Daily Practice · A Level

December 2018 - A Level 5-a-day

Every A Level sheet published in December 2018, with answers. A Level - discourse, register, framework analysis and language change.

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December 2018

31 sheets · 155 questions · A Level

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  1. 1st December 2018Give two of Halliday's functions of language and an example utterance for each.
  2. 2nd December 2018Rewrite this weak sentence to earn AO2 credit: 'The writer uses a simile to describe the house, which makes it more interesting.'
  3. 3rd December 2018Explain in one sentence why comparing structure, not just content, matters when comparing two poems.
  4. 4th December 2018A child calls all four-legged animals 'doggie'. What is this process called?
  5. 5th December 2018A poem has four-line stanzas. What is this stanza form called?
  6. 6th December 2018Define synthetic personalisation and give an example.
  7. 7th December 2018Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
  8. 8th December 2018What should you do first when reading an unseen extract in an exam?
  9. 9th December 2018The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.
  10. 10th December 2018In the line 'I have kept this light for twenty-six years, and the sea has never once told me my business,' identify the tone.
  11. 11th December 2018Give one example of a linguistic feature typical of unplanned spoken discourse.
  12. 12th December 2018What is the effect of a very short, simple sentence placed after a long, complex one?
  13. 13th December 2018Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
  14. 14th December 2018The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
  15. 15th December 2018In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
  16. 16th December 2018Calculate 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).
  17. 17th December 2018Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
  18. 18th December 2018Explain how an agentless passive can exercise power.
  19. 19th December 2018Explain why comparing subject matter alone rarely reaches the higher bands.
  20. 20th December 2018Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
  21. 21st December 2018The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
  22. 22nd December 2018A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
  23. 23rd December 2018Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
  24. 24th December 2018Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
  25. 25th December 2018Define a virtuous error and explain why it matters theoretically.
  26. 26th December 2018A student writes: 'The sibilance creates a soft, sinister mood.' What is missing?
  27. 27th December 2018What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
  28. 28th December 2018Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
  29. 29th December 2018What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
  30. 30th December 2018Give two spoken features that typically mark a less powerful participant.
  31. 31st December 2018A poem in regular iambic pentameter breaks the metre in one line only. Suggest how to analyse it.

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