English Language GCSE
Emotional and persuasive impact
What Emotional and persuasive impact means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Emotional and persuasive impact
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Making the reader feel something through concrete detail, sensory description and word choice, rather than stating feelings directly.
Topics that use Emotional and persuasive impact
- Component 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing - 1.2 Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Evidence and quotation
- Imaginative and sensory language
- Narrative and descriptive structure
- Purpose, audience and context adaptation
- Purposeful rhetorical devices
- Selection and emphasis
- Voice, tone and viewpoint consistency
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