Daily Practice · A Level

November 2002 - A Level 5-a-day

Every A Level sheet published in November 2002, with answers. A Level - discourse, register, framework analysis and language change.

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November 2002

30 sheets · 150 questions · A Level

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  1. 1st November 2002Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
  2. 2nd November 2002True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
  3. 3rd November 2002What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
  4. 4th November 2002Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
  5. 5th November 2002Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
  6. 6th November 2002What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
  7. 7th November 2002Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
  8. 8th November 2002The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
  9. 9th November 2002Define 'extended metaphor'.
  10. 10th November 2002A child says 'I have two foots.' Identify the grammatical process.
  11. 11th November 2002What term describes giving human qualities to a non-human thing, e.g. 'the wind whispered'?
  12. 12th November 2002Explain how an agentless passive can exercise power.
  13. 13th November 2002Explain why comparing subject matter alone rarely reaches the higher bands.
  14. 14th November 2002In 'watching for headlights that were not, yet, her mother's,' what effect does the delayed final phrase have?
  15. 15th November 2002The word 'awful' once meant 'inspiring awe or reverence' but now means 'very bad'. Name this type of semantic change.
  16. 16th November 2002What is 'hubris'?
  17. 17th November 2002What is the term for turning a verb or adjective into a noun, e.g. 'decide' becoming 'decision'?
  18. 18th November 2002What term describes an object or image that represents a wider idea, e.g. a wilting flower representing decline?
  19. 19th November 2002Define a virtuous error and explain why it matters theoretically.
  20. 20th November 2002A student writes: 'The sibilance creates a soft, sinister mood.' What is missing?
  21. 21st November 2002Name one comparative connective a writer could use to link two ideas across texts.
  22. 22nd November 2002What is meant by the 'holophrastic stage'?
  23. 23rd November 2002What term describes a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?
  24. 24th November 2002Give two spoken features that typically mark a less powerful participant.
  25. 25th November 2002A poem in regular iambic pentameter breaks the metre in one line only. Suggest how to analyse it.
  26. 26th November 2002Identify one language technique in 'the wind came straight through.'
  27. 27th November 2002Name one social factor, other than region, that can cause variation in a person's language use.
  28. 28th November 2002Name the term for the moment the audience senses danger the protagonist does not yet see.
  29. 29th November 2002Name one contextual factor, other than mode, that can affect a text's linguistic choices.
  30. 30th November 2002What term describes a narrative told using 'I' and limited to one character's knowledge?

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