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Alibi

GCSE English Literature · key term

Alibi

Definition

Evidence that a person was elsewhere when a crime took place. Thaddeus Sholto’s movements are accounted for, disproving Jones’s accusation.

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AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702

Paper 1

Thaddeus has established an unshakeable alibi. Jones returns to his web image, explaining that Thaddeus escaped through a hole in it. The comic image now undermines the very competence it originally advertised.
Revise: Athelney Jones

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Alibi — AQA GCSE English Literature Definition