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 Definition of Biography

Biography text is a detailed description or account of a person’s life and written by someone else, it is nonfiction text.

Function of Biography

1. To know a person’s story about his/her life outside of any accomplishments this person may be known for.

2. To give much information easily and educate the readers.

Characteristics of Biography

# Biography is not written by subject and always written in the 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 of Biography

1. Orientation (Introduction)

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

2. Events

In events, should be in chronological order.

3. Re-Orientation (Closing)

It consists of a conclusion or comment or the writer. Tell about the achievement or the contribution of the person.

Grammar & Language Features

1. Use Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense adalah menu utama dalam membuat Teks Biografi. Sebuah bentuk sederhana kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau. Menggunakan bentuk kata kerja kedua (verb 2).

2. Temporal Sequence and Temporal Conjunction.

Sebagai penghubung antara satu kalimat dengan kalimat lain dalam urutan waktu.

# Temporal Sequence (urutan waktu)

# Temporal Conjunction (konjungsi temporal).

3. Focus on Specific participants

Use of Action verbs.

Menjelaskan sesuatu hal yang secara aktif dilakukan oleh tokoh dengan menggunakan beberapa kata kerja dalam bentuk V2 atau Past Form.

Types of Biography

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

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

B.J. Habibie

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie is the third President of Indonesia. He was born on June 25, 1936 in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi. He is the fourth of eight children in his family. His parents are Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and RA. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. He spent his childhood in Pare-Pare. Since he was a kid, he has shown his integrity and persistent behaviour. At school, Habibie whose hobbies are riding horse and reading book is famous for his intelligence.

Habibie’s father passed away due to heart attack when he was in elementary school. After that, his mother sold their vehicle and house and then moved to Bandung. As a single parent, Habibie’s mother worked hard to afford her life with her children.

In 1954, after Habibie graduated from senior high school in Bandung, he continued his study to Bandung Institute of Technology. He did not finish his study at ITB because at the same time he got a scholarship from The Ministry of education and Culture of Indonesia to study in Germany. He remembered that Bung Karno had ever said about the importance of plane development for Indonesia, and then he decided to take aerospace engineering with aeroplane construction specialty at Rhein Westfalen Aachen Technische Hochschule (RWTH), an institute of technology in Germany.

Habibie studied hard to be success since he remembered how hard his mother worked for his life. Even, Habibie spent his time in holiday to earn extra money for buying books. When holiday ended, he did not do anything except studying. In 1960, he graduated with great score, almost perfect (9.5). With his education background, he applied at an industry company of train, named Firma Talbot.

After that, he continued his doctoral degree at Technische Hochschule Die Facultaet Fuer Maschinenwesen Aachean. In 1962, he got married with Hasri Ainun. She was a doctor and she followed his husband to Germany. Habibie and Ainun has two sons. They are Ilham Akbar dan Thareq Kemal. At that time, life got harder. He had to go to work in the early morning because he walked to the office to save more money. He went home in the evening and studied. He finished his doctoral degree in 1965 with perfect score (10).

In his life, Habibie has got many achievements and awards from Indonesia and other International institution. Before he fulfilled a call from President Soeharto and went back to Indonesia, he had worked at a leading aeroplane industry, MBB Gmbh, Germany. In Indonesia, Habibie had been the minister of Research and Technology for 20 years and led 10 governmental company of strategic industry. He was elected by society representative assembly as the Vice President of Indonesia. When the crisis happened in 1998 and President Soeharto was insisted to step down from his position, Habibie was assigned to replace President Soeharto to be the third President of Indonesia.

In 2012, the life of Habibie and how he met Ainun were filmed and got high rates for the inspirational story. Hasri Ainun passed away on May 22, 2010 in Ludwig Maximilians Universitat hospital, Klinikum, Muenchen, Germany. She suffered a cancer for a long time however she never told her husband, Habibie. It was known that she had cancer when she collapsed and had to be hospitalized. For Habibie, Ainun is everything. She is a great partner of life who had accompanied him to go through good and bad times in life.

Thomas Alva Edison 

               Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous scientists and is also listed as the inventor of the incandescent lamp . Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan , Ohio , United States on February 11, 1847 .

               On his childhood in the United States , Thomas Alva Edison always got bad grades in school. Therefore mother him from school and taught him at home .

At home with small freely Thomas Alva Edison can read scientific books mature and begin to conduct various scientific experiments themselves .

               At the age of 12 years Thomas Alva Edison began working as a newspaper seller , fruits and sweets on the train .Then Thomas Alva Edison became a telegraph operator , Thomas Alva Edison to move from one city to another . In New York, Thomas Alva Edison was asked to become the head of the telegraph machine that is important .

               The machines were sending business news throughout the leading company in New York .In 1870 Thomas Alva Edison invented the telegraph machine better

The machines can print the messages on top of a long strip of paper . The money generated from the discovery was enough to establish his own company .

In 1874 Thomas Alva Edison moved to Menlo Park , New Jersey .

There, Thomas Alva Edison made ​​a great scientific workshop and the first in the world . In 1877 Thomas Alva Edison invented Gramofon .

               In 1879 Thomas Alva Edison discovered the electric light then Thomas Alva Edison also find a projector for small films . In 1879 Thomas Alva Edison managed to create an incandescent bulb , which makes his name is remembered throughout history .

Thomas Alva Edison is not the first to create a system of electric lighting .

A few years earlier provide light electric current has been used for lighting the lamp in paris .

               However , Thomas Alva Edison incandescent bulb following which he developed together with electrical distribution allow for a practical electric lighting in the home . In 1822 the company had managed to produce electricity for homes in New York , and in a short time has spread throughout the world .

In one biography mentioned that Thomas Alva Edison invented the light bulb 999 failure after experience , new research that means to 1000 Thomas Alva Edison invented the incandescent lamp / electricity.

In 1890 , Thomas Alva Edison founded the company General Electric.