Daily Practice · A Level
December 1978 5-a-day
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- 1st December 1978Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
- 2nd December 1978What should you do first when reading an unseen extract in an exam?
- 3rd December 1978The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.
- 4th December 1978In the line 'I have kept this light for twenty-six years, and the sea has never once told me my business,' identify the tone.
- 5th December 1978Give one example of a linguistic feature typical of unplanned spoken discourse.
- 6th December 1978What is the effect of a very short, simple sentence placed after a long, complex one?
- 7th December 1978Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
- 8th December 1978The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
- 9th December 1978In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 10th December 1978Calculate 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).
- 11th December 1978Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 12th December 1978Explain how an agentless passive can exercise power.
- 13th December 1978Explain why comparing subject matter alone rarely reaches the higher bands.
- 14th December 1978Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 15th December 1978The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 16th December 1978A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 17th December 1978Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 18th December 1978Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 19th December 1978Define a virtuous error and explain why it matters theoretically.
- 20th December 1978A student writes: 'The sibilance creates a soft, sinister mood.' What is missing?
- 21st December 1978What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 22nd December 1978Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 23rd December 1978What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 24th December 1978Give two spoken features that typically mark a less powerful participant.
- 25th December 1978A poem in regular iambic pentameter breaks the metre in one line only. Suggest how to analyse it.
- 26th December 1978True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 27th December 1978What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 28th December 1978Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
- 29th December 1978Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 30th December 1978What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 31st December 1978Distinguish a recast from an expansion in caregiver speech.