Daily Practice · A Level
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- 1st August 1960A poem in regular iambic pentameter breaks the metre in one line only. Suggest how to analyse it.
- 2nd August 1960What should you do first when reading an unseen extract in an exam?
- 3rd August 1960The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.
- 4th August 1960In the line 'I have kept this light for twenty-six years, and the sea has never once told me my business,' identify the tone.
- 5th August 1960Give one example of a linguistic feature typical of unplanned spoken discourse.
- 6th August 1960What is the effect of a very short, simple sentence placed after a long, complex one?
- 7th August 1960Distinguish a recast from an expansion in caregiver speech.
- 8th August 1960Why is an unseen essay that works through the extract chronologically usually limited to the middle bands?
- 9th August 1960In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 10th August 1960Calculate the MLU in morphemes for these three utterances: 'I want juice' (3 morphemes), 'the dog barked' (4 morphemes, counting -ed as one), 'mummy gone now' (3 morphemes).
- 11th August 1960Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 12th August 1960Distinguish instrumental from influential power with one example each.
- 13th August 1960Explain the effect of enjambment that runs across a stanza break.
- 14th August 1960Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 15th August 1960The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 16th August 1960A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 17th August 1960Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 18th August 1960Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 19th August 1960Name the stage in which function words are systematically omitted, and give an approximate age range.
- 20th August 1960Define free indirect discourse and give one reason a writer might use it.
- 21st August 1960What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 22nd August 1960Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 23rd August 1960What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 24th August 1960What does a presupposition do in a question such as 'when did you stop checking the figures?'
- 25th August 1960Why is it worth comparing the final lines of two poems specifically?
- 26th August 1960True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 27th August 1960What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 28th August 1960Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
- 29th August 1960Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 30th August 1960What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 31st August 1960Identify the phonological process in 'gog' for dog and in 'nana' for banana.