2025 AQA A-Level English Language
and Literature 7707/1 Paper 1: Telling
Stories - Exam Paper & Mark Scheme
(Merged) by AQA
accent - answer-The way that people pronounce sounds.
Accent variation - answer-The way that pronunciations vary between different
speakers, or the variations a single speaker might produce in different
contexts.
Acrolect - answer-A term used to refer to a standard or official language
variety in contexts where creole is spoken
Grapho-phonemic - answer-The relationship between symbols and sounds
Hegemonic - answer-Culturally dominant
,heterodiegetic narrator - answer-A narrator who is not an active participant in
the story
Heteronormativity - answer-the belief that heterosexuality is and should be
the norm
halophrase - answer-a single word that is used to express a complete,
meaningful thought
homodiegetic narrator - answer-A narrator who is an active participant in the
story.
Hybrid - answer-Blends of two or more elements. For example, new forms of
communication are often seen as having some of the characteristics of both
spoken and written language.
Acronym - answer-Initials that can be pronounced as words
Active Voice - answer-In this verb form, the subject of the sentence performs
the action denoted by the verb
,Adjancency - answer-The positioning of elements in an interaction, so that one
follows on from another, although they don't have to occur immediately
afterwards.
Adjective/Adjectival - answer-Give more information about nouns, describing
the qualities of people and things.
Adverb/Adverbial - answer-Give more information about verbs - typically,
where, when and in what manner the action of the verb takes place.
Affordances - answer-Things that are made possible. For example, a website
can be read by many people simultaneously.
Agent - answer-An alternative word for the subject in a sentence.
Amerlioration - answer-A process whereby a word or phrase develops more
positive connotations.
Analogical overextension - answer-Extending a label from one item to another
by connecting their functions or how they are perceived
Anthropomorphism - answer-Attributing human characteristics to an animal or
inanimate object.
Arbitrary - answer-Having no real connection beyond that of social interaction.
, Aspect - answer-This refers to the way in which certain grammatical markings
on verb forms indicate whether an action or state is ongoing. For example, the
'ing' form in 'looking' suggests continuous action: the 'ing' ending is called a
'progressive'.
Asymmetrical - answer-Unequal
Audience construction - answer-In language study, texts are seen as making
audiences, not just addressing them. This means that texts create an idea of
who the audience is, by 'speaking' to them in a certain way.
Auxiliary verb - answer-A verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices
of other verbs.
Basilect - answer-A term used in creole studies to refer to the most creole-like
variety.
Behaviourism - answer-Within studies of language acquisition, a notion of
learned behaviour as a set of responses to stimuli.
Blending - answer-Using parts of existing words to form a new word.
Borrowing - answer-A word or expression taken from another language.
bound morpheme - answer-A morpheme that cannot stand alone as a separate
word
and Literature 7707/1 Paper 1: Telling
Stories - Exam Paper & Mark Scheme
(Merged) by AQA
accent - answer-The way that people pronounce sounds.
Accent variation - answer-The way that pronunciations vary between different
speakers, or the variations a single speaker might produce in different
contexts.
Acrolect - answer-A term used to refer to a standard or official language
variety in contexts where creole is spoken
Grapho-phonemic - answer-The relationship between symbols and sounds
Hegemonic - answer-Culturally dominant
,heterodiegetic narrator - answer-A narrator who is not an active participant in
the story
Heteronormativity - answer-the belief that heterosexuality is and should be
the norm
halophrase - answer-a single word that is used to express a complete,
meaningful thought
homodiegetic narrator - answer-A narrator who is an active participant in the
story.
Hybrid - answer-Blends of two or more elements. For example, new forms of
communication are often seen as having some of the characteristics of both
spoken and written language.
Acronym - answer-Initials that can be pronounced as words
Active Voice - answer-In this verb form, the subject of the sentence performs
the action denoted by the verb
,Adjancency - answer-The positioning of elements in an interaction, so that one
follows on from another, although they don't have to occur immediately
afterwards.
Adjective/Adjectival - answer-Give more information about nouns, describing
the qualities of people and things.
Adverb/Adverbial - answer-Give more information about verbs - typically,
where, when and in what manner the action of the verb takes place.
Affordances - answer-Things that are made possible. For example, a website
can be read by many people simultaneously.
Agent - answer-An alternative word for the subject in a sentence.
Amerlioration - answer-A process whereby a word or phrase develops more
positive connotations.
Analogical overextension - answer-Extending a label from one item to another
by connecting their functions or how they are perceived
Anthropomorphism - answer-Attributing human characteristics to an animal or
inanimate object.
Arbitrary - answer-Having no real connection beyond that of social interaction.
, Aspect - answer-This refers to the way in which certain grammatical markings
on verb forms indicate whether an action or state is ongoing. For example, the
'ing' form in 'looking' suggests continuous action: the 'ing' ending is called a
'progressive'.
Asymmetrical - answer-Unequal
Audience construction - answer-In language study, texts are seen as making
audiences, not just addressing them. This means that texts create an idea of
who the audience is, by 'speaking' to them in a certain way.
Auxiliary verb - answer-A verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices
of other verbs.
Basilect - answer-A term used in creole studies to refer to the most creole-like
variety.
Behaviourism - answer-Within studies of language acquisition, a notion of
learned behaviour as a set of responses to stimuli.
Blending - answer-Using parts of existing words to form a new word.
Borrowing - answer-A word or expression taken from another language.
bound morpheme - answer-A morpheme that cannot stand alone as a separate
word
