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Biography Final

The document outlines the purpose and features of writing a biography, emphasizing the importance of presenting key events in a person's life. It includes useful phrases and language features such as adverbials of time, legacy statements, and expressing viewpoints. Additionally, it highlights the structure of biographies, including engaging openings, chronological order, and the use of third-person pronouns.

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Biography Final

The document outlines the purpose and features of writing a biography, emphasizing the importance of presenting key events in a person's life. It includes useful phrases and language features such as adverbials of time, legacy statements, and expressing viewpoints. Additionally, it highlights the structure of biographies, including engaging openings, chronological order, and the use of third-person pronouns.

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Purpose Useful words and phrases

To give a written account of the series


of key events that make up a person’s
English writing genres Adverbials of time
life Biography UKS2 As a child,
. At a tender age,
In her early years,
Additional language features In his formative years,
Features of biographies
• The writer presents his or her opinion of the person and comments on During his early life,
Making statements In 1878, at the age of... she
the events in the person’s life.
One of the most remarkable facts Shortly after this,
• It begins with an engaging opening line and introductory summary.
about … was that Many years later,
• The text is divided into paragraphs that focus on different aspects of
Another unusual thing about ... was Soon afterwards.,
the person’s life or key events that have happened.
• Includes plenty of important and relevant facts about the person and
Legacy statements Other sentence starters
their life.
Her greatest achievement was As it happened,
• Sometimes the writer can include a quote from the person if it is
He will be remembered most of all for Surprisingly,
important to their life story.
His one regret was that In fact
• Writer uses the third person pronouns ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘they’.
Her enduring legacy is that What is clear is that
• Includes a variety of sentence types: short, compound and complex.
His lasting impact was
Things to include:
• When they were born/died and what the world was like at this time. Expressing a viewpoint
Speculating I believe that
• Information about their family.
Had it not been for…, many people In many ways
• The major events of their life in chronological order.
believe that she would have What seems clear is that
• Any good things or deeds they did or any other important
achievements. In my view

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