(1) Short Stories
List the titles of the short stories that we have read in class.
- The Story of an Hour
- The Weekend
- The First Feminists
Name one central topic of the play.
social media, hate speech, racism, friendship, ...
Give two dos and don'ts for the "AFB 1".
dos: Simple Present, own words
don'ts: don't quote, no own opinion, no interpretation
Give a typical phrase that you can use in the conclusion of your blog entry.
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Sum up the plot of the short story "The Story of an Hour".
Mrs Louise Mallard, who has a heart condition, learns that her husband has died in a railroad accident. She experiences freedom. As she leaves her room, her husband enters the house. Louise dies of "the joy that kills" from seeing her husband's return.
Explain one of the seven methods and its historical context mentioned in SMOFKKJ.
- poison --> MAC post
- shooting --> police brutality
- drowning --> refugees
- skinning --> blackfacing
- immolation --> Jim Crow Era
- disgrace --> blackfacing
- displacement --> Sarah Baartman
Explain in which part of your Abitur exam you need to quote.
AFB 2 (Task 2)
Name three stylistic devices.
Alliteration, personification, parallism, repetition,...
- Mrs Mallard feels a sense of liberation when she learns about her husband's supposed death
- She envisions freedom to live her life for herself
- She is freed from social expectations and marriage constraints
Explain the terms blackfacing and blackfishing.
- blackfacing: darkening your skin
- blackfishing: using make-up and hairstyling to seem Black
Explain what the operator compare requires.
Introduction, main part ( --> similarities AND differences), conclusion
What's wrong here? The rhetorical question in lines 5-6 makes the reader think about the author's claim.
- What rhetorical question?
- What does the author claim?
- Don't write "in line..."
Explain how feminity is presented in the short story "The Weekend". Refer to the characters Martha and Katie.
- Martha: represents a rather traditional form of feminity (household, children)
- Katie: challlenges and rejects traditional norms (no children, divorced, independent)
- risks: manipulation, addiction, mental health, hate speech, fake news,...-
- chances: easy access to information, entertainment, connection, motivation, ...
Explain the difference between comment on, justify and discuss.
Give a useful phrase that you can use in an article to show the topic's relevance.
The problem of ... has met with a lot of attention.
The issue has been heatedly debated.
There are many reasons for..
Assess to what extent traditional gender roles still influence opportunities for men and women in modern society.
- traditional ideas of m. and f. still shape career choices and behavior (m: ambitious, w: expected to take care of family members)
- women often face obstacles: unpaid domestic work, childcare, balancing career and family
- gender pay gap
- underrepresentation in top positions...
Assess the play's relevance for your generation.
- social media as main communication tool
- currently debated topics such aus Black cultural expressions, cultural appropriation, race, intersectionality
- celebrity culture
- language
...
Explain what you have to keep in mind when working with a cartoon in the AFB III.
(1) Present the thematic issue
(2) Refer to the cartoon's message
(3) Arguments: Support by pictural element, quotation from the text at hand or example from materials studied in class
Form three sentences using a different if-clause in each.
If you study hard for your Vorabi you will be successful.
If you read the short stories again you would be well-prepared.
If you had studied more you would have gotten more points.