English LK Klausur ||

Personal Pronomen (we,us,our)

→ realationship with audience

The Reader/ listener ist directly Adressed

→ reader involved

Rhetorische Frage

Refering/ alluding tonimportant Events in History etc.

Alliteration

Suggesting only two possible solutions to a Problem

The author/ speaker employs e.g. past or Future forms

Term that gives the Impression of having a clear meaning, but in fact convey several different ideas to its complexity

Nouns, Verbs or adjectives can have either positive or negative associations

Comparatives = compare two Things/people

Superlatives = indivate the highest degree of comparision

Degree of formality of language: formal/neutral/informal

Kurze/ lange sätze

Wiederholung

Aufzählung

Anapher

Parallelismus

Klimax

Metapher

Vergleich (like,as,than)

Personifikation

Akkumulation

Antithese

Register:

• Formal

• Colloqiual/informal

Choice of words:

• Positive

• Negative

• Humorous/ sarcastic

• Emotive

• Technical

Syntax:

• Parataxis (n.) Paratactic (adj.)

• Hypotaxis (n.) hypotaxtic (adj.)

Rhetorical question

Use of pronouns:

• First Person Singular

• First Person Plural

• Second Person

Imagery:

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Similie/ comparision

Contrast/ antithesis

Exaggeration/ hyperbole

Alluding to and qouting expert opinion/statistical Data

Examples illustrating the author’s point

The Basic Rules for analysing and examing are:

• Determine Central ideas (stylistic devices/means, imagery, the author's Attitude) and Analyse their use throughout the Text

• Aplly the P-E-E Modell (Point-Example-Elaboration)

• Analyse the choice of words (e.g. use of positevly or negatively connoted words, descriptive language, metaphorical expressions etc.)

• Use quotes or textual evidence to Support your Statements

• Include the function or Future and its Overall effect (on the Readers)

• Write in a formal Style: use Long Forms and use passive voice

• Structure your results logically

• Do Not Express your own opinion

• Use sentence connectives for coherence

• Write in the present tense

• Write a clear, thought-provoking Introduction in which you present the issue/ Statement and Show why it is important To discuss it

  The Problem of … hast Met with alot of Attention lately;

  as far as i undertsand/ can See;

  there are many reasons for…;

  there ist No doubt that…;

  therefore one should discuss the issue…

• Attract the Readers Attention by telling an anecdote that illustrates the topic’s significance

• Find a smooth Transition and employs your topic sentence

  Some experts state that…;

  Many people believe/ Claim that…

• Make Sure that wach Paragraph consists of one well-developed Argument (P-E-E)

• Gives Arguments in favour of your opinion (POINT)

  Firstly…; Secondly…; Another point, In addiotion, Besides… Furthermore, On top of that

• Gives evidence to explain/ illustrate each of your Arguments (Numbers, statistics, Events, own expierience, Insights gained in class) (EXAMPLES) + (ELABORATION)

  For examples, e.g., such as, let me illustrate this Idea by giving an examples, namely, to clarify, to explain, to Paraphrase etc.

• Include cointerarguments to Show that you See the whole picture

  On the other Hand, there are scepties who say that…, but…, however…, there ist evidence that Shows…; statistics Show…, however, that…

• Refer to the given Task

  As i have discussed, there are…; in Conclusion, i would Like to say that…; after weighing Up the Arguments…

• Summarize the Most important reason for your opinion

  Apperently,…; obviously…

• Make a Moral/social Observation and gives your final Position in the topic. Use conditionals for emohasis

  If there were moee people who behave Like that, it would be…; i firmly believe that…