Biography

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Characteristics of Biography 

  • Biography Is not written by subject and always written in third person.
  • Based on research. 
  • Describes the person’s surroundings (where, when and how the person lived).
  • Use vivid language to narrate events.

Generic Structure
  • Orientation (introduction)

It is the opening paragraph, gives the readers the background information of the person

  • Events

In events, should be chronological order. 

  • Re-orientation (closing)
  • It consists of conclusion or a comment or the writer. Tell about the echievement or the contribution of the person.  

Grammar and language features
  • Use of simple past tense. 

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

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

  • Temporal sequence and temporal conjunction 

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

  • Focus on Specific participants
  • Use of Action verbs. 

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




Example of Biography




Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI[1] (Italian: [ˈɛntso anˈsɛlmo ferˈraːri]; 20 February 1898[2] – 14 August 1988) was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. He was widely known as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake". In his final years he was often referred to as "l'Ingegnere" (the Engineer) or "il Grande Vecchio (the Great Old Man)".

Enzo Ferrari was said to have been born on 18 February 1898 in Modena, Italy and that his birth was recorded on 20 February because a heavy snowstorm had prevented his father from reporting the birth at the local registry office; in reality, his birth certificate states he was born on 20 February 1898, while the birth's registration took place on 24 February 1898 and was reported by the midwife.[2] He was the younger of two children to Alfredo Ferrari and Adalgisa Bisbini, after his elder sibling Alfredo Junior (Dino). Alfredo Senior was the son of a grocer from Carpi, and started a workshop fabricating metal parts at the family home.[3] Enzo grew up with little formal education. At the age of 10 he witnessed Felice Nazzaro's win at the 1908 Circuito di Bologna, an event that inspired him to become a racing driver.[4] During World War I he served in the 3rd Mountain Artillery Regiment of the Italian Army. His father Alfredo, and his older brother, Alfredo Jr., died in 1916 as a result of a widespread Italian flu outbreak. Ferrari became severely sick himself in the 1918 flu pandemic and was consequently discharged from the Italian service.

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