That's it for this lesson!
Everything we've learned here is what you'd call a historical description, but we've focused specifically on describing historical figures.
This kind of historical description:
- Locates historical figures in time and place.
- Describes what they did at different time scales, ranging from decades to days.
- Explains the meaning and significance of their lives.
- Sticks to known facts or broadly accepted opinions.
We also looked at how we can describe groups of people in a similar way to individuals.
You can boil it all down to when, where, what, and so what—but as you've seen, there are a lot of choices in the details!
