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Done by: Cui Ting Wei. Franklin D ROosevelt. Biography from: http:// www.american-presidents.com/franklin-d-roosevelt%20. Function. Mainly highlights his political achievements. Form. 3 rd person narrative structure. Features. Largely one sided view – praises Roosevelt.
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Done by: Cui Ting Wei Franklin D ROosevelt Biography from: http://www.american-presidents.com/franklin-d-roosevelt%20
Function • Mainly highlights his political achievements
Form • 3rd person narrative structure
Features • Largely one sided view – praises Roosevelt
‘Official’ biography from the White House From: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt%20 Franklin D Roosevelt Done by: Lei Yuchong
Forms • Timeline format – begins with his greatest achievements, then starts on his life in a chronological order • Takes the form of a narrative • The ‘official’ biography of FDR from www.whitehouse.gov , the official website of the US whitehouse.
Function • Informs us about his life and his road to becoming President of the United States • Demonstrates his notable achievements, such as implementing policies to help the USA out of the Great Depression • Shows the impact of his achievements, which have greatly benefitted the USA
Features • Biography in past tense, recounting FDR’s life • Third person perspective is used to capture how he struggled and fought his polio to succeed and become US President • Organizational principle – Starts of with a hook, stating the famous line from his inaugural address “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. This famous line captures the reader’s attention
Franklin Roosevelt Biography from: http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/fdr.htm Done by: Desmond Sin
-3rd person’s point of view -Chronological order, not biased, 2-sided -Lists major events of Franklon Roosevelt Forms
Features • Organisationalpriciple. • Starts from time of his birth to how he died • In past tense, recounting the life of Franklin Roosevelt.
Function • Shows how he became the president of the U.S. • His major achievements as a president. • Glorifies him as a great leader who empathise and helped the people of the U.S