English Literature A-Level
Assessment objective targeting
What Assessment objective targeting means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Assessment objective targeting
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Restricting contextual analysis to Section B, focusing solely on language, form and structure in the Section A Close Reading task.
Topics that use Assessment objective targeting
Related terms
- Academic register and expression
- Analytical interpretation
- Analytical writing skills
- Authorial intent
- Close reading
- Close reading of unseen prose
- Context of production
- Context of reception
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