Biography Part 1

Name : Hanifah Az Zahra

Class : XII IPS 2

1.       Definisi Biografi Text

Biography text is a text that tells a detailed life history of a person written by another person

2.       Purpose of Bioraphy Text

The purpose of a biography is to share the life of another person with an audience. An author may choose to write a biography because they find the subject's story to be interesting or to have themes that apply to life today.

3.       Social Function of Biography Text

The social function of biography text is to retell about someone’s past experience.

4.       Type of Biography

There are four basic types of biographies: historical fiction, academic, fictional academic, and the prophetic biography :

Historical Fiction Biography

A fictionalized biography is a creative account inspired by the events of a person’s life. The fictional style is most often used in contemporary biographies such as the accounts of celebrities, athletes and politicians who are still alive. These “true stories” often inspire tales for film or television.

Academic Biography

Academic biographies rely heavily upon the documented facts and noted accomplishments of a person’s life. Academic historians will group related facts around a person’s accomplishments.

Fictional Academic

The fictionalized academic biography tries to combine the best elements of the fictional biography (entertainment with a strong theme and story line) and the academic biography (factual accuracy). The documented events of a person’s life are used in an entertaining manner while striving to relate an honest impression of the individual.

Prophetic Biography

The prophetic biography begins with the academic approach of considering all the known facts. Facts that support the ideal thesis are then chosen and developed to achieve the greatest entertainment value.

Activity 3

1.  Write a FAMOUS PERSON BIOGRAPHY, minimal 4 paragraph and attach picture in each paragraph and publish it in your blog

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson or commonly called Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, United States on August 29, 1958. He is a descendant of a father named Joseph Walter Jackson who is an African-American and a mother named Katherine Esther Scuse. Michael Jackson is the 7th child of 9 siblings, his siblings include Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Randy, and Janet. He also had a wife named Lisa Marie Presly (1994-1996, divorced) and Deborah Jeanne Rowe (1996-1999, divorced) and had three children named Michael Joseph Jackson. Jr., Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, and Prince Michael Jackson II. Michael Jackson is a top singer and also a reliable songwriter.

He started his singing career by joining the band The Falcons with his brother Luther. He then formed a singing group with his brothers consisting of 5 members, they are Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael Jackson himself, called The Jackson 5 which later changed its name to The Jackson Brothers. Jackson 5 was founded in 1966 – 1989. Jackson 5 itself has a fairly diverse genre of songs, ranging from R&B, soul, pop, disco, Motown, to jazz. During his 6-year career, Jackson 5 has scored several achievements in prestigious events by getting 2 Grammy award nominations.

Michael Jackson started his solo career after he played the Scarecrow in the musical film The Wiz, where the music in this film was arranged by Quincy Jones who later collaborated with him by releasing his first solo album entitled Off The Wall on August 10, 1979 with his song entitled “Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough” and “Rock With You” which managed to rank third on the Billboard 200 with total worldwide sales reaching more than 20 million copies. He also received several awards in 1980 at the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and the Grammy Awards. In 1982, Michael Jackson released his second album Thriller which became one of the peaks of his career with a second album that stayed in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for 80 consecutive weeks and 7 mainstay songs, 3 of which were "Billie Jean", "Beat It ”, and “Wanna Be Starlin' Somethin'” which simultaneously entered the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. On March 25, 1983, Michael Jackson appeared live on the television special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. It was at this event that he first performed his famous dance move, moonwalk.

On January 27, 1984, Michael Jackson had an accident while he was filming a Pepsi Cola commercial at the Shrine Auditoriam, Los Angeles. He suffered second-degree burns to his scalp after his hair caught fire. Pepsi later settled the lawsuit out of court. To treat his burns, Jackson gave $1.5 million to Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California, so that the hospital could purchase the most technologically advanced burn-healing equipment. Brotman later changed the name of his burn treatment room to "Michael Jackson Burn Center" in Jackson's honor. After this incident, he also repaired his nose as a result of the incident.

On May 14, 1984, Jackson was invited to the White House to receive an award presented directly by United States President Ronald Reagan. This award is given in recognition of Jackson's donations to charities that help people get out of alcohol dependence and drug abuse. United States of America. The single was sung by 39 celebrities, including himself. In addition to changes in skin color, he is also known to have plastic surgery on the nose, forehead, lips, and cheekbones.

During his youth, Jackson had tan skin, but since the early 1980s, his skin appears to be turning white. This is because in 1986 he was diagnosed with vitiligo which made his skin look white in some parts and lupus. Both of these diseases caused Jackson to be sensitive to sunlight. The treatment given to Jackson for his illness also resulted in his skin turning white.

In 1987, Jackson released the album Bad, which was his first album after a five-year hiatus. managed to spawn seven hit singles in the United States, five of which ("I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana") topped the Billboard Hot 100 list. On September 12, Jackson embarked on the Bad World Tour until January 14, 1989. He also broke the Guinness World Record when 504,000 people attended his show at Wembley Stadium. In total, he performed at 123 concerts, in front of 4.4 million people, and broke the Guinness World Record. Later, Michael Jackson was sworn in as the King of Pop. The nickname was popularized by Elizabeth Taylor. After that, Michael Jackson continued to release other booming albums, including Dangerous, HIStory Past Present And Future, Invincible, This Is It, Immortal, Blood On The Dance Floor, and others with XScape as the last album released by him.

Michael Jackson planned to hold his last concert at the O2 Arena, London under the name This Is It Michael Jackson which was scheduled to be held on July 25, 2009, but unfortunately one month earlier, Michael Jackson died at his home in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 25. 2009, at 14:26 local time. He was unconscious after experiencing heart failure which was thought to be the result of being given an injection of demerol.

2.     Record a video you read the paragraph in a good pronunciation creatively and publish in your you tube channel. attach the video in your blog