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Tirsdag den 25. maj 2021
kl. 09.00-14.00

Vejledning til opgavesættet


Du skal besvare følgende opgaver:
  • Assignment 1-3
  • I assignment 4 skal du vælge enten 4A eller 4B
Tekster til assignment 4:
4A – Fiction: “The Lamb”, a short story by Andrea Carter, 2019.

4B – Non-fiction: “Losing Whiteness When You Lose Your Father”, an article by Corina Zappia, Catapult website, 2019.
“Identities – Multiracial American Voices”, a video from YouTube website, 2015.

Vejledning og skabelon til at løse opgaven
Den samlede eksaminationstid for assignment 1-4 er fem timer. Besvarelsen bedømmes som en helhed ud fra de faglige mål for niveauet. Der lægges vægt på beherskelsen af det engelske sprog, forståelse af forlægget og færdighed i skriftlig fremstilling på engelsk.

Det anbefales, at du skriver din besvarelse i skabelonen, som ligger under Template i menuen til venstre. Besvarelsen afleveres i ét dokument med opgaverne i rækkefølgen 1-4.



Henvisninger til tekst, video- og lydklip


Hvis du citerer, skal du angive kilde.
Alt anvendt materiale skal være engelsksproget og angives med kildehenvisninger. Til forklaring af grammatiske opgaver kan materialerne være på dansk.
Du kan henvise til dele af video- og lydklip, f.eks. ved at angive afspillerens minut- og sekundtal for henholdsvis starten og slutningen af klippet.


Generel skabelon for henvisninger til tekster


Henvisninger
Du henviser til tekster ved enten 1) at angive linjenummeret eller minuttalsangivelsen i en fodnote eller ved 2) at sætte linjenummeret eller minuttalsangivelsen i parentes inde i din tekst:
Ved én linje: l. 34
Ved flere linjer: ll. 35-37
Ved minuttalsangivelse: 01:23-02:12

I fodnoter angives:
Opslag i bog
“Hvad er et ‘utælleligt ord’?”. Helle Brieghel og Dorthe Chalotte Hansen. Engelsk Grundgrammatik. Questions and Answers. Systime 2010. p. 47.

Opslag i elektronisk opslagsværk
“Utællelige substantiver”. Thomas Boesen og Sarah Barding. Engram. Minlaering 2019. (www.minlaering.dk)

Artikel fra bog eller antologi
“Post-Modernism”. Gitte Vest Barkholt and Jørgen Døssing Jepsen. A Short History of Literature in English. A Handbook. Systime 2010. pp. 79-93.



Tekster i opgavesættet


Teksternes ortografi og tegnsætning følger forlæggene. Trykfejl er dog rettet.
Opsætningen følger ikke nødvendigvis forlæggene. Dog følges forlægget nøje, hvor opsætningen på den ene eller anden måde indgår i opgaven.




Assignment 1


Besvar både opgave a. og b. nedenfor. Brug relevant grammatisk terminologi. Skriv dine svar på dansk.
  1. Find og skriv fra teksten fem eksempler på omvendt ordstilling. Marker for hvert eksempel både hele subjektet og hele verballeddet.

  2. Forklar kort for tre af eksemplerne, hvorfor der er brugt omvendt ordstilling.

Teksten er et uddrag af en roman.

On the table in front of Poirot was a plan of the Istanbul-Calais coach with the names of the
passengers marked in red ink. [...]
 3 
    “Excellent,” said Poirot, “we can open our Court of Inquiry without more ado.”
    “First, I think, we should take the evidence of the Wagon Lit1 conductor. You probably know
something about the man. What character has he? Is he a man in whose character you would
 6 
place reliance?”
    “I should say so, most assuredly. Pierre Michel has been employed by the company for over
fifteen years.” [...]
 9 
    Poirot began his questions. He first elicited Michel’s name and address, his length of service
and the length of time he had been on this particular route. These particulars, he already knew,
but the routine questions served to put the man at his ease.
 12 
    “And now,” went on Poirot, “let us come to the events of last night. M. Ratchett retired to bed
– when?”
    “Almost immediately after dinner, Monsieur. Actually before we left Belgrade. So he did on the
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previous night. He had directed me to make up the bed while he was at dinner, and I did so.”
    “Did anybody go into his compartment afterwards?”

Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express, 1934



1 Wagon Lit: sovevogn



Assignment 2


I tekststykket er en række ord og led understreget. Besvar opgave a., b. og c. nedenfor. Brug relevant grammatisk terminologi. Skriv dine svar på dansk.
  1. Seks sammensatte verballed er understreget. Skriv for hvert verballed, hvilken grammatisk tid det er, og skriv, om verballeddet er aktiv eller passiv.

  2. Seks adjektiver og adverbier er understreget. Skriv for hvert eksempel:
    •   om ordet er et adjektiv eller et adverbium
    •   hvilken ordklasse adjektivet/adverbiet lægger sig til i teksten

  3. Ordene tracks og show er understreget. Forklar kort med inddragelse af sammenhængen i teksten, hvilken ordklasse hvert af de to ord er.

Teksten er et uddrag af en nyhedsartikel.


Normal People goes international
Normal People, the hit Irish drama made by Element Pictures, has been sold to more than 20
countries worldwide by its international distributor Endeavor Content.
 3 
    The series, which was produced by Element for BBC Three and US platform Hulu, will be seen
in multiple territories from Latin America to Russia.
    Rights to the love story, adapted from the novel by Sally Rooney, have been purchased by
 6 
broadcasters in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy,
Spain, the Benelux countries, Greece, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Russia and the CIS1, Latin
America and Japan.
 9 
    The 12-part, 30-minute drama tracks the tender but complex relationship of Marianne (Daisy
Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal) from the end of their school days to their undergraduate
years.
 12 
    “The response from audiences in the UK, Ireland and the US to Normal People has been
overwhelmingly positive,” said Element Pictures co-founders Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe.
    “We are delighted that audiences around the world will now have the opportunity to see the show
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for themselves and we are grateful to Endeavor Content for helping put together such a strong
line-up of international partners to launch Normal People into the wider world.” [...]
    “It’s an absolute gem and adored by so many fans around the world,” said Endeavor Content’s
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Prentiss Fraser.

The Irish Times, 2020



1 the CIS: an organisation of countries in Asia that used to be a part of the Soviet Union



Assignment 3


Videoen i denne opgave handler om to personer, der mødes.

Find og skriv fem verballed fra videoens lydside. Skriv for hvert eksempel hele verballeddet. Skriv desuden for hvert verballed:
  • hvilken tid verballeddet står i
  • hvad der er subjekt for det pågældende verballed

“Meet Cute”, Saturday Night Live, 2017

Meet Cute




Assignment 4


Answer 4A or 4B



Assignment 4A – Fiction


Write an analytical essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret Andrea Carter’s short story “The Lamb”.

Part of your essay must focus on the title. In addition your essay must include an analysis of the style of writing in lines 121-133.

Your essay must include references to the short story.

Material
Andrea Carter, “The Lamb”, 2019



Assignment 4B – Non-fiction


Write an analytical essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse Corina Zappia’s article “Losing Whiteness When You Lose Your Father” and discuss the connection between identity and ethnicity.

Part of your essay must focus on the writer’s use of contrasts. In addition your essay must include an analysis of the style of writing in lines 111-121.

Your essay must include references to
  • Corina Zappia’s article
  • Video: “Multiracial American Voices: Identity”

Materials
Corina Zappia, “Losing Whiteness When You Lose Your Father”, an article from Catapult website, 2019

“Multiracial American Voices: Identity”, a video from YouTube website, 2015



Template


Hent skabelonen til besvarelsen i menuen til venstre.




Sources


Anvendt materiale (til brug for Copydan):

Agatha Christie. Murder on the Orient Express. 1934. New York: HarperCollins, 2017.

Laura Slattery. “Normal People goes international as Element Pictures racks up sales”. The Irish Times website, May 19, 2020, viewed October 2020. (www.irishtimes.com)

Saturday Night Live. “Meet Cute”. YouTube website, 2017, viewed October 2020. (www.youtube.com)

Andrea Carter. “The Lamb”. The Irish Times website, November 12, 2019, viewed October 2020. (www.irishtimes.com)

Corina Zappia. “Losing Whiteness When You Lose Your Father”. Catapult website, April 11, 2019, viewed October 2020. (www.catapult.co)

Pew Research Center. “Multiracial American Voices: Identity”. YouTube website, June 10, 2015, viewed October 2020. (www.youtube.com)