Emotive Language
What Emotive Language means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Eduqas.
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Words chosen specifically to evoke a strong emotional reaction from the audience.
Words chosen specifically to evoke a strong emotional reaction from the reader.
Topics that use Emotive Language
- Component 2: 19th and 21st Century Non-Fiction Reading and Transactional/Persuasive Writing (Eduqas GCSE)
- Subject Content - Scope of Study (Eduqas GCSE)
Related terms
- Cyclical Structure
- Explicit Information
- Implicit Information
- Judicious Selection
- Omniscient Narrator
- Rhetorical Question
- Semantic Field
- 19th and 21st century comparison
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