expressiv — Der Leser wird über die eigene Situation des Autors informiert Beispiel: Selbstmitteilung

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

Kommentierend

appellativ/appelierend

argumentativ/argumentierend

normativ/normierend

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

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

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.

Americans generally associate boats with leisure. Vastly less prosperous, Egyptians associate them with nothing but labour. Rowing a boat is something a fisherman is forced to do to make a living; how could such an activity bring me - a woman no less - pleasure?

Being the best is great youre the number one. Being unique is greater youre the only one.

I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.

The great triad of enemies for Christian growth contain the world, the flesh, and the devil.

And that's what happened to that show. It started ordinary, it started really rather bad. As I said, there was a review that said, really, we think the commercials are better than the show. And then it gradually developed.

With silly stuff, it's seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it's because I'm nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke.

Steward for the long term. It's not always easy, but you do it.

An act of unilateral nuclear disarmament by a European power would have a much more lasting impact than all the sanctions under consideration. Sanctions, as we know from the example of Iraq, always affect the least powerful citizens the most.

Fraud is common when you give away billions. Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top $2 billion. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, and at least one sex change operation.

Particularly in China, I think a lot of people start to realise, OK, what are the things that they truly should value? That's something that fits perfectly well with what Volvo is offering.

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

My family often travels to New York City during the holidays, and that's always a good time.

To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent? How do we self-identify, and how mutable is that identity? Like, what if one could be anyone at any time? Well, my characters, like the ones in my shows, allow me to play with the spaces between those questions.

I think the older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time.

Telling someone something he does not understand is pointless, even if you add that he will not be able to understand it.

Simplicity is the seal of truth.

It's a very smart and heartfelt movie and that's why, I think, we're all drawn to it. We really showed up for this with this collective idea that it was really ambitious, but we felt we all really had something to gain from it.

Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration.

If Shakespeare was around today I would ask him out to dinner. The only thing I don't like about him is the way he did his hair.

I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.

To me entrepreneurship means something different. I think of it as identifying and valuing opportunity.

We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.