A-Level English Language & Literature A01
questions and answers 2024
Anaphora - The repetiton of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive
clauses e.g every day, every night
Adverb - A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Alliteration - Repetition of the same letters and sounds at the beginning of words
Assonance - Words with the same vowel sounds
Allusion - A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person or
object to make a comparison in reader's minds
Ambiguity - A word, phrase or statement that contains more than one meaning
Archaic - A word that is no longer in use and is old fashioned
Aspirant alliteration - The repetition of 'h'
Bilabial alliteration - The repetition of 'm' and 'b'
,A-Level English Language & Literature A01
questions and answers 2024
Blank verse - Non-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter
Caesura - The break in a line of poetry
Cliché - An expression that is either overused or an event that is predictable
Colloquial - Informal text often used in everyday conversation
Compound adjective - When two or more adjectives are joined together to modify
the same noun
Conceit (n) -
Ambiguity (n) - A word, phrase or statement that contains more than one meaning
abstract noun - a name used to describe things that have no physical qualities e.g.
freedom,love
,A-Level English Language & Literature A01
questions and answers 2024
active voice - a grammatical structure in which the subject is the actor of the
sentence e.g. the dog ate the bone
adjective - a word that can modify a noun or a pronoun and can be used as a pre-
modifier or post-modifier e.g. gnarled,shiny
sibilance - the repeated use of 's' or 'z' sounds
dental alliteration - the repeated use of 'd' or 't' sounds
gutteral alliteration - the repeated use of 'g' sounds
alternate rhyme - lines of poetry where the rhyme is on every other line (ABAB)
arched rhyme - lines of poetry that follow the rhyming pattern ABBA
archaism - a word that is out of date, old fashioned and from an earlier era
asyndetic listing - a list that doesn't contain 'and'
, A-Level English Language & Literature A01
questions and answers 2024
attitudes - the opinions expressed in a text
modal verbs (auxiliary) - words that precede a verb, often to show a degree of
certainty e.g. will,must,should
initial caesura - a break in poetry at the beginning
medial caesura - a break in poetry in the middle
clause - a group of words with a verb that is structurally larger than a phrase
collective noun - a noun that refers to a group of people,animals or things
common/concrete noun - a name for everyday objects e.g. pencil,car,door
complex sentence - a sentence that is made up of one main clause and one or
more subordinate clauses
questions and answers 2024
Anaphora - The repetiton of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive
clauses e.g every day, every night
Adverb - A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Alliteration - Repetition of the same letters and sounds at the beginning of words
Assonance - Words with the same vowel sounds
Allusion - A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person or
object to make a comparison in reader's minds
Ambiguity - A word, phrase or statement that contains more than one meaning
Archaic - A word that is no longer in use and is old fashioned
Aspirant alliteration - The repetition of 'h'
Bilabial alliteration - The repetition of 'm' and 'b'
,A-Level English Language & Literature A01
questions and answers 2024
Blank verse - Non-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter
Caesura - The break in a line of poetry
Cliché - An expression that is either overused or an event that is predictable
Colloquial - Informal text often used in everyday conversation
Compound adjective - When two or more adjectives are joined together to modify
the same noun
Conceit (n) -
Ambiguity (n) - A word, phrase or statement that contains more than one meaning
abstract noun - a name used to describe things that have no physical qualities e.g.
freedom,love
,A-Level English Language & Literature A01
questions and answers 2024
active voice - a grammatical structure in which the subject is the actor of the
sentence e.g. the dog ate the bone
adjective - a word that can modify a noun or a pronoun and can be used as a pre-
modifier or post-modifier e.g. gnarled,shiny
sibilance - the repeated use of 's' or 'z' sounds
dental alliteration - the repeated use of 'd' or 't' sounds
gutteral alliteration - the repeated use of 'g' sounds
alternate rhyme - lines of poetry where the rhyme is on every other line (ABAB)
arched rhyme - lines of poetry that follow the rhyming pattern ABBA
archaism - a word that is out of date, old fashioned and from an earlier era
asyndetic listing - a list that doesn't contain 'and'
, A-Level English Language & Literature A01
questions and answers 2024
attitudes - the opinions expressed in a text
modal verbs (auxiliary) - words that precede a verb, often to show a degree of
certainty e.g. will,must,should
initial caesura - a break in poetry at the beginning
medial caesura - a break in poetry in the middle
clause - a group of words with a verb that is structurally larger than a phrase
collective noun - a noun that refers to a group of people,animals or things
common/concrete noun - a name for everyday objects e.g. pencil,car,door
complex sentence - a sentence that is made up of one main clause and one or
more subordinate clauses
