AQA A/AS Level English language and
literature key words 2024
Literary Canon - a list of literary works considered by experts to have the greatest literary and
cultural value
stylistics - the study of texts focusing carefully on language and providing a rich interpretation of
key concerns, themes and possible effects
context - the external factors that shape how texts are produced
Discourse event - An act of communication occurring in a specific time and location involving
writers/speakers and readers/listeners
text producer - The person or people responsible (through writing or speaking) for creating a
text
Text receiver - The person or people interpreting (through reading or listening to) a text
Multi-purpose text - A text that clearly has more than one purpose
primary purpose - The main and most easily recognisable purpose
Secondary purpose - An additional and perhaps more subtle purpose
, AQA A/AS Level English language and
literature key words 2024
implied reader - A constructed image of an idealised reader
Actual reader - Any person or groups of people who engage with and interpret a text
implied writer - A constructed image of an idealised writer
Actual writer - The 'real' person or people responsible for text production
discourse community - A group of people with shared interests and belief systems who are likely
to respond to texts in similar ways
mode - a physical channel of communication either speech or writing
Oppositional view - A way of defining the difference between modes by arguing that they have
completely different features
continuum - A sequence in which elements that are next to each other are not noticeably
different but elements at the opposite ends are very different from each other
blended-mode - A text which contains conventional elements of both speech and writing
literature key words 2024
Literary Canon - a list of literary works considered by experts to have the greatest literary and
cultural value
stylistics - the study of texts focusing carefully on language and providing a rich interpretation of
key concerns, themes and possible effects
context - the external factors that shape how texts are produced
Discourse event - An act of communication occurring in a specific time and location involving
writers/speakers and readers/listeners
text producer - The person or people responsible (through writing or speaking) for creating a
text
Text receiver - The person or people interpreting (through reading or listening to) a text
Multi-purpose text - A text that clearly has more than one purpose
primary purpose - The main and most easily recognisable purpose
Secondary purpose - An additional and perhaps more subtle purpose
, AQA A/AS Level English language and
literature key words 2024
implied reader - A constructed image of an idealised reader
Actual reader - Any person or groups of people who engage with and interpret a text
implied writer - A constructed image of an idealised writer
Actual writer - The 'real' person or people responsible for text production
discourse community - A group of people with shared interests and belief systems who are likely
to respond to texts in similar ways
mode - a physical channel of communication either speech or writing
Oppositional view - A way of defining the difference between modes by arguing that they have
completely different features
continuum - A sequence in which elements that are next to each other are not noticeably
different but elements at the opposite ends are very different from each other
blended-mode - A text which contains conventional elements of both speech and writing
