Daily Practice · A Level
August 1990 5-a-day
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- 1st August 1990Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 2nd August 1990The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 3rd August 1990A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 4th August 1990Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 5th August 1990Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 6th August 1990Explain how a transcript could be used as evidence against Skinner's account.
- 7th August 1990How can AO3 be addressed in an unseen where no author or date is given?
- 8th August 1990What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 9th August 1990Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 10th August 1990What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 11th August 1990How can flouting a Gricean maxim be an exercise of power?
- 12th August 1990Give one risk of using a comparison grid, and how to avoid it.
- 13th August 1990True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 14th August 1990What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 15th August 1990Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
- 16th August 1990Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 17th August 1990What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 18th August 1990Give two of Halliday's functions of language and an example utterance for each.
- 19th August 1990Rewrite this weak sentence to earn AO2 credit: 'The writer uses a simile to describe the house, which makes it more interesting.'
- 20th August 1990Define 'extended metaphor'.
- 21st August 1990A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
- 22nd August 1990What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?
- 23rd August 1990Define synthetic personalisation and give an example.
- 24th August 1990Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
- 25th August 1990In 'watching for headlights that were not, yet, her mother's,' what effect does the delayed final phrase have?
- 26th August 1990The word 'awful' once meant 'inspiring awe or reverence' but now means 'very bad'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 27th August 1990What is 'hubris'?
- 28th August 1990What is the term for turning a verb or adjective into a noun, e.g. 'decide' becoming 'decision'?
- 29th August 1990What term describes an object or image that represents a wider idea, e.g. a wilting flower representing decline?
- 30th August 1990Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
- 31st August 1990The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.