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November 1963 5-a-day

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November 1963

30 sheets · 150 questions · A Level

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  1. 1st November 1963Distinguish instrumental from influential power with one example each.
  2. 2nd November 1963Explain the effect of enjambment that runs across a stanza break.
  3. 3rd November 1963In 'watching for headlights that were not, yet, her mother's,' what effect does the delayed final phrase have?
  4. 4th November 1963The word 'awful' once meant 'inspiring awe or reverence' but now means 'very bad'. Name this type of semantic change.
  5. 5th November 1963What is 'hubris'?
  6. 6th November 1963What is the term for turning a verb or adjective into a noun, e.g. 'decide' becoming 'decision'?
  7. 7th November 1963What term describes an object or image that represents a wider idea, e.g. a wilting flower representing decline?
  8. 8th November 1963Name the stage in which function words are systematically omitted, and give an approximate age range.
  9. 9th November 1963Define free indirect discourse and give one reason a writer might use it.
  10. 10th November 1963Name one comparative connective a writer could use to link two ideas across texts.
  11. 11th November 1963What is meant by the 'holophrastic stage'?
  12. 12th November 1963What term describes a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?
  13. 13th November 1963What does a presupposition do in a question such as 'when did you stop checking the figures?'
  14. 14th November 1963Why is it worth comparing the final lines of two poems specifically?
  15. 15th November 1963Identify one language technique in 'the wind came straight through.'
  16. 16th November 1963Name one social factor, other than region, that can cause variation in a person's language use.
  17. 17th November 1963Name the term for the moment the audience senses danger the protagonist does not yet see.
  18. 18th November 1963Name one contextual factor, other than mode, that can affect a text's linguistic choices.
  19. 19th November 1963What term describes a narrative told using 'I' and limited to one character's knowledge?
  20. 20th November 1963Identify the phonological process in 'gog' for dog and in 'nana' for banana.
  21. 21st November 1963Explain the difference between commenting on structure and commenting on language in an unseen prose response.
  22. 22nd November 1963Identify the semantic field used in the phrase 'the beam still turns, still finds the rocks.'
  23. 23rd November 1963A child uses 'car' only for the family car and not for any other cars. What is this process called?
  24. 24th November 1963What is the effect of enjambment, a line running on without punctuation into the next?
  25. 25th November 1963Explain the difference between a positive and a negative face-threatening act.
  26. 26th November 1963Define volta and explain why it is useful in comparison.
  27. 27th November 1963What is meant by a 'structural shift' in an unseen text?
  28. 28th November 1963Name the linguist associated with the 'damp spoon', 'crumbling castle' and 'infectious disease' images of prescriptivist attitudes.
  29. 29th November 1963Identify one way this stage direction creates foreboding: 'Thunder, distant. The lamp flickers and does not right itself.'
  30. 30th November 1963What term describes a variety of language used in a specific social setting or for a specific purpose?

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