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The US Presidential Election
American Values
Texts and analysis
Grammar rules
Grammar mistakes
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The number of Senators in the American Senate.

What is 100?

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?

100

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?

100

Ifølge kongruensreglerne skal der -s på verbets stamme i denne person.

Hvad er 3. person singularis?

100

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)

200

The names of the three branches of government in the US.

What are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?

200

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?

200

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"?

200
Den form for ordstilling der typisk kun bruges i spørgende sætninger på engelsk.

Hvad er omvendt ordstilling?

200

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)

300

The number of electors a presidential candidate needs in order to win the US Presidential Election.

What is 270?

300

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?

300
Chapter from a novel by Amy Tan, which deals with the tense relationship between a Chinese immigrant mother and her daughter.

What is Two Kinds?

300

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)

300

The walls' colours in Santa's workshop are rather ugly.

Hvad er en genitivfejl?


(Der skal bruges of-konstruktion, når man taler om objekter)

400
When a state implements regulations and rules that indirectly prevents certain groups of the population from voting.

What is voter suppression?

400

The idea that private initiatives to help the needy and the community, like charities, are better than government-sponsored ones.

What is volunteerism?

400

Rhetorical device consisting of a word or phrase that is repeated at the beginning of several consecutive sentences.

What is anaphora?

400
En lille gruppe af verber, der både kan stå alene i en sætning som hovedverber men også stå sammen med et andet hovedverbum, og som man ikke kan bruge Do-omskrivning i forbindelse med.

Hvad er hjælpeverber?

400

How does it go yesterday?

Hvad er fejl i brugen af do-omskrivning? (fejl i tid)


("Yesterday" viser, at der henvises til fortiden, og derfor skal der bruges præteritum)

500

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?

500

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?

500

The names of the three modes of persuasion in rhetorics.

What are ethos, pathos, and logos?

500
Når man bruger do-omskrivning for at lægge eftertryk på det man siger.

Hvad er emfase?

500

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)