AQA A/AS Level English language and literature
key words
Literary Canon - correct answer a list of literary works considered by experts to have the greatest literary
and cultural value
stylistics - correct answer the study of texts focusing carefully on language and providing a rich
interpretation of key concerns, themes and possible effects
context - correct answer the external factors that shape how texts are produced
Discourse event - correct answer An act of communication occurring in a specific time and location
involving writers/speakers and readers/listeners
text producer - correct answer The person or people responsible (through writing or speaking) for
creating a text
Text receiver - correct answer The person or people interpreting (through reading or listening to) a text
Multi-purpose text - correct answer A text that clearly has more than one purpose
primary purpose - correct answer The main and most easily recognisable purpose
Secondary purpose - correct answer An additional and perhaps more subtle purpose
implied reader - correct answer A constructed image of an idealised reader
Actual reader - correct answer Any person or groups of people who engage with and interpret a text
implied writer - correct answer A constructed image of an idealised writer
Actual writer - correct answer The 'real' person or people responsible for text production
, AQA A/AS Level English language and literature
key words
discourse community - correct answer A group of people with shared interests and belief systems who
are likely to respond to texts in similar ways
mode - correct answer a physical channel of communication either speech or writing
Oppositional view - correct answer A way of defining the difference between modes by arguing that they
have completely different features
continuum - correct answer 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 - correct answer A text which contains conventional elements of both speech and writing
Genre - correct answer a way of grouping texts based on expected shared conventions
Intertextuality - correct answer A process by which texts borrow from or refer to conventions of other
texts for a specific purpose and effect
variation - correct answer the differences associated with particular instances of language use and
between groups of language users
situation of use - correct answer a key characteristic of the time place and contexts in which
communication takes place
representation - correct answer the portrayal of events, people and circumstances through language and
other meaning-making resources to create a way of seeing the world.
narrative - correct answer writing and speech that presents a series of events, characters and places in
coherent form
key words
Literary Canon - correct answer a list of literary works considered by experts to have the greatest literary
and cultural value
stylistics - correct answer the study of texts focusing carefully on language and providing a rich
interpretation of key concerns, themes and possible effects
context - correct answer the external factors that shape how texts are produced
Discourse event - correct answer An act of communication occurring in a specific time and location
involving writers/speakers and readers/listeners
text producer - correct answer The person or people responsible (through writing or speaking) for
creating a text
Text receiver - correct answer The person or people interpreting (through reading or listening to) a text
Multi-purpose text - correct answer A text that clearly has more than one purpose
primary purpose - correct answer The main and most easily recognisable purpose
Secondary purpose - correct answer An additional and perhaps more subtle purpose
implied reader - correct answer A constructed image of an idealised reader
Actual reader - correct answer Any person or groups of people who engage with and interpret a text
implied writer - correct answer A constructed image of an idealised writer
Actual writer - correct answer The 'real' person or people responsible for text production
, AQA A/AS Level English language and literature
key words
discourse community - correct answer A group of people with shared interests and belief systems who
are likely to respond to texts in similar ways
mode - correct answer a physical channel of communication either speech or writing
Oppositional view - correct answer A way of defining the difference between modes by arguing that they
have completely different features
continuum - correct answer 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 - correct answer A text which contains conventional elements of both speech and writing
Genre - correct answer a way of grouping texts based on expected shared conventions
Intertextuality - correct answer A process by which texts borrow from or refer to conventions of other
texts for a specific purpose and effect
variation - correct answer the differences associated with particular instances of language use and
between groups of language users
situation of use - correct answer a key characteristic of the time place and contexts in which
communication takes place
representation - correct answer the portrayal of events, people and circumstances through language and
other meaning-making resources to create a way of seeing the world.
narrative - correct answer writing and speech that presents a series of events, characters and places in
coherent form
