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GCSE English Literature · key term
An explanation of a text’s meaning supported by evidence and reasoning.
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Paper 1
An understanding of a text’s meaning developed from its words, dramatic situation and wider patterns.
A reasoned explanation of what a text suggests, supported by its details and the writer’s choices.
Explore alternative interpretations when the language supports them, and explain which reading you find more convincing.
Section B has no separate AO4 marks, but clear sentences and accurate expression still help communicate your interpretation.
Part (b): learn short, accurate phrases alongside their speakers and moments. Precise references to events can also support your interpretation.
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An explanation of a text’s meaning that is supported by its words, events or methods.
A reasoned explanation of what a text means, supported by its language, events or other details.
Paper 1, Paper 2
An explanation of a text’s meaning supported by evidence from the writing.
Revise: Key quotationsThe contradiction introduces a narrator whose storytelling needs interpretation. Her inventions are entertaining, but they also respond to other people’s expectations of an immigrant family’s history.
An explanation of what a text suggests, supported by evidence and reasoning.
A reasoned explanation of what a text suggests, supported by its words and dramatic action.
A judgement about a text’s meaning, supported by its details and the writer’s choices.
Component 1, Component 2
A connected argument explaining how you understand a text, supported by its details rather than simply stating a preference.
Revise: Othello exam questionsPrecise references and close paraphrase can also support your interpretation.
A reasoned explanation of what a detail in a text suggests, supported by evidence.
An explanation of a text's meaning supported by its words and patterns.
An explanation of a text’s meaning supported by evidence and reasoning, rather than an unsupported opinion.
An explanation of a text's meaning supported by its details.
A view of a text's meaning supported by close attention to its words, events and dramatic choices.
A reading of a text’s meaning, supported by evidence and reasoning.
