English Language GCSE
Narrative and descriptive structure
What Narrative and descriptive structure means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Narrative and descriptive structure
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Organising writing with a deliberate opening, coherent paragraphs and an effective resolution, sustaining coherence and consistency across the text.
Topics that use Narrative and descriptive structure
- Component 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing - 1.2 Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Emotional and persuasive impact
- Evidence and quotation
- Imaginative and sensory language
- Purpose, audience and context adaptation
- Purposeful rhetorical devices
- Selection and emphasis
- Voice, tone and viewpoint consistency
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