English Language GCSE
Imaginative and sensory language
What Imaginative and sensory language means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Imaginative and sensory language
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Using language imaginatively and creatively, with evocative sensory details and figurative devices to develop setting and atmosphere.
Topics that use Imaginative and sensory language
- Component 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing - 1.2 Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Emotional and persuasive impact
- Evidence and quotation
- Narrative and descriptive structure
- Purpose, audience and context adaptation
- Purposeful rhetorical devices
- Selection and emphasis
- Voice, tone and viewpoint consistency
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