Daily Practice · A Level
September 1995 - A Level 5-a-day
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- 1st September 1995A poem has four-line stanzas. What is this stanza form called?
- 2nd September 1995How can flouting a Gricean maxim be an exercise of power?
- 3rd September 1995Give one risk of using a comparison grid, and how to avoid it.
- 4th September 1995What should you do first when reading an unseen extract in an exam?
- 5th September 1995The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.
- 6th September 1995In the line 'I have kept this light for twenty-six years, and the sea has never once told me my business,' identify the tone.
- 7th September 1995Give one example of a linguistic feature typical of unplanned spoken discourse.
- 8th September 1995What is the effect of a very short, simple sentence placed after a long, complex one?
- 9th September 1995Give two of Halliday's functions of language and an example utterance for each.
- 10th September 1995Rewrite this weak sentence to earn AO2 credit: 'The writer uses a simile to describe the house, which makes it more interesting.'
- 11th September 1995In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 12th September 1995Calculate 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).
- 13th September 1995Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 14th September 1995Define synthetic personalisation and give an example.
- 15th September 1995Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
- 16th September 1995Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 17th September 1995The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 18th September 1995A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 19th September 1995Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 20th September 1995Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 21st September 1995Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
- 22nd September 1995The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
- 23rd September 1995What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 24th September 1995Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 25th September 1995What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 26th September 1995Explain how an agentless passive can exercise power.
- 27th September 1995Explain why comparing subject matter alone rarely reaches the higher bands.
- 28th September 1995True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 29th September 1995What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 30th September 1995Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.