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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

AQAA-levelEnglish Literature BPaper 2 Texts and genres

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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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