English · KS3 to A Level

English Key Terms

Every word an English department teaches, Year 7 to A Level, in one A4 book — Language and Literature both. Each key stage gets its own pages: the terms grouped the way they are taught rather than alphabetically, a definition that fits on two lines, and a worked example beside almost every one. Each key stage opens on one large annotated passage instead of a drawing — a sentence marked up for grammar at Key Stage 3, an extract marked up for analysis at GCSE, a paragraph read for what it implies at A Level — and the numbers on it appear again beside the same words in the list. Then a page on using the words: the ones the assessment itself is written in, the false friends that mean something else in an English classroom, the same point written weakly and then properly, and what each word becomes at the next key stage.

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All key terms

Key Stage 3 · the words 1: Word classes and the sentence; Sentences, punctuation and cohesion · English Key Terms, page 2 — Page 2 *Key Stage 3 · the words 1: Word classes and the sentence; Sentences, punctuation and cohesion*

Key Stage 3 · the words 2: Figurative language and sound; Narrative and character; Poetry · English Key Terms, page 3 — Page 3 *Key Stage 3 · the words 2: Figurative language and sound; Narrative and character; Poetry*

Key Stage 3 · the words 3: Drama and Shakespeare; Non-fiction, rhetoric and purpose · English Key Terms, page 4 — Page 4 *Key Stage 3 · the words 3: Drama and Shakespeare; Non-fiction, rhetoric and purpose*

Key Stage 3 · the words 4: Reading and responding; Writing: craft and process · English Key Terms, page 5 — Page 5 *Key Stage 3 · the words 4: Reading and responding; Writing: craft and process*

Key Stage 3 · the words at work: The words that earn marks; false friends; say it properly; what these words become next · English Key Terms, page 6 — Page 6 *Key Stage 3 · the words at work: The words that earn marks; false friends; say it properly; what these words become next*

GCSE · the words 1: The language of analysis; Language features · English Key Terms, page 7 — Page 7 *GCSE · the words 1: The language of analysis; Language features*

GCSE · the words 2: Structure; Grammar and sentence craft; Non-fiction and transactional writing · English Key Terms, page 8 — Page 8 *GCSE · the words 2: Structure; Grammar and sentence craft; Non-fiction and transactional writing*

GCSE · the words 3: Poetry: form and metre; Prose and the novel; Drama · English Key Terms, page 9 — Page 9 *GCSE · the words 3: Poetry: form and metre; Prose and the novel; Drama*

GCSE · the words 4: Context and the writer; The course itself · English Key Terms, page 10 — Page 10 *GCSE · the words 4: Context and the writer; The course itself*

GCSE · the words at work: The words that earn marks; false friends; say it properly; what these words become next · English Key Terms, page 11 — Page 11 *GCSE · the words at work: The words that earn marks; false friends; say it properly; what these words become next*

A Level · the words 1: Reading and interpretation; Genre, form and tradition · English Key Terms, page 12 — Page 12 *A Level · the words 1: Reading and interpretation; Genre, form and tradition*

A Level · the words 2: Narrative and poetic technique; Drama: text in performance; Materials and how they behave · English Key Terms, page 13 — Page 13 *A Level · the words 2: Narrative and poetic technique; Drama: text in performance; Materials and how they behave*

A Level · the words 3: Critical and contextual language; Language: levels of analysis; Language in use · English Key Terms, page 14 — Page 14 *A Level · the words 3: Critical and contextual language; Language: levels of analysis; Language in use*

A Level · the words 4: Building the argument; Independent study · English Key Terms, page 15 — Page 15 *A Level · the words 4: Building the argument; Independent study*

A Level · the words at work: The words that earn marks; false friends; say it properly; what these habits become in independent study · English Key Terms, page 16 — Page 16 *A Level · the words at work: The words that earn marks; false friends; say it properly; what these habits become in independent study*

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Referenced to the DfE's national curriculum programmes of study for English at Key Stage 3 and its non-statutory glossary, the English Language and English Literature GCSE subject content (DFE-00232-2013, DFE-00231-2013), and the GCE AS and A level subject content for English Literature and English Language, with Ofqual's GCE subject level conditions; checked against AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR and WJEC Eduqas so no board-specific term is claimed as universal; most terms appear by name in one of those documents and the cover says how many, the rest are standard classroom and critical vocabulary; no awarding body is named, and nothing a board decides for itself appears in the A Level pages
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