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Elements of crime writing key terms
Use these key terms for Elements of crime writing in AQA English Literature B 7717. The page is built from approved learning objectives for this topic and links back to the wider unit, topic hub, and related revision assets.
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Elements of crime writing
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study
study is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
text
text is an interpretive or assessment boundary for When Will There Be Good News?. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify The Murder of Roger Ackroyd as an official set-text option.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is an interpretive or assessment boundary for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
study
study is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
text
text is an interpretive or assessment boundary for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as an official pre-1900 poetry option.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
pre-1900
pre-1900 is an interpretive or assessment boundary for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
study
study is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Study the poem through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
poem
poem is an interpretive or assessment boundary for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
listed
listed is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify the listed Crabbe, Browning and Wilde poems as an official pre-1900 poetry option.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
crabbe
crabbe is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Crime poetry selection. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
study
study is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Study how the poems develop and vary crime-writing elements.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
poems
poems is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Crime poetry selection. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify Oliver Twist as an official pre-1900 set-text option.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
pre-1900
pre-1900 is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Oliver Twist. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
study
study is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
text
text is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Oliver Twist. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify Brighton Rock as an official set-text option.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
AO1 argument, terminology and expression
AO1 argument, terminology and expression is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Brighton Rock. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
study
study is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
text
text is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Brighton Rock. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
Atonement
Atonement is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify Atonement as an official post-2000 prose option.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
post-2000
post-2000 is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Atonement. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
study
study is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Study the text through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
text
text is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Atonement. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
Hamlet
Hamlet is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Identify Hamlet as an official pre-1900 set-text option.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
pre-1900
pre-1900 is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Hamlet. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
study
study is a literary concept used to frame the approved objective "Study the play through crime-writing elements and all five assessment objectives.". Define it precisely, then connect it to textual evidence and a writer's choice in language, form or structure rather than using it as a topic label.
play
play is an interpretive or assessment boundary for Hamlet. Use it to distinguish connected comparison from separate essays, literary context from biography, or evidence-supported interpretation from unsupported opinion as the objective requires.
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