Essay: •geistreiche und sprachlich anspruchsvolle Abhandlung zu einem Thema aus z. B. Wissenschaft, Politik, Gesellschaft, Literatur, Religion

Sachtexte informieren den Leser und liefern Fakten zu einem bestimmten Thema. Das bedeutet, dass Informationen in sachlichen Texten wahrheitsgemäß dargelegt werden.

Sachtexte sind so verfasst, dass sie neutral und so präzise wie möglich informieren. Deswegen findet man wenig Fantasie oder Ausschmückungen in ihnen. Es geht vielmehr darum, dass der Leser einen Vorgang, eine Handlung oder eine Meinung nachvollziehen kann.

Informativ/informierend/darstellend

expressiv

Kommentierend

appellativ/appelierend

argumentativ/argumentierend

normativ/normierend

Essay: •gekennzeichnet durch Leichtigkeit, Unbefangenheit, stilistische Virtuosität und den Einsatz von Humor, oft Verzicht auf objektive Nachweise und definitive Antworten

Essay: •ausgehend von konkreter Fragestellung werden in freier, oft unsystematischer Form Pro- und Kontrapositionen rhetorisch geschickt dargestellt, wobei persönliche Ansichten und Erlebnisse im Vordergrund stehen können

Glosse: •zugespitzte, wertende Anmerkung zu tagesaktuellem Thema mit abschließender Pointe •satirische Form des Kommentars, oft zahlreiche rhetorische Mittel (z. B. Hyperbel, Ironie)

Interview: •Wiedergabe eines Frage-Antwort-Gesprächs zwischen Journalist und einer oder mehreren Personen (meist des öffentlichen Lebens, d. h. aus Film/Fernsehen, Politik, Sport usw.) •Ziel z.B. Klärung eines strittige Sachverhalts, Vorstellung einer Person, Meinungsäußerung

Kommentar: •subjektiv wertender Meinungsbeitrag zu aktuellem bzw. allgemein bekanntem Thema •Autor legt persönlichen Standpunkt sprachlich geschickt dar, versucht Leser argumentativ zu überzeugen, teils ironisch-spöttischer Stil •beginnt meist mit Hintergrunderläuterungen zum Thema und endet mit Fazit bzw. Apell

Rede: •öffentlicher Vortrag (basierend auf schriftlichem Konzept) zu einem gesellschaftlichen, privaten oder geschäftlichen Thema, oft mit dem Ziel, Zuhörer von den eigenen Ansichten zu überzeugen •geschickter Einsatz rhetorischer Mittel und Adressatenbezug durch direkte Ansprache

I think of myself as someone who thinks largely through writing. Thus I write more than most people, and I write in many different forms. I think of myself as the kind of person who writes, rather than as one kind of writer or another.

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.

Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime.

Will I become a coach in the future? No way. I'd never be able to put up with someone like me.

I've done that quite often, but I've got to be quite honest... as much as you would want to only do one at a time, sometimes projects overlap and there's nothing you can do. Sometimes you to have begin writing a new project just as you're finishing off another.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

Dancing was my sport when I was younger. So I chose that over everything. And then, I just had to keep going because it became a competitive thing. But I'm not trying to impress anyone anymore. Dancing is more like my art, now.

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

When 'Paranoid' came out, how many other 'Paranoids' came out? No shots, just real.

We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the canvas.

I'm tall with broad shoulders. And my waist is small. I'm into fashion, so I like the way clothes lay on me. I'm pretty much a normal person's size, just stretched out.

I love that synergy between being entertainers and having people respond. There's no greater reward.

Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy.

I felt God's love, and that was a great gift.

Melville locked himself away in his room for months while working on 'Moby Dick.' If I ever decide to write a novel, I hope someone will take pity on me and take me out to dinner instead.

Indian weddings, visually, they're so stunning.

You actually see liberals checking 'Fox News,' if only to know what the conservatives are thinking. And you're seeing conservatives who venture into liberal sources, just to know what 'The New York Times' is thinking.

I would cry after losses when I was a kid and pout. But I played like that.

There's nothing wrong with teenagers that reasoning with them won't aggravate.

I like to sit in my backyard. I go out on the hammock and sit in silence and kind of meditate. Nature is calming and its nice to go out there and clear my head

Everyone become a creation of their environment.

No, I always wanted to be an actress.

In 'Expendables 2,' there was a lot of vulgar dialogue in the screenplay. For this reason, many young people wouldn't be able to watch this. But I don't play in movies like this. Due to that, I said, 'I won't be a part of that if the hardcore language is not erased.'