Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 key terms

Bringing together evidence from different texts to make a connected point.

The form of a verb used to express time, such as ‘walks’ for the present and ‘walked’ for the past.

A quotation or precise reference to a text that supports a point.

A quotation or specific reference to a detail in a text used to support an answer.

Narration that refers to characters by names or pronouns such as ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘they’, rather than telling their story as ‘I’.

The attitude or emotional quality conveyed by writing, such as anxiety, confidence or bitterness.

A sentence that establishes the main focus of a paragraph, often near its beginning.

Writing intended to achieve a practical purpose for a particular audience, such as informing, advising or persuading.

A word or phrase that helps the reader move between ideas by indicating a relationship such as contrast, sequence or consequence.

A word expressing an action, event or state.

An overall judgement about the quality or value of something.

The perspective from which events are presented, determining whose experiences and knowledge the reader can access.