biography
part of speech
noun (a biography, biographies); adjective biographical
meaning for a pupil
1) A true book or story about a real person's life, written by someone else. tree →
2) A short description of a person's life, such as on a website or book cover. tree →
sense in the lessons
In English and history lessons pupils read and write biographies of famous people like Mary Seacole or Martin Luther King. A biography is non-fiction, so it should use facts, dates and order of events. Phrases: "write a biography", "a biography of", "a short biography".
examples
- We wrote a biography of Florence Nightingale. tree →
- A biography tells a real person's life story. tree →
- The library has a whole shelf of sports biographies. tree →
- My biography of Grandma includes her move to Canada. tree →
- A good biography uses facts and dates in order. tree →
- The author's short biography is on the back cover. tree →
- These biographies are written with kindly justice, and form a valuable contribution to the history of the reign of the Roi Soleil. tree →
note
Plural: biographies (y changes to ies). A story you write about your own life is an "autobiography", not a biography. Writers of biographies are "biographers".
Trees and pragmatics
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