Fiction
In the fable "Of Snakes and Mice", this is what the snakes and mice represent.
What are white people and people of colour in South Africa, respectively?
A type of sound in film that is not a natural part of a scene's environment.
What is non-diegetic sound?
The political system of racial segregation that (officially) began in South Africa in 1948 and ended in the early 1990s.
Latinsk navn for en type konjunktion, der bruges til at forbinde ligestillede elementer, såsom to hovedsætninger eller led i en opremsning.
Hvad er en parataktisk (konjunktion)?
Paratakse = sideordnende
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I estimate that the journey will take us about a hour.
Man bruger den ubestemte artikel "an" når ordet der står lige efter artiklen starter med en vokallyd. H'et i hour er stumt, så det skal være "an" og ikke "a"
What is the conflict between his desire to fight against discrimination against Colored people in South Africa and his extreme fear of poverty (that makes him settle for less)?
What is using personal stories/quotes from people affected by the effects of economic apartheid (to add pathos and ethos to her article)?
What is The Rainbow Nation?
Latinsk navn for en konjunktion, som indleder en ledsætning og underordner den ift. hovedsætningen.
Hypotakse = underordning
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It is nearly impossible to solve all of the society's problems.
Der skal ikke bruges den bestemte artikel "the" foran "society's"
Society bruges her som et abstrakt begreb, hvorfor der ikke bruges bestemt artikel. Hvis der var tale om et konkret samfund, ville det derimod være ok.
The type of narrator used in Nadine Gordimer's short story "The Moment before the Gun Went off".
What is an omniscient (intrusive 3rd person) narrator?
The main theme of the movie Invictus
What is reconciliation/healing?
(words with similar meanings ar allowed, but it must be phrased like a theme, not a message)
One of the two most famous tragedies to occur during apartheid, when police fired 1344 rounds into a crowd that was protesting against the pass laws and caused at least 91 casualties and many more injuries.
What was the Sharpeville massacre?
Begreb for småord der ofte bruges i talesprog til at udfylde et tomrum eller angive en tænkepause.
Hvad er fyldord?
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I wanted a blue thermos for my birthday, but my parents bough me the green.
Der skal stå "green one".
Støtteord bruges på engelsk efter substantiverede adjektiver i singularis. Det bruges dog typisk ikke ved pluralis.
Explain the meaning of this quote from "One of the Three":
“Fighting ourselves was bad enough; if we had to fight Johnny too it might be too much for us. (p. 71, ll. 2-3)
The remaining two characters in the story, the narrator and Tommy, have enough problems in their own lives as it is and do not have the mental capacity to bear Johnny and each other's burdens as well.
An Italian term that can be used to describe why English is used a common language for administrative purposes in South Africa, including Nelson Mandela's speeches.
What is lingua franca?
Comittee that was formed by th Government of National Unity to help heal the wounds of apartheid and ensure a peaceful transition to a democratic South Africa.
What is The Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
Hvad er en periode?
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I don't think I've ever seen her more happy in my life.
"more happy" skal ændres til "happier"
To-stavelses-adjektiver der ender på -y efter konsonant (og også -le, -er og -ow) gradbøjes med -er og -est. Derudover skal -y ændres til -i efter konsonant (staveregel).
The message of the poem "Our Sharpeville", which shows the Afrikaans authors recollection of how she experienced the Sharpeville massacre as a little girl.
Two accepted answers:
A condemnation of the violence against the protesters
Humans are not born with prejudice; it is something we are taught by our elders
Interpret this metaphor from Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech:
“suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world”
(What is...)
Now that apartheid has finally ended, South Africa will no longer be criticised and excluded by the rest of th world.
The name of two acts passed by the South African parliament in 1927 and 1950, which together prohibited all sexual relations between white people and persons of colour until the acts were lifted in 1985.
What was the Immoraliy Act?
Hvad er lixscore?
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The children were took from their home by the local authorities, as their home situation was deemed unfit by child services.
Passiv dannes på engelsk af en form af to be (bøjet i tid, person og antal) og perfektum participium af hovedverbet.
Ved regelmæssige verber er præteritum og perfektum participium-formerne af verbet ens, men "to take" er et uregelmæssigt verbum der har en anden form i perfektum participium end i præteritum. Derfor skal det ikke være "took"