Belajar Bio grafi dalam Bahasa Inggris

Dalam pengertian bahasa, biography tersusun dari dua kata yaitu Bios yang artinya Hidup dan Graphia yang artinya tulisan.

   Dalam bahasa inggris dan secara istilahnya, Biography text is a detailed description or account of a person’s life and written by someone else, it is non fiction text. Atau dalam bahasa indonesia teks Biografi adalah suatu teks yang menggambarkan detail dari riwayat hidup seseorang secara nyata dan ditulis oleh orang lain.

Function of Biography (fungsi  biografi)

1.       To know a person’s story about someone’s  life outside of any accomplishments ...... (untuk mengetahui cerita tentang kehidupan  seseorang di luar prestasi .....

2.       To give many information easily and educate the readers. (memberi beberapa informasi dengan mudah mdan mendidik pembaca)

Generic Structure (susunan atau  alur teks)

ORIENTATION (INTRODUCTION atau perkenalan)

It is the opening paragraph, gives the readers the background information of the person. Biasanya berisi tentang biodata yang dinarasikan seperti nama lengkap, tempat dan tanggal lahir.

EVENTS (kejadian)

In events, should be chronological order. Tahap ini adalah bagian kejadian atau peristiwa yang dialami oleh tokoh. Berisi penjelasan suatu cerita baik itu berupa pemecahan masalah, proses berkarir, dan berbagai peristiwa yang pernah dialami oleh tokoh hingga mengantarkannya pada sebuah kesuksesan.

RE-ORIENTATION (CLOSING atau penutup)

It consist of conclusion or a comment or the writer. Tell about the echievement or the contribution of the person. Pada penutup, bagian ini berisi tentang pandangan penulis kepada tokoh yang dikisahkan. Reorentasi ini bersifat opsional, jadi boleh ada maupun tidak.

Grammar and language features ( Tata bahasa dan Pola kalimat)

Use of simple past tense. Sebuah bentuk sederhana kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau. Menggunakan bentuk kata kerja kedua (verb 2).

e.g. : -The family then moved to his stepfather’s home country.

-He was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Temporal sequence (urutan waktu) and temporal conjunction (konjungsi temporal). Sebagai penghubung antara satu kalimat dengan kalimat lain dalam urutan waktu.

e.g. : His parents separated when he was two years old.

Types of biography (Jenis bio grafi)

Short biography (focuses only on highlights of a person’s life)

Long biography (about life and times of someone in a lot more detail)

EXAMPLE

Abraham Lincoln

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IDENTIFY STRUCTURE

ORIENTATION

Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in Kentucky (USA). He worked on the farm of his father. He attended school for less than a year, but taught himself to read and write. He did different types of jobs before he settled as a highly successful lawyer. He was gradually drawn to politics.

EVENTS

The country was having problems regarding the practice of slavery. The white men owned large farms in the southern states, Blacks were brought from Africa to work on these farms, They were kept as slaves. The people of northern states were against this practice of slavery and wanted to abolish it, The Constitution of America is based on the equality of man. Therefore, there was no place for slavery in that country,

At this difficult time, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the USA in 1860. He wanted to solve the problem of slavery. The southern states were against the abolition of slavery. This brought the unity of the country in danger. The southern states were prepared even to form a new country. Abraham Lincoln wanted all the states to remain united.

He faced many problems. He wanted to preserve the unity of the country at any cost. Finally a civil war broke out between the northern and southern states. He fought the war bravely and declared, 'A Nation cannot exist half free and half slave.' He won the war and kept the country united.

RE-ORIENTATION

Lincoln was elected president for a second term. He was not against anybody and wanted everybody to live in peace. He made sincere efforts to heal the people's wounds caused by the war. In 1862, Lincoln declared that from then onwards all slaves would be free. This made him very popular among the people. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.