Daily Practice · A Level
September 1967 5-a-day
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- 1st September 1967The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
- 2nd September 1967Explain in one sentence why comparing structure, not just content, matters when comparing two poems.
- 3rd September 1967A child calls all four-legged animals 'doggie'. What is this process called?
- 4th September 1967A poem has four-line stanzas. What is this stanza form called?
- 5th September 1967Explain how an agentless passive can exercise power.
- 6th September 1967Explain why comparing subject matter alone rarely reaches the higher bands.
- 7th September 1967What should you do first when reading an unseen extract in an exam?
- 8th September 1967The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.
- 9th September 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.
- 10th September 1967Give one example of a linguistic feature typical of unplanned spoken discourse.
- 11th September 1967What is the effect of a very short, simple sentence placed after a long, complex one?
- 12th September 1967Define a virtuous error and explain why it matters theoretically.
- 13th September 1967A student writes: 'The sibilance creates a soft, sinister mood.' What is missing?
- 14th September 1967In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 15th September 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).
- 16th September 1967Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 17th September 1967Give two spoken features that typically mark a less powerful participant.
- 18th September 1967A poem in regular iambic pentameter breaks the metre in one line only. Suggest how to analyse it.
- 19th September 1967Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 20th September 1967The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 21st September 1967A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 22nd September 1967Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 23rd September 1967Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 24th September 1967Distinguish a recast from an expansion in caregiver speech.
- 25th September 1967Why is an unseen essay that works through the extract chronologically usually limited to the middle bands?
- 26th September 1967What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 27th September 1967Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 28th September 1967What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 29th September 1967Distinguish instrumental from influential power with one example each.
- 30th September 1967Explain the effect of enjambment that runs across a stanza break.