Eksamensopgave på B-niveau, delprøve 2
Anvisningerne her er kun vejledende, og du er selvfølgelig frit stillet til at gøre det anderledes. Men følger du anvisningerne, får du en god, gennemprøvet struktur i din besvarelse, og de enkelte afsnit får et passende omfang i forhold til hinanden
Delprøve 2 på B-niveau lader dig vælge mellem to temmelig forskellige opgaver:
A-opgaven
Opgavebesvarelsen og dens opbygning
Hvilke skrivehandlinger kræver opgaven?
Du skal være helt klar over hvad de skrivehandlinger som indgår i spørgsmålene, indebærer. Ordene outline, charcterise og discuss har helt præcise betydninger i engelskfaglig sammenhæng. Læs om dem her Hvad vil det sige at skrive et paper? At du skal skrive et paper i A-opgaven, betyder at du
Titel I opgaveteksten forklares altid hvilket fokus teksterne er samlet om, fx foreign language learning eller English speling. Brug det i titlen, som fx
Indledning
Som nævnt ovenfor skal du ikke nødvendigvis skrive en samlet indledning til dit paper. Muligvis vil det være en hjælp for dig alligevel at gøre det, da det vil tvinge dig til at formulere opgavens fokus for dig selv — og som udgangspunkt er det altid rarest at skrive sig ind til sit stof. Hvis du skriver en indledning, så gør det kort! Hold dig inden for 3-5 linjer. Tænk eventuelt på indledningen som manchetten i en avisartikel: den skal lede læseren på sporet og vække appetitten. Eksempel på indledning til A Paper on Foreign Language Learning In Denmark, foreign language learning is inevitable and seems perfectly natural since we cannot expect to communicate with the rest of the world in our own language. To the English, however, the situation is quite different since English has become the global language; but does that mean that they do not have to bother with foreign language learning? For what are the problems and benefits of learning foreign languages? That is the focus of this paper. Delopgaverne
Giv delopgaverne overskrifter efter "pindene" i opgave, fx::
I delopgave 1 skal du fx gøre rede fx for synspunkter i en eller flere af teksterne, eller for en sag som den fremstilles. Her skal du:
Du bør bruge diskursmarkører der angiver at det ikke handler om dine egne synspunkter og som fremhæver ligheder og forskelle, fx
I delopgave 2 skal du foretage et analytisk greb, fx karakterisere tone og stil, eller analysere en argumentation. Også her skal du dokumentere dine udsagn ved hjælp af (nogle få, men velvalgte) citater, og sprogligt skal du bruge diskursmarkører til at vise hvornår du taler, og hvornår forfatteren gør det. I delopgave 3 skal du diskutere det emne der har dannet rød tråd i teksterne. Husk at en diskussion ikke handler om at fremlægge din mening, men om at belyse emnet fra flere sider. Brug synspunkterne fra teksterne i diskussionen, og tag det udgangspunkt som opgaven kræver. Her bør du bruge diskursmarkører til at strukturere diskussionen, som fx
Afslutning
Du skal ikke skrive en samlet afslutning på opgaven, men sørge for at runde hver delopgave af. B-opgaven
Opgavebesvarelsen og dens opbygning
Det er afgørende at dit essay kommer til at fremstå som en sammenhængende skriftlig fremstilling. Så undgå afsnitsoverskrifter og punktopstillinger — men del selvfølgelig ind i afsnit.
Titel
Skriv analysetekstens titel og forfatter ind i titlen på dit essay:
Husk anførselstegn omkring titlen, og husk stort begyndelsesbogstav på alle vigtige ord. Indledning
Eksempler
Eksempler på tragtindledning (funnel introduction) ‒ Indledningen starter bredt og snævrer sig ind mod teksten Ex. 1, indledning med udgangspunkt i et retorisk spørgsmål: “Is it possible to execute a reckless deed solely for the fragile purpose of avoiding humiliation? The mysterious ways of human behaviour and development is the focus in the short story “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell from 1936 that is set in British Burma during the colonial time. The story is centred on a British police officer and an elephant at large, and through a modest gallery of characters we are consumed by a view on humanity in revolt.” Ex. 2, indledning med udgangspunkt i en almen erfaring: “Most people have an everyday routine. In most cases this is comfortable and gives you a feeling of structure and makes it easier to cope with life. However, there is a fine line between a well-planned and secure everyday life and a life of boredom and predictability that mechanically takes its course and distances you from life. This is exactly what the story “Stolpestad” by William Lychack from 2008 is about. It is about how the narrator’s day-to-day routine is so predictable that his life has become a condition of numbness.” Ex. 3, indledning med udgangspunkt i et citat fra teksten ““[…] This is your life, Stolpestad.” (p. 2, l. 5). That is it, deal with it. A clearly negative second person narrator takes the reader through the life of the policeman Stolpestad; a non-motivated and truly stagnated husband and father from a small town in America. Stolpestad’s life is just passing by, and he is letting it. William Lychack takes us through the inner monologue of Stolpestad’s mind in the short story of the same name, written in 2008, describing Stolpestad’s battle of facing up to the truth of his life, sadly failing, losing his battle to Goliath symbolized in having to put down a dog for a young boy”. Ex. 4, indledning med et retorisk spørgsmål “How are we going to be remembered when we leave this earth? Are we going to be remembered at all? What about all of us normal people who are not Michael Jackson, Copernicus, or Shakespeare? Their names will live forever because of their huge achievements, but not many are going to be remembered like them. Most people grow up, get a job, start a family, and pass away. Big achievements create huge acknowledgement, and most people want to be acknowledged, but maybe it is not always that easy. Many people are sure they are going to turn out great and be remembered for a good job, but what if that is not the case? What is the point of living a life not doing what you thought you were supposed to do?” Eksempler på metasprog -- som du skal undgå! Ex. 5, henvisning til opgaven: “In this assignment I have been told to include an analysis of the narration and the title.” Ex. 6, henvisning til skriveren selv: ”Now that I have introduced the story, I should like to go on …” Hoveddel
Brug nogle af følgende forbinderord (diskursmarkører) til at få din tekst til at hænge sammen for læseren:
Dan overgange mellem afsnittene, fx ved at gentage ord eller fraser: Ex. 5: The dog does not die immediately, and when the owners of the dog, father and son, want to bury her, they find her alive. In the ending when this is revealed, it gives the reader a great shock and allows him to gain insight into the thoughts and feelings of the policeman who is at the same time surprised. Another feature to gain insight is the second person narration that the text is written in and which means that the personal pronoun “you” replaces the more commonly used “he/she”. Afslutning
I afslutningen skal du "følge læseren ud": du skal forbinde analysens resultat med din indledning. Hvis du har skrevet en tragtindleding, så vend tragten om her, sådan at du bevæger dig fra teksten ud i det generelle som du startede i. Du kan fx bruge nogle af følgende diskursmarkører til at skabe struktur i din afslutning:
Eksempler
Ex. 6: (sammenlign med ex. 2 ovenfor) “Everyday routines can easily become a habit and make you forget to question what you want out of life. This is seen in the story “Stolpestad” where the main character lives a trivial and predictable life to such a degree that the outcome is a mental numbness that eliminates him from life in the end”. Ex. 7: (sammenlign med ex. 4 ovenfor) “All in all the plot of this story is based on William’s conflict, which is present within him. He does not want to write biographies of pop singers, but he does it anyway. He does not pursue his dreams of becoming an acknowledged writer and is living in an empty space. We see a man who is living like a philistine. He does not really relate to his life, but only does what is expected of him, which makes him believe that he is living a pointless life. His job is not exactly his first choice, and the entry of the elephant shows that he has a need for living on after he has died. Living like William in an empty space, living a pointless life without all the things that are important to him, like the elephant, does not help him get acknowledged and remembered”. |
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