Daily Practice · A Level
July 2021 - A Level 5-a-day
Every A Level sheet published in July 2021, with answers. A Level - discourse, register, framework analysis and language change.
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Every sheet in July 2021
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- 1st July 2021What should you do first when reading an unseen extract in an exam?
- 2nd July 2021The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.
- 3rd July 2021In the line 'I have kept this light for twenty-six years, and the sea has never once told me my business,' identify the tone.
- 4th July 2021Give one example of a linguistic feature typical of unplanned spoken discourse.
- 5th July 2021What is the effect of a very short, simple sentence placed after a long, complex one?
- 6th July 2021Define a virtuous error and explain why it matters theoretically.
- 7th July 2021A student writes: 'The sibilance creates a soft, sinister mood.' What is missing?
- 8th July 2021In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 9th July 2021Calculate 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).
- 10th July 2021Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 11th July 2021Give two spoken features that typically mark a less powerful participant.
- 12th July 2021A poem in regular iambic pentameter breaks the metre in one line only. Suggest how to analyse it.
- 13th July 2021Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 14th July 2021The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 15th July 2021A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 16th July 2021Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 17th July 2021Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 18th July 2021Distinguish a recast from an expansion in caregiver speech.
- 19th July 2021Why is an unseen essay that works through the extract chronologically usually limited to the middle bands?
- 20th July 2021What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 21st July 2021Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 22nd July 2021What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 23rd July 2021Distinguish instrumental from influential power with one example each.
- 24th July 2021Explain the effect of enjambment that runs across a stanza break.
- 25th July 2021True or false: unseen answers are marked mainly on how much of the text you cover.
- 26th July 2021What term describes a speaker adjusting their speech to sound more like their listener?
- 27th July 2021Define the term 'hamartia' as used in the study of tragedy.
- 28th July 2021Define 'mode' as a linguistic term.
- 29th July 2021What term describes a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
- 30th July 2021Name the stage in which function words are systematically omitted, and give an approximate age range.
- 31st July 2021Define free indirect discourse and give one reason a writer might use it.