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November 1964 5-a-day

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November 1964

30 sheets · 150 questions · A Level

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  1. 1st November 1964What term describes an object or image that represents a wider idea, e.g. a wilting flower representing decline?
  2. 2nd November 1964Explain how a transcript could be used as evidence against Skinner's account.
  3. 3rd November 1964How can AO3 be addressed in an unseen where no author or date is given?
  4. 4th November 1964Name one comparative connective a writer could use to link two ideas across texts.
  5. 5th November 1964What is meant by the 'holophrastic stage'?
  6. 6th November 1964What term describes a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?
  7. 7th November 1964How can flouting a Gricean maxim be an exercise of power?
  8. 8th November 1964Give one risk of using a comparison grid, and how to avoid it.
  9. 9th November 1964Identify one language technique in 'the wind came straight through.'
  10. 10th November 1964Name one social factor, other than region, that can cause variation in a person's language use.
  11. 11th November 1964Name the term for the moment the audience senses danger the protagonist does not yet see.
  12. 12th November 1964Name one contextual factor, other than mode, that can affect a text's linguistic choices.
  13. 13th November 1964What term describes a narrative told using 'I' and limited to one character's knowledge?
  14. 14th November 1964Give two of Halliday's functions of language and an example utterance for each.
  15. 15th November 1964Rewrite this weak sentence to earn AO2 credit: 'The writer uses a simile to describe the house, which makes it more interesting.'
  16. 16th November 1964Identify the semantic field used in the phrase 'the beam still turns, still finds the rocks.'
  17. 17th November 1964A child uses 'car' only for the family car and not for any other cars. What is this process called?
  18. 18th November 1964What is the effect of enjambment, a line running on without punctuation into the next?
  19. 19th November 1964Define synthetic personalisation and give an example.
  20. 20th November 1964Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
  21. 21st November 1964What is meant by a 'structural shift' in an unseen text?
  22. 22nd November 1964Name the linguist associated with the 'damp spoon', 'crumbling castle' and 'infectious disease' images of prescriptivist attitudes.
  23. 23rd November 1964Identify one way this stage direction creates foreboding: 'Thunder, distant. The lamp flickers and does not right itself.'
  24. 24th November 1964What term describes a variety of language used in a specific social setting or for a specific purpose?
  25. 25th November 1964Identify the narrative structure technique where the story jumps back in time to an earlier event.
  26. 26th November 1964Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
  27. 27th November 1964The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
  28. 28th November 1964Explain in one sentence why comparing structure, not just content, matters when comparing two poems.
  29. 29th November 1964A child calls all four-legged animals 'doggie'. What is this process called?
  30. 30th November 1964A poem has four-line stanzas. What is this stanza form called?

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