English Language A-Level
Reader positioning and persuasion
What Reader positioning and persuasion means in English Language A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Reader positioning and persuasion
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How the text positions the reader through direct address, shared assumptions, rhetorical questions, emotive lexis or appeals to common sense, seeking to influence opinion.
Topics that use Reader positioning and persuasion
- Language discourses (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Attitudes to language diversity and change
- Construction of authorial identity and stance
- Language discourses
- Language discourses and ideological debate
- Non-specialist audiences
- Representation of language and language users
- Analysis of stance and positioning
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