Готовая работа Unit 5 - выполнена по методичке Functional Styles (Афанасьва Н.Р., Сенюшкина Т.В.)

В данной работе выполнены все задания по 5 Модулю. Без перевода текстов.

UNIT 5
ESSAY
TEXT 1
1. Read the essay below and say whether you find the logical argumentation relevant or not. Give your grounds.
Questions for Study and Discussion
2. Analyse the paragraphing of the essay and compare it with that of the speech. Which do you consider to be more rigid?
3. Where do you find the author’s thesis statement? What is the structure of argumentation used in this essay?
What techniques does the author use to support his claim?
4. Draw the main idea of each paragraph in the body of the essay.
5. How are the paragraphs made coherent? Analyze the system of connectives and other means of cohesion.
6. Comment on the register of the vocabulary used in the text.
7. Is the author biased? Does he use emotional appeal?
8. Analyse the language the essay is written in. Is it figurative or rather matter-of-fact?
9. Is the essay argumentative or persuasive?
10. Where could an article like this appear? Who the communicators might be?
11. What conclusions can you come to on the basis of these observations? Do you think the text was written by a man or a woman? Explain.
12. Sum up your ideas and using this piece of writing as an example of essay as a genre prove that it belongs to the realm of the publicistic style and comment on the peculiarities typical for it due to its written form.
TEXT 2
Read the text below and try to define its genre.
Questions for Study and Discussion
1. What is the topic of the essay?
What is the author’s main claim? Where in the text do we read his thesis statement first? Is it repeated anywhere in the text? What structure of argumentation do we observe in this essay (radial or chain)?
Comment on the paragraphing and its role in the flow of ideas. Try to analyze how the idea of each paragraph is connected with that of the previous and the following paragraphs. Identify the introduction, the body and the conclusion of the essay. Explain your division.
How does the author introduce the topic? Why does he