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May 1969 5-a-day

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May 1969

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  1. 1st May 1969Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
  2. 2nd May 1969Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
  3. 3rd May 1969What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
  4. 4th May 1969Distinguish a recast from an expansion in caregiver speech.
  5. 5th May 1969Why is an unseen essay that works through the extract chronologically usually limited to the middle bands?
  6. 6th May 1969Define 'extended metaphor'.
  7. 7th May 1969A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
  8. 8th May 1969What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?
  9. 9th May 1969Distinguish instrumental from influential power with one example each.
  10. 10th May 1969Explain the effect of enjambment that runs across a stanza break.
  11. 11th May 1969In 'watching for headlights that were not, yet, her mother's,' what effect does the delayed final phrase have?
  12. 12th May 1969The word 'awful' once meant 'inspiring awe or reverence' but now means 'very bad'. Name this type of semantic change.
  13. 13th May 1969What is 'hubris'?
  14. 14th May 1969What is the term for turning a verb or adjective into a noun, e.g. 'decide' becoming 'decision'?
  15. 15th May 1969What term describes an object or image that represents a wider idea, e.g. a wilting flower representing decline?
  16. 16th May 1969Name the stage in which function words are systematically omitted, and give an approximate age range.
  17. 17th May 1969Define free indirect discourse and give one reason a writer might use it.
  18. 18th May 1969Name one comparative connective a writer could use to link two ideas across texts.
  19. 19th May 1969What is meant by the 'holophrastic stage'?
  20. 20th May 1969What term describes a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?
  21. 21st May 1969What does a presupposition do in a question such as 'when did you stop checking the figures?'
  22. 22nd May 1969Why is it worth comparing the final lines of two poems specifically?
  23. 23rd May 1969Identify one language technique in 'the wind came straight through.'
  24. 24th May 1969Name one social factor, other than region, that can cause variation in a person's language use.
  25. 25th May 1969Name the term for the moment the audience senses danger the protagonist does not yet see.
  26. 26th May 1969Name one contextual factor, other than mode, that can affect a text's linguistic choices.
  27. 27th May 1969What term describes a narrative told using 'I' and limited to one character's knowledge?
  28. 28th May 1969Identify the phonological process in 'gog' for dog and in 'nana' for banana.
  29. 29th May 1969Explain the difference between commenting on structure and commenting on language in an unseen prose response.
  30. 30th May 1969Identify the semantic field used in the phrase 'the beam still turns, still finds the rocks.'
  31. 31st May 1969A child uses 'car' only for the family car and not for any other cars. What is this process called?

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