Hello, everyone, and welcome back to this blog. Today we start a new section called Biography Text. Take a look at the following explanation. ❗❗❗❗
🎏 Definition of Biography Text
A biography is a more complex account of a person's life than a curriculum vitae and work history. Biographies, on the whole, focus on the emotions that a person has when engaging with an event or a person's life.
It is discussed in the biography about the life of a character from childhood to adulthood and eventually death. All of a character's services, works, and things are also clarified.
🎏 Biography Text Formulas
1. ORIENTATION
The reader is given background information on why the biography was written in the first place. Who, what, where, when, and how should all be addressed in the first paragraph.
Biographical information, such as complete name, birthplace, and date of birth, is usually narrated. This section might also serve as an introduction to the characters by providing some general information.
2. EVENTS
At the event stage is the stage of an event or events experienced by the character. Contains an explanation of a story in the form of problem solving, other processes, and various events that have been experienced by the character to lead him to a success. The event itself is usually told in chronological order which refers to a certain time.
3. RE-ORIENTATION (Closing)
This section contains the author's views on the characters told. Reorientation is optional so that the author can give his personal view of the characters being told. Reorientation also consists of a type of conclusion with comments about contributions which are then summarized in an interesting conclusion or storyline.
🎏 Characteristics of Biographical Text
A biographical text should have the following characteristics:
- Contains information about the lives of the characters depicted in the story.
- In the shape of a story told in the most appealing manner possible.
- It should be inspirational in order to impact the reader.
- Motivation is included so that readers can follow in the footsteps of the author.
- Has the characters' impressions and messages put down.
- Orientation, key events, and reorientation are all part of the conventional structure.
🎏 Types of Biographical Texts
By Author
- Biography, if someone's life story is written by someone else.
- Autobiography, if the story of a person's life is written by the person himself.
Based on Content
- Biography of the journey of life, if the biographical text tells the journey of life or parts of the memorable life journey of the character.
- Career biography, if the biographical text only discusses the career journey of the character to achieve success.
Based on Permission
- Authorized biography, if the biographical text is written with permission or with the knowledge of the character whose life journey is narrated.
- Unauthorized biography, if the biographical text was written without permission or without the knowledge of the character whose life journey is being told. This type of biographical text usually occurs when the character being written about has died and no family member can be asked for permission.
Intellectual Biography
This biographical text was made through various researches, to collect his writing material. This type of biographical text is also presented in a scientific style. An example of an intellectual biographical text is Gus Dur and Transformative Social Sciences: An Intellectual Biography, written by Syamsul Arif.
Political Biography
This type of biography tells the life experience of a state figure from a political point of view. Just like intellectual biographies, political biographies are carried out with various researches to gather written material. Sometimes, political biographies are made based on the interests of the characters being told. An example of a political biographical text is Political Biography – Mohammad Hatta written by Deliar Noer.
example of biography text
RA Kartini or Raden Adjeng Kartini is a heroine of emancipation of woman who was born in Jepara on April 21, 1879.
Kartini’s father was a Jepara Regent named R.M.A.A Sosroningrat. She was the fifth child from a total of eleven siblings.
During her life, Kartini tried to fight for gender equality because she felt that women were oppressed.
At that time, women were not allowed to obtain higher education. Kartini was a smart woman and she could speak Dutch.
From Dutch newspapers and magazines, she was attracted by European women’s advance thinking.
From there she started her fight in establishing a school for women supported by her husband, K.R.M. Adipati Ario Singgih Djojo Adhiningrat. Kartini died at the age of 25.
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Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and business woman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, EnglanD. She became famous in the 1990’s with the pop group “The Spice Girl”and was known as Posh SpicE. In 1999, she married the Manchester United and England footballer, David Beckham. They have four children, three sons and a daughter. After The Spice Girl split up, she pursued a solo singer career, but also started her own fashion range called dVb StylE. Since this initial foray into fashion Victoria Beckham has brought out her own range of sunglasses and fragrance, entitled “Intimately Beckham”and a range of handbags and jewelry. In addition she had written two best-selling books: one her autobiography and the other, a fashion guide.
1. What did Victoria do before being a solo singer? A. Married to David Beckham B. Worked as fashion designer C. Joined The Spice Girl D. Created fashion style E. Wrote many books
2. We found in the text that …. A. Victoria named her fragrance by dVb style B. Beckham is Victoria’s autobiography C. Beckham is Victoria’s brand for her fragrance D. Posh Spice is the title of her new album E. Spice Girls is Victoria’s label for her wardrobe
3. Based on the text, what do we know about Victoria? A. She is an ordinary woman B. She is a multi-talented woman C. She designed The Spice Girls D. She married to an ordinary person E. She arranged many songs for The Spice Girls
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived between 1756 and 1791. He is one of the most famous composers ever to live. You can hear his music almost everywhere today – in TV commercials, movies, mobile phone ringtones, and of course concert halls. He composed over 600 works ranging from symphonies, piano concertos, operas and choral music. Many musicians and music experts say he was a musical genius.
Mozart was born into a musical family in Salzburg, Austria. His father worked for the local orchestra, taught the violin and was a composer. Mozart started learning the keyboard when he was three and composed his first pieces of music aged five. His father soon became unable to keep up with his son’s outstanding talents.
Between the ages of six and seventeen, Mozart went on tours of Europe with his family. He performed in front of royalty and met many great musicians. He also studied the works of the great composers, including Johan Bach, who he met in London in 1764 and 1765. By his mid-teens, Mozart had established himself throughout Europe as an up-and-coming composer.
Mozart moved to Vienna and started composing some of his finest works, including the opera “The Marriage of Figaro”. He married, had two children and lived quite a lavish lifestyle. He worked non-stop producing music that is studied by students all over the world today. He continues to be one of the greatest influences on classical music.
4. What proves that Wolfgang was a musical genius?
He is one of the most famous composers ever to live
Everyone can hear his music almost everywhere today
He composed over 600 works ranging from symphonies, piano concertos, operas and choral music
He went on tours of Europe with his family.
He married, had two children and lived quite a lavish lifestyle
5. Which one is correct about his father?
He was a Math teacher
He compose music
He worked as musician
He performed in front of royalty and met many great musicians.
He studied the works of the great composers
INVENTOR BIOGRAPHY
On July 10, 1856, Nikola Tesla was born. He was an inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, and electrician who was Serbian-American. His contributions to the design of alternating current (AC) electrical systems are his most well-known accomplishments.
Tesla was born and reared in the Austrian Empire and completed his engineering and physics studies in the 1870s. In the early 1880s, he worked in telephony and for Continental Edison in the electric power sector. In 1884, he immigrated to the United States and later became a naturalized citizen. Before deciding to leave, he worked at the Edison Machine Works in New York City. Tesla established a laboratory in New York with the support of partners to finance and promote his ideas.
In January 1943, Tesla died in New York City. After his death, his work was forgotten, but in 1960, the General Conference on Weights and Measures named the tesla after him as the SI unit of magnetic flux density. Since the 1990s, his name has been on the rise once more.
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 17, 1770, in Bonn, Germany. He was the son of a tenor vocalist named Johann van Beethoven. Maria Magdalena van Beethoven was his mother's name. His childhood he spent just like a child in general playing and studying. However, his father who is an artist later also educated Ludwig van Beethoven by practicing the piano for hours. He wanted his son to be like Mozart.
When a music composition tutor named Christian Gottlob Neefe saw Beethoven's tremendous musical talent, he began to teach him about Johann Sebastian Bach's musical creations. Beethoven's first work was published in 1783. Beethoven published three sonatas for the then-prince of Bonn, Franz Xaver Stelker, in the same year. Beethoven went to Vienna to study with Mozart on the prince's orders in 1787.
Seeing Beethoven's ability, Mozart was amazed and said that he saw one of the best composers in the world in the future. But his meeting with Mozart did not last long. Beethoven immediately rushed back because his mother, Maria Magdalene, was seriously ill and died in 1787. After his mother died, Beethoven took care of his two younger siblings. He took his father's salary for his two younger siblings and worked as a piano tutor for the nobles.
He was depressed, despite the fact that he had completed several compositions since the concert. Beethoven's kidney illness caused him to get a high fever in 1826. His life could not be saved, and he died at the age of fifty-seven on March 26, 1827. He was laid to rest in Vienna, Austria.
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