1. Kursarbeit (11/1)

• type

• title

• author

• year

• place

• topic sentence

• WH-Questions —> who, where, what, when, why, how

• short and simple

• sum up

• simple present

  
  

• The story

  • is set in a certain environment at a certain time

  • deals with the theme of …

  • describes …

  • presents …

  • is divided into … parts

• The theme

  • is the conflict between …and…

• The plot

  • focuses on …

  • is based on …

• The conflict/crisis/critical situation

  • arises from sth/occurs when …

  • may be serious/violent/open/puplic/internal/hidden

  • is caused or provoked by …

  • can be avoided or prevented by …

  • should be handled calmly and solved peacefully

• (cf. l. 8), (cf. ll. 8), (cf. ll. 8)

—> paraphrizing (Vergleiche -> vgl.)

• (l. 8), (ll. 8), (ll. 8)

  —> direct quotation (Zitieren)

• it is mentioned in line/lines …

• XY is described as … which is mentioned in …

• according to line/s XY, the XY …

• main part

  • structure:

    • general information

    • outward appearance

    • actions/interactions/behavior

    • thoughts/feelings/language

    • relationships

  • direct and indirect characterization

  • analyse and interpret

  • Golden rule: name it, explain it, quote it

• conclusion

  • summarize the most important findings on the character

    —> do not mention any new aspects

• tone:

  • how is the story told? attitude of the author

    • neutral

    • objectibve

    • factual

    • formal

    • ironic

    • serious

    • humorous

    • pompous

    • sentimental

  • line of arguments

  • passive voice

• register

  • what words are on used

    • adverbs of comment

      -> so, very, really

    • formal

    • familiar

    • colloquial

    • neutral

• style

  • diction -> word field

  • sentence structure (complex?)

  • rhetorical devices

• introduction

  • title, author, place,

  • clarify the topic -> what does it mean?

  • make some introductionary remarks -> e.g. raise a question

  • no own opinion

• Main part - arguments

  • state, demonstrate and describe the positive and negative effects on a topic

  • support your view -> examples

  • emphasise the arguments by referring to (future) consequences

  • no vocabulary which state your opinion (e.g. in my opinion)

• conclusion

  • personal view of the situation/problem

  • related final remarks to introduction

• connectives:

  • although, as…as…, as well, because, but, even if, however, in order to, in spite of, not…either, not until, provide that, since, so that, therefore, unless, whereas, while

• adverbs of comment:

  • actually, after all, apparently, basically, fortunately, frankly, in fact, in my opinion, naturally, unfortunately, obviously, of course, perhaps, possibly, probably, sadly

• adverbs of degree:

  • very, absolutely, almost, at all, at least, completely, drastically, extremely, hardly, most of all, particularly, quite, rarely, rather, really, utterly, virtually

• structuring devices: both…and…, consequently, secondly, furthermore, in the end, it is true that…but…, last but not least, on the one hand…on the other hand…, on top of that

• develop

• maintain

• manage

• improve

• long-term

• superficial

• strained

  
  

• should express

• leads to

• not…but…

• because of that…

• although

• linked to

• since…

• in order to

• furthermore

• is the reason why…

• nevertheless

• moreover

• have the ability to…

• in matters of…

• especially

• that indicates…

seem —> apear to be…, look like…

good —> appropriate, important, crucial, acceptable

bad —> inappropriate, misbehave, horrific