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Paper 1 Text type: Biography

What is a biography

A biography is a nonfiction, or a real piece of text based on a specific person written by another person. The key is that biographies are written by someone else.

Language used in a biography  Factual based  There may be personal interpretations of the persons life and events how they have shaped him or her  Usually biographies are speculative, because the biographer generally does not have lots of detailed information available about the person

Format and structure of a biography  Timeline orientated  Follows a chronological order  Amount of detail in the biography depends on the importance of the events that have occurred in the persons life.  Significant events of the person can be connected or linked to the some other event in the future in relation to the event

If I were to get a biography for paper 1...

1st Paragraph - Introduction 1.Identify that the text is a biography 2.Say why (generalize features, audience etc.) 3.Thesis statement (relating to guided questions and how the text type of a biography helps shape the writer’s intentions 4.Uniqueness of the given extract (how does this biography differ with other biographies?)

2nd Paragraph - Audience and Purpose Audience ●Depends on what the biography mainly focuses on about that person Purpose ●To inform/educate the audience about the person’s life & their significance in a specific field ●Narrate various (significant) events of their lives

3rd Paragraph - Content Key ideas or basic ideas ●Basic summary of what the writer chooses to focus on the most ●What his intentions are in presenting a certain person/character

4th Paragraph - Tone & Mood