He even had time to ask Mr. J.H. Abendanon to be able to give him a scholarship to study in the Netherlands.

Before the request was granted, she was already married to the Duke of Rembang named Raden Adipati Oyodiningrat.

Based on historical data, R.A Kartini went with her husband to Rembang after they got married. Even so, Kartini's ideals did not just go away. She is very lucky to have a husband who is very supportive of her dreams.

Thanks to her husband's persistence and support, Kartini was able to establish women's schools in various regions. Such as in Semarang, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Madiun, Malang, Cirebon, and other areas. At that time, the women's school was known as the Kartini School.

Events 

Kartini is a Javanese woman who has a view beyond her era at that time. Even though he himself is shackled by the times that bind him to customs. On September 17, 1904, Kartini died at the age of 25, after giving birth to her first and only child.

She is one of the women who pioneered the emancipation of women in Java. His correspondence letters with his friends in the Netherlands were later recorded by Abendanon under the title "Door Duistemis Tot Licht" or what we usually know as "After Dark Comes Light".

This book is one of the books that inspires many women in Indonesia. Not only women in his day, but until now.

Reorientation 

In accordance with Presidential Decree No. 108 of 1964, Kartini was officially named a national hero by the Indonesian government. This Presidential Decree also stipulates April 21 as Kartini Day.

His name is now immortalized as a street name in several areas in Indonesia. Not only in cities in Indonesia, but in cities in the Netherlands. Like in the cities of Trecht, Venlo, Amsterdam, and Harleem.

And even WR. Supratman composed a song to commemorate the services that have been done by RA. Kartini. The song is entitled "Our Mother Kartini".