Identifying the features of a biography
I can identify the purpose and features of biographical writing.
Identifying the features of a biography
I can identify the purpose and features of biographical writing.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A biography is a non-fiction text written about someone's life.
- Linguistic features of a biography include fronted adverbials, facts, relative complex sentences and parenthesis.
- Structural features include a title, subheadings and relevant information grouped by theme.
- The purpose of a biography is to inform the reader about a particular individual.
- In biographies, extra, factual information can be added to clauses using brackets or commas.
Keywords
Biography - a non-fiction text written about someone’s life
Purpose - the aim of a text
Linguistic feature - a structure of language that uses words
Civil rights activist - a person who is dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
Common misconception
Pupils may find identifying linguistic features of the text type challenging.
Explicit explanations are given for key linguistic features and modelled in the example biography.
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a non-fiction text written about someone’s life
the aim of a text
a structure of language that uses words
a person dedicated to securing equal opportunity for minority groups