Daily Practice · A Level
October 1977 5-a-day
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- 1st October 1977Give two of Halliday's functions of language and an example utterance for each.
- 2nd October 1977Rewrite this weak sentence to earn AO2 credit: 'The writer uses a simile to describe the house, which makes it more interesting.'
- 3rd October 1977In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 4th October 1977Calculate 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 October 1977Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 6th October 1977Define synthetic personalisation and give an example.
- 7th October 1977Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
- 8th October 1977Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 9th October 1977The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 10th October 1977A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 11th October 1977Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 12th October 1977Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 13th October 1977Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
- 14th October 1977The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
- 15th October 1977What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 16th October 1977Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 17th October 1977What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 18th October 1977Explain how an agentless passive can exercise power.
- 19th October 1977Explain why comparing subject matter alone rarely reaches the higher bands.
- 20th October 1977True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 21st October 1977What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 22nd October 1977Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
- 23rd October 1977Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 24th October 1977What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 25th October 1977Define a virtuous error and explain why it matters theoretically.
- 26th October 1977A student writes: 'The sibilance creates a soft, sinister mood.' What is missing?
- 27th October 1977Define 'extended metaphor'.
- 28th October 1977A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
- 29th October 1977What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?
- 30th October 1977Give two spoken features that typically mark a less powerful participant.
- 31st October 1977A poem in regular iambic pentameter breaks the metre in one line only. Suggest how to analyse it.