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Formal analysis: Model
The source at hand / given source is [an extract/excerpt from a book] [an essay] [a historical
abstract] [a cartoon] [a.s.o.] … written/drawn by … [and was published in…on…] [dates back
to … = context] [stems from the time of … = context] [and must be read/seen against the
backdrop of (vor dem Hintergrund) … = context] …
It can be classified as a primary/secondary source due to the fact that… and as a
tradition/remains source because… It is addressed to / Its addressees are …
The [source deals with / treats of / is concerned with / is about / describes…] [cartoon depicts
/ shows … ] … / The topic of the source is …
The
author’s/writer’s/historian’s/artist’s
intention
was/is
to…
The
author/writer/historian/artist wants to express that/intends to show that …
The text/source can be divided into … parts/paragraphs/sense units… [which support the
line of argumentation] …
The author/writer/historian… starts off by [+ gerund] / introduces the reader to the topic by
[+ gerund] … / begins with …
He/she then goes on saying that/continues by stating that … [a.s.o.]
When mentioning XY, he/she is referring to … (= context).
In l./ll. XY it is said that … which is a reference to … (= context).
He/she draws the conclusion that/concludes that/sums up his/her main findings…
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Formal analysis: Model
The source at hand / given source is [an extract/excerpt from a book] [an essay] [a historical
abstract] [a cartoon] [a.s.o.] … written/drawn by … [and was published in…on…] [dates back
to … = context] [stems from the time of … = context] [and must be read/seen against the
backdrop of (vor dem Hintergrund) … = context] …
It can be classified as a primary/secondary source due to the fact that… and as a
tradition/remains source because… It is addressed to / Its addressees are …
The [source deals with / treats of / is concerned with / is about / describes…] [cartoon depicts
/ shows … ] … / The topic of the source is …
The
author’s/writer’s/historian’s/artist’s
intention
was/is
to…
The
author/writer/historian/artist wants to express that/intends to show that …
The text/source can be divided into … parts/paragraphs/sense units… [which support the
line of argumentation] …
The author/writer/historian… starts off by [+ gerund] / introduces the reader to the topic by
[+ gerund] … / begins with …
He/she then goes on saying that/continues by stating that … [a.s.o.]
When mentioning XY, he/she is referring to … (= context).
In l./ll. XY it is said that … which is a reference to … (= context).
He/she draws the conclusion that/concludes that/sums up his/her main findings…
Check weblog for “vocab text analysis” as well as “connectives” and “phrases for composition”.
11 Ge bi (Fb)