English Language GCSE
Emotional impact and reader engagement
What Emotional impact and reader engagement means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Emotional impact and reader engagement
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Creating emotional impact by choosing words with strong connotations, using anecdote or a vivid example, and varying sentence length.
Topics that use Emotional impact and reader engagement
- Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing - 2.2 Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Audience and purpose
- Audience, purpose and context
- Coherence and cohesion
- Form and register
- Persuasive and rhetorical technique
- Selection and organisation of material
- Imaginative and creative language
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