Strange baby names | STX Engelsk B | 20. august 2018

I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at arbejde med emnet Strange baby names, som var fokus for skriftlig eksamen på STX Engelsk B den 20. august 2018. Vi giver dig et overblik over de tre kildetekster om emnet, samt hjælp til at udforske de forskellige grunde, som folk har til at vælge usædvanlige navne til deres børn. Herefter kan du få hjælp til at beskrive Lucie Morris-Marrs retorik, samt inspiration til din overordnede diskussion af emnet.

Eksamensspørgsmål

Write a paper (700-1000 words) in which you answer the following questions. Answer the questions separately.
1. Outline the different reasons behind the tendency to choose strange baby names as presented in the texts.
2. How does Lucie Morris-Marr engage the reader in text 3? Give examples from the text.
3. Taking your starting point in one of the texts, discuss what parents should consider before naming their child.

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Metaphors

Metaphors help Morris-Marr convey her argument and make the article more interesting and appealing for readers.

For example, the writer uses a metaphor to illustrate the physically and emotionally demanding period surrounding her children’s birth, as well as the difficulties of parenthood. A newborn’s need for constant care often leads to parents sleeping less, which affects their state of mind – to convey this, Morris Marr compares the lack of sleep to fog: “the fog of sleeplessness” (ll. 11-12).

Similarly, she offers a violent metaphor to describe the initial shock of becoming a parent: “being hit by the train of the new world of parenthood” (ll. 13-14).

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