‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬
Philadelphia University
Faculty of Arts
Department of English
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Examination Sheet
PART 1 :
A : Information
Student's Name:
Semester: 1st
Tutor's Name: Dr. Khalil Nofal
Time: 8:00 - 9:00
Examination:
1st
Student's No. :
Academic year : 2009/2010
Module Title : Discourse
Analysis
Date: 8 / 6 / 2010
2nd
Module No:012330
Day: Tuesday
Final
B -Guidelines
-The exam consists of four categories and the total mark is (15).
- Each question has its own mark.
-The answer must be written clearly.
C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question:
Question
Minutes
Total point
1.
10
20
2.
10
20
3.
15
40
4.
15
40
50
120
Total
Points Earned
D- Student Comments on the Questions ( If any )
E- Tutor's Remarks:
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PART II : Questions
FIRST Category :Knowledge and Understanding
The aim of these questions is to asses the basic knowledge and skills the student acquired.
Question (1): Exemplify the following in complete sentences: (10 pts)
1. Repeated patterns
2. synonymy
3. hyponymy
4. antonymy
5. substitution
6. ellipsis
7. textual reference
8. anaphora vs cataphora
9. subordination
10. coordination
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Intellectual Skills
Second Category : (Cognitive and Analytical)
The aim of these questions is to asses the students ability to recognize and analyze information.
Question (1): What do you consider the most likely functions of the following sentences? Say the
grammatical form of the sentence (declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory) and its
micro function: (10 pts)
1. Please lend me your dictionary.
2. If I were, I would study hard.
3. The car, John, please!
4. Have a nice time.
5. Come and see me next week.
6. The plate is hot.
7. Do you come here often?
8. You will leave the room at once.
9. Fantastic!
10. Right, let's start the lecture.
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THIRD Category :Practical Skills
Students should be able to apply their knowledge in solving unfamiliar problems.
Question (1): Identity and describe all formal links/cohesive devices you can find in the text below,
showing how they are used towards cohesiveness. (15 points)
WE AMERICANS
Since we Americans are a blend of people from many countries, we have a very short history
which can properly be called "American." Therefore, it is hard to find characteristics which apply to
all Americans. We combine many extremes from many different cultures. Nevertheless, we can make
some generalizations. Our main characteristics include individuality, a combination of idealism and
practicality, materialism, and a lack of parental influence, all of which permeate our lives.
We Americans value individuality. Our country was founded by strong individuals, and we do
not like to be forced into conformity. Therefore, we insist on having a great deal of freedom.
Interestingly enough, however, most Americans use this freedom to behave very much like most
other Americans, and we are suspicious of those who do not conform. Hippies are individualists, for
example, but most Americans do not like them. By the same token, we consider ourselves very
faithful to the laws of our country, but there are few among us who would not break one if it was felt
that no harm would be done by doing so-such as by exceeding the speed limit or failing to report
informally-received cash income on tax forms.
Secondly, we Americans are both practical and idealistic. We place great value on doing things
for ourselves, for this is what our pioneer forefathers were forced to do. Many foreign visitors are
surprised to find that many couples of comfortable means do their own yardwork, their own
housework, their own repairs. On the other hand, we are very idealistic: we think we have the best
political, social, and economic system yet devised, and we therefore expect everything to go
smoothly. As a result of our idealism, we are easily disillusioned. This is why so many marriages end
in divorce – young couples' expectations from marriage is often unrealistically high. Similarly, it
helps explain the dissatisfactions and protests of many young people, and even older people, who
enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world.
A third characteristic of us Americans is that money is more important than prestige to us. People
work extremely hard, so many, unfortunately, either have little leisure time, or do not know how to
enjoy it. Why do we work so hard? It is not to achieve greater status or prestige, but simply to have
more of the material objects and comfort that money can buy.
Finally, our parents have less influence on us than parents do in other countries. Many children
are left in day-care centers by their working mothers or with babysitters when their parents go out at
night. Furthermore, peer pressure is very great because children's feelings and desires are taken very
seriously, and they are given a lot of freedom to form strong personalities. We leave home at a
relatively early age, usually after high school, to take jobs and have our own apartments, or to go to
college, where we are allowed a great deal of freedom. We choose our own spouses, even if our
parents object. And, later in life, when our parents are old and helpless, we often live far away from
them; many prefer to put them in nursing homes rather than to have the responsibility of caring for
them daily. Many foreigners find this practice heartless. I suppose it is, but like many other qualities
we Americans share, it is subject to change over a relatively short period of time.
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FOURTH Category: Transferable Skills
Students should be able to apply their knowledge in solving unfamiliar problems.
Question (1): Write a well-organized essay on "woman's right" using as many cohesive devices as
you can. (15 points)
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