Biography Text

 

Biography Text

 

Part 1

A.Definition

Biography is the story of a person's life that is more complex than just a curriculum vitae and work data. Biography tells more deeply about the feelings faced by a person in dealing with an event or someone's life.

The biography describes the life of a character from childhood until he grows up, even until he finally dies. Life history text types include Short life history and Long life history.

Social function/purpose of descriptive text is to describe particular person, place or thing.

 

B. Structure Text

1. Orientation

The orientation containing the opening paragraph should answer the questions: who, what, where, when, and how. It usually contains s full name as well as place and date of birth.

2. Events

At the event stage is the stage of an event or events experienced by the character. Contains explanations of problem solving, other processes, and various events that have been experienced by the characters. Events are usually told in chronological order which refers to a certain time.

3. Re-Orientation (Closing)

Contains the author's views on the characters told also contains conclusions. Reorientation is optional so that the author can give his personal view of the characters being told.

Exercise:

Raden Adjeng Kartini

Raden Adjeng Kartini was born on April 21, 1879 and died on September 17, 1904, actually more accurately called Raden Ayu Kartini, was a Javanese figure and Indonesian National Hero. Raden Adjeng Kartini came from the priyayi or Javanese aristocratic class. She is the daughter of Raden Mas Adipati Ario Sosroningrat, a patih who was appointed regent of Jepara soon after Kartini was born. Kartini is the daughter of the first wife, but not the main wife. His mother's name is M.A. Ngasirah, daughter of Nyai Haji Siti Aminah and Kyai Haji Madirono, a religious teacher in Telukawur, Jepara. From her father's side, Kartini's lineage can be traced to Hamengkubuwana VI.

The lineage of the Regent of Sosroningrat can even be traced back to the palace of the Majapahit Kingdom. Since Prince Dangirin became regent of Surabaya in the 18th century, Sosroningrat's ancestors filled many important positions in Pangreh Praja. Kartini's older brother, Sosrokartono, was a linguist. Until the age of 12, Kartini was allowed to attend the Europeesche Lagere School (ELS).

Here, among others, Kartini learned Dutch. However, after the age of 12, she had to stay at home because she could be secluded. Because Kartini could speak Dutch, at home she began to study on her own and write letters to correspondent friends who came from the Netherlands. One of them is Rosa Abendanon who supports him a lot. From European books, newspapers and magazines, Kartini was interested in the advancement of European women's thinking. His desire arose to promote indigenous women, because he saw that indigenous women were in a low social status.

Her high aspirations are expressed in her letters to her Dutch acquaintances and friends abroad, such as Mr. EC Abendanon, Mrs. MCE Ovink-Soer, Zeehandelaar, Prof. Dr. GK Anton and Mrs. Tuan HH von Kol, and Mrs. HG de Booij- Boissevain. Kartini's letters were published in the Netherlands in 1911 by Mr JH Abendanon under the title Door Duisternis tot Licht. Translated into Indonesian by the new poet Armjn Pane in 1922 with the title After Dark Terbitlah Terang.

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Part 2

Language elements:

a.Using Past Tense. Suppose we went to Bukittinggi zoo, I was happy, etc

b.Use Conjunctions and Time Connectives to sort events or occurrences. For example and, but, the, list that, etc.

c.Using adverbs and adverbial phrases to express place, time and manner. For example yesterday, at my house, slowly, etc.

d.Using Action Verbs. Suppose went, slept, run, brought, etc

Exercise:

Thomas Alva Edison

 

He was born in Milan, Ohio, United States on February 11, 1847. In his childhood in the United States, Edison always got bad grades in school. Therefore his mother dismissed him from school and taught himself at home. At home, little Edison could freely read adult scientific books and began conducting various scientific experiments on his own. At the age of 12 he started working as a seller of newspapers, fruits and confectionery on the train.

 Thomas Edison was the youngest of seven children Samuel and Edison. His father was an exiled political activist, while his mother was an accomplished school teacher and had a great influence on Thomas’ early life. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor, his inventions include the telegraph, the phonograph, the first practical incandescent electric light bulb, alkaline storage batteries and the Kinetograph (camera for film).

During his lifetime, Edison received many patents. His first patent was obtained from the Electrographic Vote-Recorder on October 13, 1868, at the age of 21. His last patent was for equipment used to hold objects during the electroplating process. While the artificer wasn’t the inventor of the first light bulb, he did find the technology that helped bring it back in time.

Edison was driven to perfect the commercially practical incandescent light bulb after the British inventor invented the first early electric arc lamp in the early 1800s. Thomas Edison later died of complications from his illness on October 18, 1931, at his home, “Glenmont,” in West Orange, New Jersey.

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Part 3

A.Definition

Biography is the story of a person's life that is more complex than just a curriculum vitae and work data. Biography tells more deeply about the feelings faced by a person in dealing with an event or someone's life.

The biography describes the life of a character from childhood until he grows up, even until he finally dies. Life history text types include Short life history and Long life history.

Social function/purpose of descriptive text is to describe particular person, place or thing.

 

B. Structure Text

1. Orientation

The orientation containing the opening paragraph should answer the questions: who, what, where, when, and how. It usually contains s full name as well as place and date of birth.

2. Events

At the event stage is the stage of an event or events experienced by the character. Contains explanations of problem solving, other processes, and various events that have been experienced by the characters. Events are usually told in chronological order which refers to a certain time.

3. Re-Orientation (Closing)

Contains the author's views on the characters told also contains conclusions. Reorientation is optional so that the author can give his personal view of the characters being told.

C.Language elements:

a.Using Past Tense. Suppose we went to Bukittinggi zoo, I was happy, etc

b.Use Conjunctions and Time Connectives to sort events or occurrences. For example and, but, the, list that, etc.

c.Using adverbs and adverbial phrases to express place, time and manner. For example yesterday, at my house, slowly, etc.

d.Using Action Verbs. Suppose went, slept, run, brought, etc

Questions biography Text

Recount Text Biography 1
General Sudirman was a high ranking Indonesian military officer during the Indonesian national revolution. He was the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces, he continues to be widely respected in the country. On 12 November 1945, at an election to decide the military’s commander-in-chief in YogyakartA. The 24 years old Sudirman was chosen over Oerip Soemohardjo in a close votE. While waiting to be confirmed, Sudirman ordered an assault on British and Dutch forces in AmbarawA. The ensuing battle and British withdrawal strengthened Sudirman’s popular support, and he was ultimately confirmed on 18 December. General Sudirman commanded military activities throughout Java, including a show of force in Yogyakarta on 1 March 1949. When the Dutch began withdrawing, in July 1949 Sudirman was recalled to Yogyakarta and forbidden to fight further. In late 1949 Sudirman’s tuberculosis returned, and he retired to Magelang, where he died slightly more than a month after the Dutch recognised Indonesia’s independencE. He is buried at Semaki Heroes’ Cemetery in Yogyakarta.

1. What is the monologue about?
A. A biography of General Soedirman
B. The family of General Soedirman
C. The death of General Soedirman
D. A spirit of General Soedirman for the Indonesian Armed Forces
E. The military forces commanded by General Soedirman

2. What can we infer from the monolugue?
A. His uncle’s name was also Soedirman
B. January is the month of Maulud
C. Soedirman was shot and died in the military war
D. Soedirman died when he was relatively young
E. Soedirman died on 1 March 1949

Recount Text Biography 2
Luis Lionel Andres Messi, born June 24th, 1987, is an Argentinian football player for F.C BarcelonA. He is not very tall, mainly, due to the growing problem he had when he was younger. His eyes are brown. He never has short hair.
Lionel Messi started playing football at a very early age in his hometown’s Newell’s Old Boys. From the age of 11, he suffered from a hormone deficiency and as Lionel’s parents were unable to pay for the treatment in Argentina, they decided to move to Barcelona, Spain.
In the 2003-2004 season, when he was still only 16 years old, Messi made his first team debut in a friendly with Porto that marked the opening of the new Dragao stadium. The following championship-winning season, Messi made his first appearance in an official match on October 16th, 2004, in Barcelona’s derby win against Espanyol at the Olympic Stadium 0-1.. And now, in 2010, 2011, and 2012 he is best player in the world.

3. According to the text, Messi’s parents moved to Barcelona ….
A. because they were very poor in Argentina
B. because they wanted Messi to be successful in soccer
C. so that Messi could learn in the best soccer club
D. to get Messi’s health problem cured
E. to find the best treatment to cure Messi’s health problem

4. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. he hasn’t really attractive face, but he’s a very good football player
B. Lionel Messi is a good player for F.C Barcelona
C. his best characteristics are on the foot has competitiveness
D. he appears to be a quite good and modest person
E. he has long black hair and brown eyes

Recount Text Biography 3
Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric current. While conducting these studies, Faraday established the basis for the electromagnetic field concept in physics, subsequently enlarged upon by James Maxwell. He similarly discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and laws of electrolysis. He established that magnetism could affect rays of light and that there was an underlying relationship between the two phenomenA. His inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology, and it was largely due to his efforts that electricity became viable for use in technology.
As a chemist, Michael Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate hydrate of chlorine, invented an early form of the Bunsen burner and the system of oxidation numbers, and popularized terminology such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion.
Although Faraday received little formal education and knew little of higher mathematics, such as calculus, he was one of the most influential scientists in history. Historians of science refer to him as the best experimentalist in the history of sciencE. The SI unit of capacitance, the farad, is named after him, as is the Faraday constant, the charge on a mole of electrons (about 96,485 coulombs). Faraday’s law of induction states that magnetic flux changing in time creates a proportional electromotive force.
Faraday was the first and foremost Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, a position to which he was appointed for life.
Albert Einstein kept a photograph of Faraday on his study wall alongside pictures of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell.
Faraday was highly religious. He was a member of the Sandemanian Church, a Christian sect founded in 1730 that demanded total faith and commitment. Biographers have noted that a strong sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday’s life and work.

5. What was Michael Faraday expert?
A. science, history and religion
B. chemistry, electricity and calculus
C. electronic, technology and religion
D. chemistry, physic and mathematics
E. physic, technology and photography