English Literature A-Level
Elements
What Elements means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Elements
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The constituent parts of crime writing, such as the crime and its detection, the criminal, victim and detective, clues, red herrings and suspense, setting and atmosphere, narrative voice and structure, motifs and thematic concerns.
Topics that use Elements
- Elements of crime writing (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ambiguity and unresolved endings
- Betrayal
- Class and social voice
- Closure and resolution
- Crime across literary periods
- Crime as narrative driver
- Crime as social critique
- Execution and consequence
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