Daily Practice · A Level
February 1967 5-a-day
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- 1st February 1967What does a presupposition do in a question such as 'when did you stop checking the figures?'
- 2nd February 1967Why is it worth comparing the final lines of two poems specifically?
- 3rd February 1967What should you do first when reading an unseen extract in an exam?
- 4th February 1967The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.
- 5th February 1967In the line 'I have kept this light for twenty-six years, and the sea has never once told me my business,' identify the tone.
- 6th February 1967Give one example of a linguistic feature typical of unplanned spoken discourse.
- 7th February 1967What is the effect of a very short, simple sentence placed after a long, complex one?
- 8th February 1967Identify the phonological process in 'gog' for dog and in 'nana' for banana.
- 9th February 1967Explain the difference between commenting on structure and commenting on language in an unseen prose response.
- 10th February 1967In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 11th February 1967Calculate 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).
- 12th February 1967Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 13th February 1967Explain the difference between a positive and a negative face-threatening act.
- 14th February 1967Define volta and explain why it is useful in comparison.
- 15th February 1967Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 16th February 1967The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 17th February 1967A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 18th February 1967Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 19th February 1967Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 20th February 1967Explain how a transcript could be used as evidence against Skinner's account.
- 21st February 1967How can AO3 be addressed in an unseen where no author or date is given?
- 22nd February 1967What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 23rd February 1967Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 24th February 1967What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 25th February 1967How can flouting a Gricean maxim be an exercise of power?
- 26th February 1967Give one risk of using a comparison grid, and how to avoid it.
- 27th February 1967True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 28th February 1967What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?