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Vejledning til opgavesættet
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Tekster til opgave 5: | |
5A – Fiction: | “Reunion”, a short story by Peter Bradshaw, 2017. |
5B – Non-fiction: |
“Selena Gomez on Instagram Fatigue, Good Mental Health, and Stepping Back From the Limelight”, an article by Rob Haskell from Vogue website, 2017.
“Selena Gomez Emotional Speech at the AMAs 2016”, a video clip from YouTube website, 2016. |
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Author, “Title”. Site, medium. Date accessed. [Link].
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Opgave 1
I hver af nedenstående sætninger er en grammatisk fejl understreget. Skriv den korrekte sætning, og forklar dine rettelser med udgangspunkt i sætningerne. Brug grammatisk/faglig terminologi. Skriv din forklaring på dansk.
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Opgave 2
Besvar både a. og b.
I nedenstående uddrag fra Peter Bradshaws novelle “Reunion” er 10 adjektiver (tillægsord) og adverbier (biord) understreget.
- Angiv for hvert understreget ord, hvilken ordklasse ordet tilhører.
- Forklar for hvert understreget ord, hvorfor der er brugt henholdsvis adjektiv eller adverbium. Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi. Skriv dit svar på dansk.
Every day this scene would repeat itself. Without ever arranging it in advance, I would hang around
outside the house and Lucy would come out and invite me in to play in her garden. We would play 3 doctors and nurses. Silly baby stuff, considering that we were eleven-year-olds.
Soon I was deeply in love with Lucy. There is no other way to describe it. And it was more poignant and intense for the lack of any sexual feeling. Just a hot, sick feeling in my tummy. And when Lucy 6 would start to make fun of me and be cross with me, the feeling was even worse.
It all came to a head one Saturday afternoon. Lucy and I were listlessly playing and little Chloë would try to join in, but she was sharply dismissed: “Go away, Chloë!” She hung back, talking sadly to 9 her doll. I was hot and bad-tempered and finally Lucy asked me what the matter was.
“May I give you a kiss?” I asked. Lucy was silent, and I stared down at the ground, astonished at my own boldness, but smugly 12 conscious of having turned the tables.
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Opgave 3
Forklar brugen af kommaer i nedenstående sætninger fra Peter Bradshaws novelle “Reunion”.
Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi. Skriv dit svar på dansk.
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Opgave 4
Nedenstående uddrag fra Rob Haskells artikel “Selena Gomez on Instagram Fatigue...” indeholder en række talesprogstræk.
Beskriv kort, hvilke sproglige elementer der bidrager til talesprogsstilen, især med fokus på syntaks (sætningsopbygning), verber (udsagnsord) og substantiver (navneord). Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi. Skriv dit svar på dansk.
“[...] Suddenly I have kids smoking and drinking at my shows, people in their 20s, 30s, and I’m looking into their eyes, and I don’t know what to say. I couldn’t say, ‘Everybody, let’s pinky-promise that you’re beautiful!’ It doesn’t work that way, and I know it because I’m dealing with the same shit they’re dealing with. What I wanted to say is that life is so stressful, and I get the desire to just escape it. But I wasn’t figuring my own stuff out, so I felt I had no wisdom to share. And so maybe I thought everybody out there was thinking, ‘This is a waste of time’.” |
Opgave 5
Besvar enten opgave 5A eller opgave 5B
Assignment 5A – Fiction
Write an analytical essay (800-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret Peter Bradshaw’s short story “Reunion”.
Part of your essay must focus on the structure of the story and on its title.
In your essay you must include references to the short story. You may use information from the internet in your essay. All sources must be in English and must be documented.
Material
Peter Bradshaw, “Reunion”, 2017.
Assignment 5B – Nonfiction
Write an analytical essay (800-1200 words) in which you analyse Rob Haskell’s article “Selena Gomez on Instagram Fatigue, Good Mental Health, and Stepping Back From the Limelight” and discuss the benefits and costs of fame.
Part of your essay must focus on the role of the interviewer in the text and on Selena Gomez’s attitude to fame.
In your essay you must include references to:
- Rob Haskell’s article
- Video: “Selena Gomez Emotional Speech at the AMAs 2016”
- 1-2 other internet sources
Materials
Rob Haskell, “Selena Gomez on Instagram Fatigue, Good Mental Health, and Stepping Back From the Limelight”, Vogue website, March 2017. (www.vogue.com)
“Selena Gomez Emotional Speech at the AMAs 2016”, YouTube website, November 24, 2016. (www.youtube.com)
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Kilder
Anvendt materiale (til brug for Copydan):
Peter Bradshaw. “Reunion”. Best British Short Stories 2017. Ed. Nicholas Royle. London: Salt Publishing, 2017.
Rob Haskell. “Selena Gomez on Instagram Fatigue, Good Mental Health, and Stepping Back From the Limelight”. Vogue website, March 16, 2017, viewed September 2017. (www.vogue.com)
“Selena Gomez Emotional Speech at the AMAs 2016”. YouTube website, November 24, 2016, viewed September 2017. (www.youtube.com)