AQA GCSE English Language · 8700
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The perspective from which a text is written, such as a first-person narrator or a writer’s position on an issue.
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GCSE English Language · key term
The perspective from which events are presented, such as a first-person narrator using ‘I’ or a third-person narrator using ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘they’.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
The perspective from which a text is written, such as a first-person narrator or a writer’s position on an issue.
Paper 1
The perspective through which a story is presented, including who narrates it and what that narrator knows.
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Maintain a consistent point of view: this narrator can describe another person’s expression or recall their words, but cannot automatically know their private thoughts.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The perspective from which events are presented, such as a first-person narrator recounting what they experienced.
The position from which something is presented: a writer’s stance in an argument or a narrator’s perspective in a story.
Component 1
The position from which events are narrated, such as first person using ‘I’ or third person using ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘they’.
Revise: Choosing a title and planningDecide on point of view and tense too. Here, first person and past tense keep the reader close to the narrator’s experience.
The position from which events are presented, including whose experiences and thoughts the reader follows.