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

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

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.

I applied to Yale, and I got in.

Whole Foods Market tries to embody all of the principles of conscious capitalism all the time, but like any person or company, we sometimes fall short.

When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

I just can't sit still and meditate; that doesn't kind of work for me. I don't even know exactly what it means.

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.

During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.

Consciousness will not always solve the problem but it may make the suffering meaningful.

I'm not sure there are too many people who write what I write.

To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

I like working one-on-one with someone, and I think that to go to a school of acting isn't really my thing.

I feel like an ambassador for surfing at this point. I'm happy to go and play that role and share that where I can in certain areas of the mainstream media that doesn't get the surfing attention.

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

I want people on the front line to be proud of what they're doing and give themselves permission to finish things in ways that they can be proud of.

All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.

Facts are stubborn things but statistics are pliable.

I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.

When I turned 40, subconsciously, life was a blank sheet. Before, it was disjointed, and I was very displaced and quite mad, but it was a brilliant time. Everyone thinks I must have been unhappy.

Adaptability cushions the impact of change or disappointment.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society.