Daily Practice · A Level
September 1998 - A Level 5-a-day
Every A Level sheet published in September 1998, with answers. A Level - discourse, register, framework analysis and language change.
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Every sheet in September 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1998The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 2nd September 1998A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 3rd September 1998Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 4th September 1998Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 5th September 1998Give two of Halliday's functions of language and an example utterance for each.
- 6th September 1998Rewrite this weak sentence to earn AO2 credit: 'The writer uses a simile to describe the house, which makes it more interesting.'
- 7th September 1998What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 8th September 1998Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 9th September 1998What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 10th September 1998Define synthetic personalisation and give an example.
- 11th September 1998Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
- 12th September 1998True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 13th September 1998What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 14th September 1998Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
- 15th September 1998Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 16th September 1998What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 17th September 1998Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
- 18th September 1998The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
- 19th September 1998Define 'extended metaphor'.
- 20th September 1998A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
- 21st September 1998What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?
- 22nd September 1998Explain how an agentless passive can exercise power.
- 23rd September 1998Explain why comparing subject matter alone rarely reaches the higher bands.
- 24th September 1998In 'watching for headlights that were not, yet, her mother's,' what effect does the delayed final phrase have?
- 25th September 1998The word 'awful' once meant 'inspiring awe or reverence' but now means 'very bad'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 26th September 1998What is 'hubris'?
- 27th September 1998What is the term for turning a verb or adjective into a noun, e.g. 'decide' becoming 'decision'?
- 28th September 1998What term describes an object or image that represents a wider idea, e.g. a wilting flower representing decline?
- 29th September 1998Define a virtuous error and explain why it matters theoretically.
- 30th September 1998A student writes: 'The sibilance creates a soft, sinister mood.' What is missing?