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.
Chapaev. A biographical film, or biopic (/ËbaÉªoÊpÉªk/ ; abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central characterâs real name is used.oger Ebert defended the The Hurricane and distortions in biographical films in general, stating those who seek the truth about a man from the film of his life might as well seek it from his loving grandmother. ... The Hurricane is not a documentary but a parable ..