English Language GCSE
Voice, tone and viewpoint consistency
What Voice, tone and viewpoint consistency means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Voice, tone and viewpoint consistency
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Maintaining a consistent point of view and tense throughout the entire text, with logical paragraph progression.
Topics that use Voice, tone and viewpoint consistency
- 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
- Narrative and descriptive structure
- Purpose, audience and context adaptation
- Purposeful rhetorical devices
- Selection and emphasis
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