Form and register
What Form and register means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel.
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The type of text chosen, such as a letter, article, speech or report, together with the level of formality appropriate to the stated purpose and audience.
The required shape of the writing and the tone and vocabulary chosen to suit the specified audience, purpose and context.
Topics that use Form and register
- Subject Content - Scope of Study (Eduqas GCSE)
- Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing - 2.2 Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Audience and purpose
- 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, purpose and context
- Bias and misuse of evidence
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