The US Presidential Election
The number of Senators in the American Senate.
What is 100?
The belief that if you just work hard and put your mind to it, you can acchieve a better life in America and create a nicer future for the next generations of your family.
What is the American dream?
The part of a text-analysis, in which you look at a character and describe e.g. their looks, behaviour, and relationship with other characters.
What is a characterisation?
Ifølge kongruensreglerne skal der -s på verbets stamme i denne person.
Hvad er 3. person singularis?
At the end of the day, wanted just she to relax.
Hvad er en ordstillingsfejl?
(Der skal ikke bruges omvendt ordstilling efter et indledende adverbialled på engelsk)
The names of the three branches of government in the US.
What are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
A value that has to do with Americans' belief that everyone's success is dependant on their own hard work and not cooperation with others.
What is individualism/independence?
Poem by Emma Lazarus from 1883, in which she contrasts the Statue of Liberty with a giant statue from ancient Greece.
What is "The New Colossus"?
Hvad er omvendt ordstilling?
There is many people outside today.
Hvad er en kongruensfejl?
(Ved foreløbigt subjekt "there" retter verbalkongruensen sig efter det egentlige subjekt, som kommer efter verbet)
The number of electors a presidential candidate needs in order to win the US Presidential Election.
What is 270?
Two values, which go back to The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and are believed to be fundamental rights for everyone.
What are freedom and equality?
What is Two Kinds?
Genitiv-konstruktion, der bl.a. bruges, når der ikke er tale om en person eller et kæledyr, samt når man vil angive målenheder.
Hvad er of-konstruktion (of-genitiv)
The walls' colours in Santa's workshop are rather ugly.
Hvad er en genitivfejl?
(Der skal bruges of-konstruktion, når man taler om objekter)
What is voter suppression?
The idea that private initiatives to help the needy and the community, like charities, are better than government-sponsored ones.
What is volunteerism?
Rhetorical device consisting of a word or phrase that is repeated at the beginning of several consecutive sentences.
What is anaphora?
Hvad er hjælpeverber?
How does it go yesterday?
("Yesterday" viser, at der henvises til fortiden, og derfor skal der bruges præteritum)
A system that makes sure that all three branches of government have a way of controling the other two in the US, so they do not become too powerful.
What is the system of checks and balances?
The American belief that they can find a solution to any problem, if they are just inventive and go about it in a practical way.
What is the can-do-spirit?
The names of the three modes of persuasion in rhetorics.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
Hvad er emfase?
Does Dennis loves to cook like you do?
Hvad er fejl i do-omskrivning (hovedverbets bøjning)
(Ved do-omskrivning skal hovedverbet altid være et verbum i infinitiv)