Structural features. Flashcards
Dialogue
Conversation between two or more characters
Flashback
A section in a text that is set before the events of the main story
Future tense
A verb that describes something that will happen in the future, e.g ‘they will laugh’
Point of view
The way a character regards events or people
Present tense
A verb that describes something that is happening now e.g ‘they laugh or ‘they are laughing’
Sequence
The order in which things happen
Setting
Where the events take place
Structure
The organisation of a text
Narrative
A written story or account
Perspective
A particular view of something
Structural features
A feature that helps to structure a text
Empathise
To understand and share someone else’s feelings
Plot
The events in a story
Climax
The most exciting point in a story
First-person perspective
The point of view of a character involved in the action of a story, using ‘l’
