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Quick questions on The language levels (AO1): a systematic analytical toolkit - WJEC A-Level English Language and Literature
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What is cross-level reinforcement?Show answer
The most sophisticated analysis shows features at different levels converging on one effect. If a speaker's rising panic is built by shortening sentences (grammar), clustering plosives (phonology) and narrowing the semantic field to threat (lexis), naming that convergence is far stronger than three isolated points.
What is wrong label, wrong level?Show answer
Calling a sentence-type choice "lexis" or a sound effect "grammar" undermines AO1. Attach features to the correct level.
What is q1?Show answer
Name the five broad language levels. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Give one diagnostic feature found at the grammar level and one at the phonology level. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Analyse a short persuasive text using features from a range of language levels. [20 marks]
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