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Quick questions on Grammar, morphology and syntax: analysing structure and meaning - Eduqas A-Level English Language
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What is the grammatical toolkit?Show answer
A set of tools covers most grammatical analysis, and naming them precisely is the AO1 foundation.
What is move from feature to effect?Show answer
As with every framework, the marks come from the move from feature to effect. Naming a structure ("a sequence of imperatives") earns AO1; reading its effect ("the speaker directs the listener, asserting instrumental power") earns AO3.
What is a model grammar paragraph?Show answer
"The notice is built almost entirely from imperatives ('keep', 'do not exceed', 'report'), and the relentless imperative mood positions the reader as a subordinate to be directed rather than persuaded. Because this is an official safety notice, the grammar enacts instrumental power: it leaves no room for negotiation, and the absence of any interrogative or first-person voice keeps the relationship impersonal and authoritative." This names the function and mood, references examples, and reads the effect against the genre.
What is a weak paragraph upgraded?Show answer
A feature-spotter writes "There are lots of passive sentences." Upgraded: the repeated passive constructions ("the decision was taken", "errors were identified") systematically omit the agent, so the report distances the organisation from responsibility and frames events as having happened to no one in particular, a depersonalising choice suited to a defensive corporate purpose.
What is q1?Show answer
What is the difference between a sentence type and a sentence function? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What does the passive voice allow a writer to do, and why is that worth analysing? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Analyse how grammatical choices shape control and relationship in a spoken interaction. [10 marks]
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