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Flashcards for Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Language (1EN0): language and structural techniques with their effects, rhetoric and persuasive devices, nineteenth-century fiction and non-fiction, forms and purposes for writing, grammar and punctuation for technical accuracy, and what each Paper 1 and Paper 2 question asks for. There are no set texts on this course.

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What is inside (15 subdecks)

  • 1. Language techniques81 cards
  • 2. Structural techniques57 cards
  • 3. Reading nineteenth-century fiction and non-fiction59 cards
    • 1. Nineteenth-century fiction: features and context31 cards
    • 2. Forms of non-fiction28 cards
  • 4. Writing92 cards
    • 1. Forms, purposes and audiences24 cards
    • 2. Rhetoric and persuasive techniques51 cards
    • 3. Narrative and descriptive techniques17 cards
  • 5. Grammar, punctuation and spelling100 cards
  • 6. The exam44 cards
    • 1. Paper 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing12 cards
    • 2. Paper 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing14 cards
    • 3. Spoken Language Endorsement7 cards
    • 4. Assessment objectives9 cards

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  • In which years did the Victorian era take place?
    From 1837 to 1901, the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Chronological structure
    Events presented in the order they happened in time
  • What does "show, don’t tell" mean in descriptive writing?
    Revealing a feeling through action, detail or dialogue instead of stating it directly, for example showing shaking hands rather than writing "she was nervous"
  • A question asked for effect, not to get an answer
    Rhetorical question
  • Article
    A piece of non-fiction writing for a newspaper, magazine or website on a particular subject or event
  • Noun
    A word that names a person, place, thing or idea
  • Simile
    A comparison of one thing with another using "like" or "as"
  • What kind of extract does Paper 1 Section A give you to read?
    An unseen extract of 19th-century prose fiction
  • In English Language marking, what does AO1 assess?
    Identifying and interpreting explicit and implicit information and ideas, and selecting and synthesising evidence from different texts
  • Which two papers make up the written assessment for this GCSE?
    Paper 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing, and Paper 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing

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