English Literature A-Level
Effects on readers
What Effects on readers means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Effects on readers
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The meanings a writer's choices produce for a reader, supported by the text rather than asserted.
Topics that use Effects on readers
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Related terms
- Close reading as the test of interpretation
- Comparative form and narrative method
- Contextual shaping of meaning
- Critical perspectives and interpretive plurality
- Evaluation and weighing of readings
- Historical and social conditions of production
- Informed personal response
- Literary concepts and terminology
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