according to face the facts usa a project of george washington university 10 percent of all public school students in the united states are english as second language esl learners english language learners ells meaning they have limited english proficiency
biographies. 1  1 : a usually written history of a person's life a new biography of Abraham Lincoln. 2  2 : biographical writings as a whole the genre of biography. 3  3 : an account of the life of something (as an animal, a coin, or a building) the biography of the commonwealth.
The biography is written in third person: he or she. Precise words are used. For example, you are told that he served as a director, not that he was one, and she received an award, not that she got the award.