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

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: •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

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'm always pretty nervous when I do anything! I walk very slowly. I'm very careful.

'The River Wild' was great, with Meryl Streep. That guy was really a bad dude who was ultimately sort of fundamentally impotent in a weird way. That was kind of interesting.

Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.

I'm very forgiving so I forgive most things, really.

I don't think there is a good reason for an abortion, but Dr. Jasper made me really realize it was just a racket. He was just doing it for the money. He didn't care about the women.

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.

I was born in California and moved around a lot. When I was 17, I moved to Boston because my mom got a job there. The moment I went to Boston, everything just felt right and fell into place on how I wanted it to be.

When I go out, I love to put on mascara and lipstick, but I simply don't have time for leisurely facials and treatments. Going to the beauticians is not a priority for me, as when I'm off work, there is always so much catching up in the house to do.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no ones definition of your life define yourself.

My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.

When I watch a movie, someone's beauty isn't what engages me: it's what's going on internally. And I imagine it's what the audience thinks, too.

We print money. The people that print the money is actually us. The government of the United States of America. By its very nature, we control that, and this system is there as representation of us.

There comes a time in the history of nations when their peoples must become fully reconciled to their past if they are to go forward with confidence to embrace their future.

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.

I'm hoping I can evade a type and go for roles based on what I consider plausible and what I consider good.

Baseball does become slow sometimes. It's totally unnecessary. The - you can play baseball fast. You can play it slow, and for some reason, we have chosen to play it slow, you know, which is unfortunate, but nothing you can do about.

You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.

I definitely don't need therapy in life because I have gone through every little corner of my life.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.

Coaching is not how much you know. Its how much you can get players to do.

You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way.