AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1
Revise: Writer's methodsReticence is therefore both a social habit and a structural obstacle: information remains hidden because characters consider silence respectable.
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GCSE English Literature · key term
Restraint or reluctance in revealing information, feelings or thoughts. In fiction, it can characterise a speaker and leave important matters unexplained.
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Paper 1
Revise: Writer's methodsReticence is therefore both a social habit and a structural obstacle: information remains hidden because characters consider silence respectable.
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