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GCSE English Language · key term
The attitude or feeling conveyed by a writer’s language.
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The attitude conveyed by a writer’s or speaker’s language, such as admiration, bitterness or amusement.
The manner or emotional quality of a voice in a text, conveyed through choices such as vocabulary, imagery and sentence patterns.
The attitude conveyed by a writer or narrator towards the subject or reader.
Check that your tone word fits the evidence. ‘Negative’ is less precise than ‘fearful’, ‘disapproving’ or ‘disgusted’.
Keep checking that your vocabulary and tone suit the same audience throughout.
Check the end of the selected section as well as the beginning: changes in focus or tone often provide useful structural evidence.
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The attitude expressed through a text’s language, such as admiration, anxiety or resentment.
The attitude conveyed by the writer’s language, such as concern, confidence, indignation or reassurance.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s voice, such as concern, confidence, respect or urgency.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The attitude conveyed by a speaker’s or writer’s language, such as disgust, sympathy or amusement.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by a writer’s choices, such as amusement, anger or unease.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by a piece of writing, such as unease, affection or bitterness.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by a writer’s or speaker’s language, such as anxiety, amusement or bitterness.
The attitude expressed through a text’s language, such as anger, admiration, humour or disgust.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as disgust, anger, sympathy or amusement.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The attitude or feeling conveyed by the language of a text, such as reassurance, urgency or disapproval.
Revise: Analysing languageThe command ‘let it at once be acquired’ gives the passage an authoritative tone: a lack of teacher knowledge is presented as something to remedy, not an excuse for inaction. These are Blaikie’s claims about exercise; analysing their persuasive presentation does not establish that every claim is medically accurate.
The writer’s attitude towards the subject or audience, conveyed through language choices.
The attitude expressed through writing, such as reassurance, concern, enthusiasm or criticism.
The attitude conveyed by writing, such as friendliness, concern, humour or urgency.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as concern, respect or confidence.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as concern, confidence or respect.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The attitude conveyed by a writer's or speaker's language, such as bitterness, affection or alarm.
Revise: Analysing languageThe adjectives “awful” and “terrible” establish a distressed tone, while “laboured” stresses the effort reaching the Pole has demanded. “Reward of priority” makes being first sound like the prize that should have justified that effort.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as disappointment, admiration or amusement.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by a writer’s choices of language.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by a writer’s language, such as concern, enthusiasm or confidence.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s voice, such as enthusiasm, concern or reassurance.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by writing, such as anxiety, amusement or regret.
Component 1, Component 2
The attitude conveyed by a writer or speaker through their choice of language, such as admiration, anxiety or sarcasm.
Revise: Analysing structure and toneTone is the attitude conveyed through language. A writer might sound enthusiastic about a discovery, critical of a person or anxious about a situation. Tone is not quite the same as atmosphere: an atmosphere is the mood surrounding a scene, whereas tone concerns how a writer or speaker sounds.
The attitude conveyed by the writing, such as admiration, anxiety, amusement or criticism.
The attitude conveyed by a piece of writing, such as admiration, anxiety or excitement.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by a writer’s choice of words and expression.
The attitude expressed through a writer’s choice of words and presentation, such as admiration, excitement or concern.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as anger, disgust, sympathy or amusement.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as concern, enthusiasm or firmness.
The attitude conveyed by writing towards its subject or audience, such as concern, enthusiasm or reassurance.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as concern, respect or determination.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as enthusiasm, disappointment or thoughtful approval.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as reassuring, serious or enthusiastic.
The writer’s attitude towards the subject or reader, conveyed through language choices.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by writing, such as anxiety, amusement or regret.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by a writer’s or narrator’s language, such as uncertainty, bitterness or relief.
The attitude or emotional quality conveyed by writing, such as anxiety, confidence or bitterness.
The attitude or feeling conveyed by a piece of writing, such as apprehension, affection or regret.
The attitude or emotional quality conveyed by writing, such as anxiety, amusement or reflection.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as admiration, concern or enthusiasm.
The attitude communicated through writing, such as concern, enthusiasm or reassurance.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as respectful concern or measured disagreement.
The attitude conveyed by a writer’s language, such as concern, enthusiasm, amusement or disapproval.
