AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1
- Revise: Writer's methods
Written conversation between characters, through which a writer can reveal personality, relationships and conflict.
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GCSE English Literature · key term
An exchange of speech between voices or characters.
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Paper 1
Written conversation between characters, through which a writer can reveal personality, relationships and conflict.
Paper 2
A short exchange of spoken words between characters, often revealing differences in their attitudes or allowing a conflict to develop directly.
Analyse dialogue through questions, commands, interruptions and replies, as well as individual words.
Part (a): analyse how the printed extract works. Select precise words, explain their effects and connect language, dialogue and narrative structure to the question.
Part (a): Analyse gestures, pauses and movement alongside dialogue. Explain how each detail changes the audience’s understanding, rather than simply naming a technique.
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The scene’s dialogue gives Elizabeth room to answer each demand. She confirms that she is not engaged to Darcy, but refuses to promise never to accept him. That distinction is crucial: she is not announcing a settled marriage, but defending her freedom to make a future choice.
An exchange between voices. In a poem, dialogue can reveal contrasting perspectives and relationships between speakers.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The spoken exchanges between characters in a literary work, especially a play.
Revise: Writer's methodsStage directions can expose the subtext beneath dialogue. In Scene 2, Enid’s gesture, “hold up her hand”, asserts control over the conversation. It can be understood as an attempt to stop an interruption and retain authority.