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September 1974 5-a-day

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September 1974

30 sheets · 150 questions · A Level

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  1. 1st September 1974Define 'extended metaphor'.
  2. 2nd September 1974A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
  3. 3rd September 1974What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?
  4. 4th September 1974What does a presupposition do in a question such as 'when did you stop checking the figures?'
  5. 5th September 1974Why is it worth comparing the final lines of two poems specifically?
  6. 6th September 1974In 'watching for headlights that were not, yet, her mother's,' what effect does the delayed final phrase have?
  7. 7th September 1974The word 'awful' once meant 'inspiring awe or reverence' but now means 'very bad'. Name this type of semantic change.
  8. 8th September 1974What is 'hubris'?
  9. 9th September 1974What is the term for turning a verb or adjective into a noun, e.g. 'decide' becoming 'decision'?
  10. 10th September 1974What term describes an object or image that represents a wider idea, e.g. a wilting flower representing decline?
  11. 11th September 1974Identify the phonological process in 'gog' for dog and in 'nana' for banana.
  12. 12th September 1974Explain the difference between commenting on structure and commenting on language in an unseen prose response.
  13. 13th September 1974Name one comparative connective a writer could use to link two ideas across texts.
  14. 14th September 1974What is meant by the 'holophrastic stage'?
  15. 15th September 1974What term describes a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?
  16. 16th September 1974Explain the difference between a positive and a negative face-threatening act.
  17. 17th September 1974Define volta and explain why it is useful in comparison.
  18. 18th September 1974Identify one language technique in 'the wind came straight through.'
  19. 19th September 1974Name one social factor, other than region, that can cause variation in a person's language use.
  20. 20th September 1974Name the term for the moment the audience senses danger the protagonist does not yet see.
  21. 21st September 1974Name one contextual factor, other than mode, that can affect a text's linguistic choices.
  22. 22nd September 1974What term describes a narrative told using 'I' and limited to one character's knowledge?
  23. 23rd September 1974Explain how a transcript could be used as evidence against Skinner's account.
  24. 24th September 1974How can AO3 be addressed in an unseen where no author or date is given?
  25. 25th September 1974Identify the semantic field used in the phrase 'the beam still turns, still finds the rocks.'
  26. 26th September 1974A child uses 'car' only for the family car and not for any other cars. What is this process called?
  27. 27th September 1974What is the effect of enjambment, a line running on without punctuation into the next?
  28. 28th September 1974How can flouting a Gricean maxim be an exercise of power?
  29. 29th September 1974Give one risk of using a comparison grid, and how to avoid it.
  30. 30th September 1974What is meant by a 'structural shift' in an unseen text?

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