Daily Practice · A Level
September 1983 5-a-day
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- 1st September 1983Explain the difference between commenting on structure and commenting on language in an unseen prose response.
- 2nd September 1983In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 3rd September 1983Calculate 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).
- 4th September 1983Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 5th September 1983Explain the difference between a positive and a negative face-threatening act.
- 6th September 1983Define volta and explain why it is useful in comparison.
- 7th September 1983Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 8th September 1983The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 9th September 1983A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 10th September 1983Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 11th September 1983Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 12th September 1983Explain how a transcript could be used as evidence against Skinner's account.
- 13th September 1983How can AO3 be addressed in an unseen where no author or date is given?
- 14th September 1983What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 15th September 1983Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 16th September 1983What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 17th September 1983How can flouting a Gricean maxim be an exercise of power?
- 18th September 1983Give one risk of using a comparison grid, and how to avoid it.
- 19th September 1983True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 20th September 1983What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 21st September 1983Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
- 22nd September 1983Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 23rd September 1983What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 24th September 1983Give two of Halliday's functions of language and an example utterance for each.
- 25th September 1983Rewrite this weak sentence to earn AO2 credit: 'The writer uses a simile to describe the house, which makes it more interesting.'
- 26th September 1983Define 'extended metaphor'.
- 27th September 1983A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
- 28th September 1983What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?
- 29th September 1983Define synthetic personalisation and give an example.
- 30th September 1983Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'