Daily Practice · A Level
August 1975 5-a-day
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- 1st August 1975Name the stage in which function words are systematically omitted, and give an approximate age range.
- 2nd August 1975Define free indirect discourse and give one reason a writer might use it.
- 3rd August 1975In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 4th August 1975Calculate 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).
- 5th August 1975Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 6th August 1975What does a presupposition do in a question such as 'when did you stop checking the figures?'
- 7th August 1975Why is it worth comparing the final lines of two poems specifically?
- 8th August 1975Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 9th August 1975The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 10th August 1975A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 11th August 1975Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 12th August 1975Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 13th August 1975Identify the phonological process in 'gog' for dog and in 'nana' for banana.
- 14th August 1975Explain the difference between commenting on structure and commenting on language in an unseen prose response.
- 15th August 1975What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 16th August 1975Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 17th August 1975What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 18th August 1975Explain the difference between a positive and a negative face-threatening act.
- 19th August 1975Define volta and explain why it is useful in comparison.
- 20th August 1975True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 21st August 1975What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 22nd August 1975Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
- 23rd August 1975Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 24th August 1975What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 25th August 1975Explain how a transcript could be used as evidence against Skinner's account.
- 26th August 1975How can AO3 be addressed in an unseen where no author or date is given?
- 27th August 1975Define 'extended metaphor'.
- 28th August 1975A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
- 29th August 1975What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?
- 30th August 1975How can flouting a Gricean maxim be an exercise of power?
- 31st August 1975Give one risk of using a comparison grid, and how to avoid it.