Language and literature methods overview quiz (AQA A-Level English Language and Literature) quiz

Analysing the literature and the language in two entirely separate sections of the essay

Listing the main themes of the text without supporting any of them with evidence

Naming linguistic features in the text without ever explaining the effect they create

Proving a literary interpretation with concrete, named linguistic features

Lexis and semantics

Photosynthesis and respiration

Calorimetry and heat capacity

Acid-base titration method

Phonology

Graphology

Pragmatics

Morphology

Semantics is the study of sound, while pragmatics is the study of spelling and morphemes

They are identical, so the two terms can be used interchangeably with no difference

Semantics is literal meaning; pragmatics is meaning in context

Semantics is the study of grammar, while pragmatics is the study of layout and typography

Only the individual sounds and phonemes that make up single spoken words

The spelling of morphemes and the way prefixes and suffixes are built up

The biography of the author and the events of their life outside the text

Whole-text structure and cohesion above the sentence

Story is the chronological events; discourse is how they are told

Story refers to fiction, while discourse refers only to non-fiction writing

Story is the title of the work, while discourse is simply the ending of the plot

They mean exactly the same thing and can be used interchangeably in analysis

The font size and typeface chosen for printing the text on the page

Whose perspective events are experienced through

The total number of chapters or sections that the text is divided into

The rhyme scheme followed by the lines of a poem across each stanza

Alliteration and assonance patterns

Stanza form and line length

Turn-taking and interruption

Enjambment and caesura

Plot, character, setting

Introduction, body, footnote

Question, answer, repeat

Claim, evidence, analysis

Because different text types reward different levels, and depth beats shallow coverage

Because only one single level of language is ever relevant to any given text type or task

Because the levels of language analysis can never be combined within one paragraph

Because metalanguage and linguistic terminology are not assessed in this component