English Literature A-Level
Literary terminology and concepts
What Literary terminology and concepts means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Literary terminology and concepts
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Appropriate concepts and terminology employed to precisely dissect the author's craft, such as narrative perspective, syntactic parallelism, or dramatic irony.
Topics that use Literary terminology and concepts
Related terms
- Academic register and expression
- Analytical interpretation
- Analytical writing skills
- Assessment objective targeting
- Authorial intent
- Close reading
- Close reading of unseen prose
- Context of production
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