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GCSE Classics · key term
The way a literary work is shaped and organised, including whether it uses verse or prose, dialogue, narrative or a letter.
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The shape and organisation of a text, including whether it uses prose or verse and how narration, speeches and descriptions are arranged.
Revise: Literary Analysis of Prescribed SourcesWriters characterise people through what they do, what they say, descriptions of them and contrasts with others. These forms of evidence need not all point in the same direction.
Distinguish form, genre and purpose: how a text is organised, the literary category it belongs to, and what it seeks to achieve.
Distinguish satirical treatment from literary form: Petronius can ridicule behaviour through prose fiction, whereas Horace and Juvenal write verse satires.
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The way a literary work is shaped and organised, including its verse structure, narrative arrangement and use of speeches.