Daily Practice · A Level
June 1977 5-a-day
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- 1st June 1977Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 2nd June 1977What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 3rd June 1977Name the stage in which function words are systematically omitted, and give an approximate age range.
- 4th June 1977Define free indirect discourse and give one reason a writer might use it.
- 5th June 1977Define 'extended metaphor'.
- 6th June 1977A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
- 7th June 1977What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?
- 8th June 1977What does a presupposition do in a question such as 'when did you stop checking the figures?'
- 9th June 1977Why is it worth comparing the final lines of two poems specifically?
- 10th June 1977In 'watching for headlights that were not, yet, her mother's,' what effect does the delayed final phrase have?
- 11th June 1977The word 'awful' once meant 'inspiring awe or reverence' but now means 'very bad'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 12th June 1977What is 'hubris'?
- 13th June 1977What is the term for turning a verb or adjective into a noun, e.g. 'decide' becoming 'decision'?
- 14th June 1977What term describes an object or image that represents a wider idea, e.g. a wilting flower representing decline?
- 15th June 1977Identify the phonological process in 'gog' for dog and in 'nana' for banana.
- 16th June 1977Explain the difference between commenting on structure and commenting on language in an unseen prose response.
- 17th June 1977Name one comparative connective a writer could use to link two ideas across texts.
- 18th June 1977What is meant by the 'holophrastic stage'?
- 19th June 1977What term describes a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?
- 20th June 1977Explain the difference between a positive and a negative face-threatening act.
- 21st June 1977Define volta and explain why it is useful in comparison.
- 22nd June 1977Identify one language technique in 'the wind came straight through.'
- 23rd June 1977Name one social factor, other than region, that can cause variation in a person's language use.
- 24th June 1977Name the term for the moment the audience senses danger the protagonist does not yet see.
- 25th June 1977Name one contextual factor, other than mode, that can affect a text's linguistic choices.
- 26th June 1977What term describes a narrative told using 'I' and limited to one character's knowledge?
- 27th June 1977Explain how a transcript could be used as evidence against Skinner's account.
- 28th June 1977How can AO3 be addressed in an unseen where no author or date is given?
- 29th June 1977Identify the semantic field used in the phrase 'the beam still turns, still finds the rocks.'
- 30th June 1977A child uses 'car' only for the family car and not for any other cars. What is this process called?