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INDEX
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INTRODUCTION AND EXAM SPECIFICATIONS ...............................................

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ANALYSING TEXTS ..............................................................................................

1. HOW TO APPROACH THE ANALYSIS OF A TEXT ...........................................

1.1. How to go about your text analysis - Guidelines..................................
1.2. Introduction..........................................................................................
1.3. Development ........................................................................................
1.4. Style ......................................................................................................
1.5. Conclusion ............................................................................................

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2. HOW TO ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM THE TEXT ..........................

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3. TEXT TYPES AND GENRE................................................................................

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4. FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................
4.1. Saussures model of the speech circuit ................................................
4.2. Shannons and Moles communication models ...................................
4.3. Bhlers organon model .......................................................................
4.4. Jakobsons model of communicative functions ...................................

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5. STYLE ..............................................................................................................
5.1. Figures of speech..................................................................................
5.1.1. Tropes .......................................................................................
5.1.2. Metaplasmic figures .................................................................
5.1.3. Figures of omission ...................................................................
5.1.4. Figures of repetition (words) ....................................................
5.1.5. Figures of repetition (clauses and ideas)..................................
5.1.6. Figures of thought.....................................................................
5.1.7. Phonological figures..................................................................

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6. OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECTS .......................................................................

6.1. Seven standards of textuality ...............................................................
6.2. Cohesion and coherence ......................................................................
6.2.1. Reference..................................................................................
6.2.2. Substitution...............................................................................
6.2.3. Ellipsis .......................................................................................
6.2.4. Conjunction...............................................................................
6.2.5. Lexical Cohesion........................................................................
6.3. Reception theory ..................................................................................

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6.4. Narrative discourse styles ....................................................................

6.4.1. Free Direct Discourse................................................................
6.4.2. Free Indirect Discourse .............................................................

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7. JOURNALISTIC TEXTS ANALYSIS....................................................................

7.1. 2008 Exam: Internet studies: what went wrong?, by David Gauntlett.
7.2. 2006 Exam: A Film Review on 'A cock and bull story,
by Michael Winterbottom ....................................................................
7.3. Familiarity breeds contempt, by Michael Blumenthal, Time Europe .
7.4. Anatomy of misery, by Liesl Schillinger, New York Times.................
7.5. Author Lessing wins Nobel Prize, BBC...............................................
7.6. David Foster Wallace, New York Times.............................................
7.7. Holy mistery! Mayhem at the Vatican, by A.O. Scott .......................
7.8. Some thoughts on the lost art of reading aloud, Observer, NYT......

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8. LITERARY TEXTS .............................................................................................

8.1. On the road, Jack Kerouac.................................................................
8.2. Beloved, Toni Morrison.....................................................................
8.3. Cosmopolis, Don Delillo ....................................................................
8.4. The me decade, Tom Wolfe ............................................................
8.5. Dangling man, Saul Bellow ................................................................
8.6. The last september, Elizabeth Bowen...............................................
8.7. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury ..........................................................
8.8. Mary Lavelle, Kate OBrien................................................................
8.9. Reading in the dark, Seamus Deane .................................................
8.10. Nightwood, Djuna Barnes .................................................................

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TRANSLATIONS ...................................................................................................

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1. TRANSLATIONS FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH...............................................

1.1. 2008 EOI Exam: We need to talk about Kevin, Lionel Jospen...........
1.2. 2006 EOI Exam: Blott on the landscape, Tom Sharpe.......................
1.3. Atonement, Ian McEwan...................................................................
1.4. Brideshead revisited, Evelyn Waugh.................................................
1.5. Cannery Row, John Steinbeck ...........................................................
1.6. In cold blood, Truman Capote...........................................................
1.7. Congress wrangles over how best to avoid financial Armageddon,
The Economist ......................................................................................
1.8. Digital natives, by Denise Gonzlez-Walker, Seattlepi Blog..............
1.9. The executioners song, Norman Mailer...........................................
1.10. An icon, despite itself, by Alice Rawsthorn, NYT...............................
1.11. The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini ......................................................
1.12. Obamania is here and everyone proclaims him to be one of us,
by Michael Settle ..................................................................................

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1.13. The orphans of Ireland, by T. Egan, NYT ........................................... 95

1.14. The shadow of slumdogs success, by Emily Wax, Washington Post 97
1.15. Terrorist, John Updike....................................................................... 98
2. TRANSLATIONS FROM SPANISH TO ENGLISH...............................................
2.1. 2008 EOI Exam: Nada nuevo en Europa, by Moiss Nam, El Pas....
2.2. 2006 EOI Exam: Del coche, la gasolina y los puentes, by Jos L.
Manzanares ..........................................................................................
2.3. Cinco horas con Mario, Miguel Delibes ............................................
2.4. Consejos al Papa, cantantes de pera..., El Pas ...............................
2.5. El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, Gabriel Garca Mrquez..........
2.6. Cuando no hay suficientes muertos, by Gabriela Warkentin ...........
2.7. Cuerpos contra almas, by Justo Navarro, El Pas ..............................
2.8. El espaol ganar al ingls en el 2050 como lengua materna, by
Goyo Garca Maestro, La Razn ...........................................................
2.9. El hombre, multifactico, by Francisco Solano, El Pas .....................
2.10. Locuras, by Manuel Rivas, El Pas......................................................
2.11. Melocotones helados, Espido Freire.................................................
2.12. La seorita Cora, Julio Cortzar.........................................................
2.13. La sombra del viento, Carlos Ruiz Zafn ...........................................
2.14. La voz dormida, Dulce Chacn ..........................................................
2.15. Ya slo habla de amor, Ray Loriga ....................................................

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1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES ....................................................
1.1. 2008 EOI Exam: Green genetic plant claims draw skeptics, NPR....
1.2. 2006 EOI Exam: 2012 Olympic Games ..............................................
1.3. CNN News update .............................................................................
1.4. Retailers take stock of economic downturn .....................................
1.5. Olympic Park London ........................................................................
1.6. Rape laws, BBC Podcasts...................................................................
1.7. Sport vs exercise, BBC Podcasts ........................................................
1.8. You cant make this stuff up, CNNs Jim Ribble ................................
1.9. You cant make this stuff up, _2, CNNs Jim Ribble...........................
1.10. Water wars, NPR ...............................................................................

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BIBLIOGRAPHY.................................................................................................... 130
1. RESOURCES FOR THE EXAMINEE ..................................................................
1.1. Translation ............................................................................................
1.2. Literature ..............................................................................................
1.3. Listening practice..................................................................................

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2. BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................... 132
2.1. Dictionaries........................................................................................... 134
2.2. Online dictionaries................................................................................ 134

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KEY ........................................................................................................................ 135

1. KEY TO JOURNALISTIC TEXT ANALYSIS..........................................................
1.1. 2008 Exam: Internet: what went wrong, by David Gauntlett...........
1.2. 2006 Exam: A film review on A cock and a bull story,
by Jonathan Romney ............................................................................
1.3. Familiarity breeds contempt, by Michael Blumenthal,
Time Magazine .....................................................................................
1.4. Anatomy of misery, by Liesl Schillinger.............................................
1.5. Author Lessing wins Nobel Prize, BBC...............................................
1.6. David Foster Wallace, New York Times.............................................
1.7. Holy mistery! Mayhem at the Vatican, by A.O. Scott .......................
1.8. Some thoughts on the lost art of reading aloud, Observer, NYT......

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2. KEY TO LITERARY TEXT ANALYSIS .................................................................

2.1. On the road, Jack Kerouac.................................................................
2.2. Beloved, Toni Morrison.....................................................................
2.3. Cosmopolis, Don Delillo ....................................................................
2.4. The me decade, Tom Wolfe ............................................................
2.5. Dangling man, Saul Bellow ................................................................
2.6. The last semptember, Elizabeth Bowen............................................
2.7. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury ..........................................................
2.8. Mary Lavelle, Kate OBrien................................................................
2.9. Reading in the dark, Seamus Deane .................................................
2.10. Nightwood, Djuna Barnes .................................................................

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1. KEY TO TRANSLATIONS FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH..................................
1.1. 2008 EOI Exam: We need to talk about Kevin, Lionel Jospen...........
1.2. 2006 EOI Exam: Blott on the landscape, Tom Sharpe.......................
1.3. Atonement, Ian McEwan...................................................................
1.4. Brideshead revisited, Evelyn Waugh.................................................
1.5. Cannery Row, John Steinbeck ...........................................................
1.6. In cold blood, Truman Capote...........................................................
1.7. Congress wrangles over how best to avoid financial Armageddon,
The Economist ......................................................................................
1.8. Digital natives, by Denise Gonzlez-Walker, Seattlepi Blog..............
1.9. The executioners song, Norman Mailer...........................................
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1.10. An icon, despite itself, by Alice Rawsthorn .......................................

1.11. The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini ......................................................
1.12. Obamania is here and everyone proclaims him to be one of us,
by Michael Settle ..................................................................................
1.13. The orphans of Ireland, by T. Egan....................................................
1.14. The shadow of slumdogs success, by Emily Wax ...........................
1.15. Terrorist, John Updike.......................................................................
2. KEY TO TRANSLATIONS FROM SPANISH TO ENGLISH..................................
2.1. 2008 EOI Exam: Nada nuevo en Europa, by Moiss Nam, El Pas....
2.2. 2006 EOI Exam: Del coche, la gasolina y los puentes, by Jos L.
Manzanares ..........................................................................................
2.3. Cinco horas con Mario, Miguel Delibes ............................................
2.4. Consejos al Papa, cantantes de pera..., El Pas ...............................
2.5. El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, Gabriel Garca Mrquez..........
2.6. Cuando no hay suficientes muertos, by Gabriela Warkentin ...........
2.7. Cuerpos contra almas, by Justo Navarro, El Pas ..............................
2.8. El espaol ganar al ingls en el 2050 como lengua materna, by
Goyo Garca Maestro, La Razn ...........................................................
2.9. El hombre, multifactico, by Francisco Solano, El Pas .....................
2.10. Locuras, by Manuel Rivas, El Pas......................................................
2.11. Melocotones helados, Espido Freire.................................................
2.12. La seorita Cora, Julio Cortzar.........................................................
2.13. La sombra del viento, Carlos Ruiz Zafn ...........................................
2.14. La voz dormida, Dulce Chacn ..........................................................
2.15. Ya slo habla de amor, Ray Loriga ....................................................
3. LISTENING PRACTICE KEY ..............................................................................
3.1. 2008 EOI Exam: Green genetic plant claims draw skeptics, NPR....
3.2. 2006 EOI Exam: 2012 Olympic Games ..............................................
3.3. CNN News update .............................................................................
3.4. Retailers take stock of economic downturn .....................................
3.5. Olympic Park London ........................................................................
3.6. Rape laws, BBC Podcasts...................................................................
3.7. Sport vs exercise, BBC Podcasts ........................................................
3.8. You cant make this stuff up, CNNs Jim Ribble ................................
3.9. You cant make this stuff up, _2, CNNs Jim Ribble...........................
3.10. Water wars, NPR ...............................................................................

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