The Analytical Essay - Handelsskolernes engelsklærerforening

1 DOMENIC MACAULAY The Analytical Essay 1 Introduktion Lidt om mig selv Lidt om mine elever Hvorfor skrev jeg Creative Writing 2 Planen for i dag Hvad er et Essay i faget engelsk? Metoden P-Q-C Praktisk velse Analytisk essaystruktur Analytiske begreber man skal kende Opgaveformuleringer i det analytiske Essay (UM) 3 The Analytical Essay og The personal Essay 4 The Analytical Essay Baseret p teksten og skal indeholde citater fra denne Ikke et referat Har en fast struktur Introduction, body, conclusion Man bev ger sig fra det generelle til det specifike Ikke personlige holdninger uden dokumentation i teksten The personal Essay Beh ver ikke indeholde citater fra teksten Har ingen fast struktur Man bev ger sig fra det konkrete til det abstrakte Ambiti st Essay som reflekterer over et emne p en personlig men ikke privat m de Metoden P-Q-C (the body of the Essay )

2 P-Q-C = Point Quotation Conclusion Start med at udv lge et citat - Interesting, puzzling, controversial or misleading POINT: Find en pointe med citatet QUOTATION: Afskriv citatet CONCLUSION: Skriv en konklusion som understreger pointen 5 Brug P-Q-C gennem hele essayet 6 The Basic Structure of Your Essay 1. An opening introductory paragraph 2. The main body of the text is a series of paragraphs made up of P-Q-C statements, , a. Point-Quotation-Conclusion b. Point-Quotation-Conclusion c. Point-Quotation-Conclusion d. etc. 3. A concluding paragraph How to Start Because your Essay starts with an introductory paragraph, you would think that it would be easiest to begin writing that first.

3 But this is not the best way to begin work on your Essay . Before beginning to write your Essay examine the text carefully and choose a few passages that have struck you as puzzling, controversial, interesting or maybe misleading. You will have to read the entire text a couple of times to find these key passages and as you become more practised at analysing texts, you will find it easier to choose the appropriate passages. The main body of your Essay should centre around these passages. Eksempel: find et citat 7 The National Front The National Front is the Party dedicated to the promotion of British Racial Nationalism. We reject multi-racialism absolutely and we recognize that the great achievements and unique character of the British people can, to a great extent, be attributed to its racial composition.

4 The National Front is committed to the ending of all non-White immigration and to the phased and financially assisted repatriation of all non-Whites, together with their dependents and descendants. White people would have no automatic right of entry but discretionary entry would be allowed according to the circumstances of each case, with a preference for those of recent British descent. Europeans who have already settled here will not be subject to repatriation but those who are resident here by virtue of Common Market membership will no longer have an automatic right of residence. The anti-British Race Relations Act will be repealed and its Pro-Black, positive discrimination policies F rst l ser man teksten S udv lger jeg et citat Hvordan skal jeg finde et v sentligt quotation ?

5 - N gleord: Puzzling Controversial Misleading Interesting Eksempel: Find en pointe med citatet 8 Hvad vil jeg sige om citatet? Skal jeg skrive en observerende s tning eller en p stand? (Jeg har valgt en p stand) Hvad har jeg lagt m rke til? Er det p s tningsniveau eller p ordniveau? Hvad er min pointe? Ordet repatriation er interessant, eller m ske endda misleading . Denotationen: hjemsendelse er skjult i indpakningen repatriation . Mit point er en p stand og jeg har fat i et enkeltord. Point: The National Front is quite clear about its goals, but instead of stating it in straight forward language, it chooses words that soften its radical policies.

6 Eksempel: Find en konklusion 9 S skal der konkluderes. I konklusionen kan man ofte begynde s tningen med notice the word eller omskrive det til noget lignende. Her er der benyttet en omskrivning: (conclusion) The Keyword is repatriation , which means sending back to the country of origin. By using a rather unusual word, instead of using simple language, the National Front is trying to soften the effect of the statement. Eksempel: afrunding 10 The National Front is quite clear about its goals, but instead of stating its policy in straightforward language, it chooses words that soften its radical policies.. the phased and financially assisted repatriation of all non-Whites, together with their dependents and descendants.

7 The key word is "repatriation", which means "sending back to the country of origin". By using a rather unusual word, instead of just using simple language, the National Front is trying to soften the effect of the statement. Point: Quotation : Conclusion: Nu er det jeres tur 11 Praktisk velse (ca 40 min. Optimistisk) velsen tager v sentligt l ngere tid med elever. Tekst: The Sampler (se handout ) L s teksten (5 min) Skim teksten med det form l, at nedskrive 2 centrale citater, der udv lges udfra n gleord som: puzzling, interesting, controversial or misleading (10-15 min) Skriv et point til hvert citat (5-10 min) Skriv en conclusion til hvert citat (5-10) S t det sammen til de to P-Q-C-paragraphs Linking sentences 12 En linking sentence er en s tning, der forbinder P-Q-C afsnittene Problemet er nu, hvordan man forbinder de to P-Q-C paragraphs.

8 N gleord for bedre analytisk t nkning 13 Der er en r kke ord, der er gode til at skabe sammenh ng og analytisk t nkning. (S tningerne, der indeholder et af disse sm ord indbefatter to ideer, dvs. s danne s tninger er per definition analytiske. N r man har to ideer, er man n d til at t nke, og forholde sig til den ene side og den anden side . John Loves Hannah John loves Hannah, but he does not want to marry her Although John loves Hannah he does not want to marry her So But Because Despite Although Unless If For instance For example Specifically Therefore In conclusion Eventually Given these facts Despite the fact that (The Atlantic Monthly, , The Writing Revolution , Peg Tyre, Oct.))

9 2012). The structure of the Essay as a whole = P-Q-C structure 14 N r Body-delen er f rdigkonstrueret og skrevet sammen skulle den gerne best af en r kke P-Q-C afsnit samt nogle linking sentences. S kan man g i gang med introduktionen. Overordnet struktur af et analytisk Essay 15 An opening introductory paragraph The main body of the text is a series of paragraphs made up of P-Q-C statements A concluding paragraph Body-delen 16 A series of P-Q-C paragraphs with linking sentences: Point Quotation Conclusion Linking sentence Point Quotation Conclusion Linking sentence osv Introduktionen 17 Introduktionen: skrives alts efter Body-delen er f rdig, og best r af en pr sentation af ens id er.

10 Disse id er er blevet til under arbejdet med citatudv lgelsen og kreationen af points og conclusions . Igennem arbejdet med ens P-Q-C s har man forholdt sig analytisk til teksten, og er n et frem til nogle pointer og konklusioner, som gerne skulle lede en p sporet af nogle ideer, som man s kan bruge i sin introduktion. Konkret velse til introduction. S 76, b. Linkers for the intro & the conclusion 18 Linkers create cohesion in your writing and should be used in different places in the Essay : In your introduction you could use these types of linkers: Certainly, despite the fact, in general, similarly, in the same way, likewise and sometimes. In your conclusion you could use these types of linkers: even though, despite, though, in conclusion, as, all in all, all together, as a result, basically, finally, in brief, in other words, in short, in summary, on the whole, that is, therefore, to put it differently, to summarize.