English Language GCSE
Implicit Information
What Implicit Information means in English Language GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Implicit Information
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Information that is suggested or hinted at, requiring the reader to make an inference.
Information that is suggested or implied, requiring the reader to infer the meaning.
Information that is suggested or hinted at, requiring the reader to infer meaning.
Information that is suggested or implied, requiring the reader to infer meaning.
Information that is suggested or implied, rather than directly stated.
Topics that use Implicit Information
- Presenting information and ideas (OCR GCSE)
- Reading information and ideas (OCR GCSE)
- Reading: Fiction and Imaginative Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Reading: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Writing: Fiction and Imaginative Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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Using Implicit Information in the exam
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