Eduqas GCSE English Language key terms

Spoken exchanges between characters in a text.

Speaking or writing explicitly to the audience, often using ‘you’, to establish a relationship with them.

A character’s or speaker’s actual words, enclosed in quotation marks.

Writing that explores a topic through reasoned discussion of different ideas or viewpoints.

A situation in which readers know something that a character does not, making the character’s words or actions carry an additional meaning.

A quotation incorporated into the grammar of your own sentence.

A reasoned judgement about a text or a proposed interpretation, supported by evidence.

Information or observations used to support a claim.

Information directly stated in a text, rather than something the reader has to work out.

Narration using ‘I’ or ‘we’, presenting events through a narrator involved in the story.

An earlier detail that prepares readers for a later development.

The type of text being written, such as a letter, article, review or speech.

Writing addressed to a particular recipient, using courteous language and conventions appropriate to an official or professional relationship.

A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and may have a different spelling, such as ‘hear’ and ‘here’.

Descriptive language that creates a sensory impression, such as a picture, sound or physical sensation.

Information suggested by a text that the reader must work out from its details.

A view of a character, situation or event formed from details in a text.

A clause that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.

A conclusion drawn from clues in a text and supported by textual evidence.

A judgement supported by reasons and specific details, rather than simply stated as a preference.

A contrast between what is expected or believed and what actually happens or is true.

Close explanation of how particular words, phrases or grammatical choices create meaning and influence a reader.

The connected reasoning through a piece of writing that leads the reader towards its overall position or conclusion.

Writing organised into sentences and paragraphs rather than verse; literary prose includes novels and short stories.

A comparison that presents something as something else, rather than saying it is like that thing.

A memory aid, such as a phrase that helps you remember a difficult spelling.

A connected account of events, real or imagined, shaped to interest a reader.

The position through which events are presented, shaping what readers know and how they understand them.