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Analysing texts

• Tone and mood

Other categories:

• theme/topic
• author's intention (what he wants to do ...)/message (what he says)
• author vs. narrator
• types of irony and their functions

• verbal irony: express something by saying the opposite --> effect: reader enjoys finding irony, reader discovers real meaning, reader discovers contrast between what is said and what is meant
• dramatic irony: the reader or the audience know more than the characters

--> effect 1: reader feels superior, only to show him he is not --> effect 2: the reader feels pity, involvement in story

• irony of situation: sharp contrast between what the characters/readers wish and what real life is like

• types of texts
• line of argument/argumentative structure

1. describe what the author does (e.g. he puts forward his main thesis)
2. explain why he does it at this point
3. show how he tries to do this effectively

• means to make a text interesting / convincing
• attitude of an author

Two Novels

• LK Englisch/The Hobbit
• LK Englisch/Angela's Ashes

Immigration, Multiethnicity

• Topics for Talks on Race, Immigration etc.

• LK Englisch/The Somebody

• Vocabulary: Multiculturalism <-> Racism

• Current positive aspects and problems concerning immigration in Britain

• Results concerning different view of immigrants and their children, who were born in Britain

• Notes on Short Story "Food for all his dead"

• Stereotypes of Asian Americans

• Muslims in GB (Handout by uli g)

What is the trend, what are the effects and problems of interracial relationships/marriages?

• Interracial relationships I

• Interracial relationships II

Art and Artists

• Art or Crap? - Test Yourself

• Art: Definition and Functions - Mindmap

• The DOs and DON'Ts of Interviewing

• Talking about your favourite piece of art

Big City Life and "The Car Crisis"

Links covering "Big City Life"

• Urban Problems
• Wikipedia: City
• Settlements
• Attractions in Big Cities

Results of "Big City Life - Search on 01/10/07

• revival-of-cities-1.pdf
• revival-of-us-cities.pdf
• urban-divide.pdf

Musterlösung Translation "Four Legs Good ....

Hier geht es zur Musterlösung

Project: US-Solutions to "The Car Crisis"

• Results of the 7 groups as pdf-file
• Information on Sprawl & Transportation

The link above will allow 7 groups to look into 7 possible solutions to the problem of sprawl and commuting in the NorthWest of the USA.

• 3 people per group
• 40 minutes to go
• one member of the group will present the results (which the group has typed as a list or put into a mindmap before!) ON MONDAY!

Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare - Texts for Translation

Six texts for translation!
Topics: Shakespeare's work and adaptations of "Romeo and Juliet"
Open the Word-Document here

Talks: Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

• Talk 1: Wikipedia: "Elizabethan Era" & "English Renaissance"
  

• Talk 2: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/Tillyard01.html, http://library.thinkquest.org/C0120460/arte/index.htm
• General: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/resource_lit.shakespeare.html

http://www.william-shakespeare.info (esp. talks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare (esp. talk 4)

• Talk 6: http://www.bartleby.com/215/index.html#11 (Punkte 1-8)

Shakespeare - Sources and material ...===

• What do you get for 1 p. - The naked truth about Romeo and Juliet!
• The Prologue
• Elements of a Play about Love.doc
• Romeo and Juliet online ....

"Facharbeit"

Just in case you've forgotten: There are some useful links ...

• http://www.theli.de/englisch/
• http://www.theli.de/englisch/inetsearch.pdf or
  
• http://www.theli.de/englisch/style.pdf
• NEU: Word-Anleitung Facharbeit

For more questions, or in order to arrange a quick meeting --> To discuss your progress or problems ==> joerg.thelenberg@gmx.de

An annotated collection of links can also be found in this wiki: Annotated Links for Learners of English

Style

Style (formal vs. informal

Building / Refuting an argument

• Building an argument
  
• Refuting an argument

Vocabulary for characterization

LKE2 2006/08 proudly presents a variety of useful collections of words and phrases that are helpful when writing characterizations ....

• 1-physical-features-body-face.doc
• 2-physical-features-expression-gestures.doc
• 3-ways-of-speaking.doc
• 4-attitude-to-treating-others.doc
• 5-experiences-feelings.doc
• 6-job-family-group.doc
• 7a-general-judgements-adjectives.doc
• 7b-general-judgement-nouns.doc

Interpreting symbols

• Online-Dictionary of Symbols
• Colour-Symbols
• Animal Symbolism I
• Animal Symbolism II
• Animal Symbolism in Medieval Christian Sources

Vocab sheet USA at war

usa-war-politics.pdf - produced by LK E2