English Language GCSE
audience
What audience means in English Language GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of audience
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Reference: AQA
The reader the text is shaped for, whose needs must be reflected in every language choice alongside purpose and context.
Topics that use audience
- Writing (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- point of view
- purpose
- Purposeful rhetorical devices
- Selection and organisation of material
- Emotional impact and reader response
- Pertinent use of evidence and quotation
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