Englisch LK Q1 Klausur 1

USA History

1607: First English settlement

1620: Mayflower Compact

1773: Boston Tea Party

1776: Declaration of Independence

1791: Bill of Rights

1803: Louisiana Purchase

1848: Realization of the Manifest Duty

1861-1865: Civil War

1917: Declaration of war to Germany

1929: Wall Street Crash

1930s: Great Depression

1939-1945: World War 2

1940s-1989: Cold War

1955-1968: Civil Rights Movement

2008: Global economic crises

The American Dream

- Belief, social order

- Anyone can become successful and achieve all their goals, regardless of their status assigned
at birth, if they work hard
- Improvement in living standards
- Freedom and Independence
- Success = happiness, money
- Better, richer, happier life for all citizen of every rank
- Equality of opportunity
- Homeownership and education are often seen as paths to achieving the American dream
- Gave the United States a competitive advantage over other countries
- The meaning changed over time
- Still, it’s undoubtedly part of the American ethos, and likely always will be

 Can have a social but also an individualistic definition

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Analysis

1. Introduction
- Connecting sentence
Example: As I have pointed out in the first part of my composition, the author … In order to
emphasize his position, he uses several techniques which I will explain in the following.

2. Main part
- Use three-step-method: Quote, technical term, explanation of function
- Analyze register, style, and tone: Quote, Explanation of function
- Follow the chronological order

3. End
- Refer to introduction
- Concluding sentence: refer to message, type of text or tone

Examples of register, style, tone

Register Everyday English, informal, slang, formal, sophisticated, technical terms

Style Matter-of-fact, plain, precise, passionate, fluent, wordy, spontaneous,
fearful
Tone Serious, humorous, sarcastic, angry, accusatory

Important rhetorical devices

Anaphora Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive

sentences/lines/verses
Alliteration Repetition of a sound at the beginning of neighboring words
Antithesis contrast
Allusion Indirect reference
Euphemism Using polite expressions for something unpleasant
Exaggeration Making something sound more extreme than it is in reality
Irony Saying the opposite of what you mean
Metaphor Poetic comparison without using like or as
Parallelism Parallel sentence structure
Personification Assigning human characteristics to something non-human
Rhetorical question Question to which no answer is expected/needed
Simile (comparison) Comparison with like or as
Symbol Something concrete standing for something abstract