Daily Practice · A Level

Daily Practice - A Level

A Level - discourse, register, framework analysis and language change.

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5th May 2021

5 questions · A Level · 76 questions in this band

  1. 1
    Language: Textual Variations

    Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.

  2. 2
    Language: Child Language Development

    What is meant by the 'holophrastic stage'?

  3. 3
    Language: Language Change and Diversity

    The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.

  4. 4
    Literature: Unseen Prose Analysis

    The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.

  5. 5
    Literature: Comparative Poetry Analysis

    A poem in regular iambic pentameter breaks the metre in one line only. Suggest how to analyse it.

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