Evidence and quotation
What Evidence and quotation means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel.
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Citing material pertinently by introducing it, weaving it into your sentence and explaining how it supports your view.
Weaving in material that is relevant and accurately attributed, explaining how it backs your point.
Topics that use Evidence and quotation
- Subject Content - Scope of Study (Eduqas GCSE)
- Component 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing - 1.2 Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Selection and emphasis
- Accurate use of linguistic and literary terminology
- Active listening
- Adapting register to audience and context
- Analysis of language, form and structure across texts
- Anecdote
- Audience and purpose
- Bias and misuse of evidence
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