Preperation Kit
English oral exam
Preparation kit
23-05-2013
Gentofte Studenterkursus
Hibo
Oral English exam – Recipe ;) Fiction – novel, short-stories, and poems something made up, but can be based on reality. Non-fiction – an article, non-fiction short story something from real life! Fiction: 1. Present your text: Author, genre, title, and year. 2. Brief introduction/summary briefly about characters + (setting). 3. Characters – main character/protagonist (Round character, if he or she changes) = Minor / subordinate characters, antagonist (Flat character, an “enemy”) 4. Setting time, place and social class. 5. Themes: What is the story/about? Major themes and subthemes 6. Point of view: The main character exposed, get access to thoughts and feelings. 7. Beginning/ending: Compare the beginning and the end. How do we get from A to B. Ending open ending? The reader makes up the rest/starts guessing = Beginning in medias res – in the middle of the race. 8. Title: Interpret the title a fitting title? an alternate title. 9. Message: 10. Evaluate: Non-fiction: 1. Present the text: title, author, genre, year topic/theme 2. Sender - newspaper, magazine - message/topic Receiver – possible reader (age, social class, etc.) 3. Summarize briefly: 4. Major points/facts: Statistics and data 5. People: 6. Intentions: To inform, entertain, convince, persuade… 7. Structure: Beginning/introduction Count paragraphs headlines – Ending/conclusion 8. Language: Academic = intellectual language etc. 9. Evaluation: Did I lose interest/focus? Was it interesting all the way why, why not? Was it written for me or another audience?
Themes: 1. The Body
Summarize:
A) “A Bacon burger for fatso here and hold the lawsuits” by Judy Holland (2004) non-fiction
B) “They’re not your husband” by Raymond Carver (1976) fiction
The short story is about the
Preparation kit
23-05-2013
Gentofte Studenterkursus
Hibo
Oral English exam – Recipe ;) Fiction – novel, short-stories, and poems something made up, but can be based on reality. Non-fiction – an article, non-fiction short story something from real life! Fiction: 1. Present your text: Author, genre, title, and year. 2. Brief introduction/summary briefly about characters + (setting). 3. Characters – main character/protagonist (Round character, if he or she changes) = Minor / subordinate characters, antagonist (Flat character, an “enemy”) 4. Setting time, place and social class. 5. Themes: What is the story/about? Major themes and subthemes 6. Point of view: The main character exposed, get access to thoughts and feelings. 7. Beginning/ending: Compare the beginning and the end. How do we get from A to B. Ending open ending? The reader makes up the rest/starts guessing = Beginning in medias res – in the middle of the race. 8. Title: Interpret the title a fitting title? an alternate title. 9. Message: 10. Evaluate: Non-fiction: 1. Present the text: title, author, genre, year topic/theme 2. Sender - newspaper, magazine - message/topic Receiver – possible reader (age, social class, etc.) 3. Summarize briefly: 4. Major points/facts: Statistics and data 5. People: 6. Intentions: To inform, entertain, convince, persuade… 7. Structure: Beginning/introduction Count paragraphs headlines – Ending/conclusion 8. Language: Academic = intellectual language etc. 9. Evaluation: Did I lose interest/focus? Was it interesting all the way why, why not? Was it written for me or another audience?
Themes: 1. The Body
Summarize:
A) “A Bacon burger for fatso here and hold the lawsuits” by Judy Holland (2004) non-fiction
B) “They’re not your husband” by Raymond Carver (1976) fiction
The short story is about the