TCE English Level 3 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the TCE English Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Codes vs conventions: the distinction TASC marks you onModule 1 · Module 1 – Genre Study

   Genre codes and conventions

2. Dystopian Fiction: conventions, codes and the cautionary warningModule 1 · Module 1 – Genre Study

   Dystopian Fiction elective

3. Thriller: suspense, the flawed protagonist and the restoration of orderModule 1 · Module 1 – Genre Study

   Thriller elective

4. Life Writing: truth, selfhood and the ethics of the remembered lifeModule 1 · Module 1 – Genre Study

   Life Writing elective

5. Context of production and reception: why genre evolvesModule 1 · Module 1 – Genre Study

   Texts in context

6. Both texts in every paragraph: building a genuine comparisonModule 1 · Module 1 – Genre Study

   Comparative analysis

7. Writing about film codes in a written essayModule 1 · Module 1 – Genre Study

   Technical and symbolic codes

8. Meeting, extending and subverting genre expectationsModule 1 · Module 1 – Genre Study

   Engaging and responding

9. Adaptation intertexts: what ENG315117 actually asks you to compareModule 2 · Module 2 – Adaptation Study

   Adaptation intertexts

10. Fidelity is not the question: analysing changed meaning, not lossModule 2 · Module 2 – Adaptation Study

    Transformation of meaning

11. Print device to screen device: translating stylistic choice across mediumsModule 2 · Module 2 – Adaptation Study

    Language and stylistic devices

12. Text conventions manipulated or challenged in the adaptation processModule 2 · Module 2 – Adaptation Study

    Text conventions

13. Tracking a theme across a prescribed pairModule 2 · Module 2 – Adaptation Study

    Representation of themes and ideas

14. Choosing and using key scenes as the unit of comparisonModule 2 · Module 2 – Adaptation Study

    Key scenes

15. New context, new audience: why the adaptation means something elseModule 2 · Module 2 – Adaptation Study

    Context and audience

16. Perspective, point of view and voice in a single textModule 3 · Module 3 – Close Text Study

    Perspective and point of view

17. Dominant, alternative and resistant readingsModule 3 · Module 3 – Close Text Study

    Readings

18. Building and defending your own reasoned interpretationModule 3 · Module 3 – Close Text Study

    Interpretation justification

19. Context of creation and context of reception in the close textModule 3 · Module 3 – Close Text Study

    Texts in context

20. Gaps, silences and marginalisation: reading what is left outModule 3 · Module 3 – Close Text Study

    Omissions and values