Daily Practice · A Level
August 2002 - A Level 5-a-day
Every A Level sheet published in August 2002, with answers. A Level - discourse, register, framework analysis and language change.
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Every sheet in August 2002
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2002Give one example of a linguistic feature typical of unplanned spoken discourse.
- 2nd August 2002What is the effect of a very short, simple sentence placed after a long, complex one?
- 3rd August 2002Give two of Halliday's functions of language and an example utterance for each.
- 4th August 2002Rewrite this weak sentence to earn AO2 credit: 'The writer uses a simile to describe the house, which makes it more interesting.'
- 5th August 2002In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 6th August 2002Calculate 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).
- 7th August 2002Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 8th August 2002Define synthetic personalisation and give an example.
- 9th August 2002Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
- 10th August 2002Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 11th August 2002The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 12th August 2002A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 13th August 2002Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 14th August 2002Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 15th August 2002Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
- 16th August 2002The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
- 17th August 2002What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 18th August 2002Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 19th August 2002What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 20th August 2002Explain how an agentless passive can exercise power.
- 21st August 2002Explain why comparing subject matter alone rarely reaches the higher bands.
- 22nd August 2002True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 23rd August 2002What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 24th August 2002Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
- 25th August 2002Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 26th August 2002What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 27th August 2002Define a virtuous error and explain why it matters theoretically.
- 28th August 2002A student writes: 'The sibilance creates a soft, sinister mood.' What is missing?
- 29th August 2002Define 'extended metaphor'.
- 30th August 2002A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
- 31st August 2002What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?