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GCSE English Language · key term
Spoken exchanges between characters in a text.
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Paper 1
Speech between characters, which can reveal their attitudes, feelings and relationships.
Revise: Paper 1 Question 4: evaluationA writer’s method is a choice used to convey meaning or create an effect: dialogue, descriptive language, contrast, narrative perspective or the order in which information is revealed. Methods matter because they help explain why your interpretation is convincing, not because Question 4 requires a catalogue of techniques.
Paper 1
Conversation between characters in a text.
Revise: Reading 19th-century fictionDialogue is conversation between characters. Speech marks show the spoken words; surrounding phrases such as “she says” help identify the speaker.
Speech exchanged between characters in a text.
Paper 2
Speech exchanged between characters.
Revise: Description, voice and viewpointLikewise, another character saying ‘I’ in dialogue does not turn a first-person narrative into a different viewpoint.
Paper 2
Spoken conversation between characters in a narrative.
Revise: Characters, dialogue and settingCharacters, dialogue and setting work together: a slippery path creates danger; a character’s hesitation reveals fear; a brief warning changes what happens next.
Component 1
Revise: Reading 20th-century literary proseDialogue reveals what characters say, but also what they are trying to achieve. To understand an exchange, follow the speaker, the reply and the surrounding description.
Use dialogue when it reveals character, changes the situation or creates an important reaction.
Use dialogue when it reveals character, changes a relationship or moves the situation forward. Start a new paragraph when the speaker changes.
There is no separate mark for including a simile, a particular sense or a line of dialogue: make each choice contribute to the writing.
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