Structure and features. Flashcards

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Dialogue

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Conversation between two or more characters.

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Flashback

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A section (in a text) that is set before the events of the main story.

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Future Tense

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A verb that describes something that will happen in the future, e.g. ‘they will laugh’.

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Narrator

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The person who tells the story.

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Past Tense

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A verb that describes something that happened in the past, e.g. ‘they laughed’.

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Present Tense

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A verb that describes something that is happening now, e.g. ‘they laugh’ or ‘they are laughing’.

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Sequence

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The order in which things happen.

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Setting

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Where events take place.

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Structure

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The organisation of a text.

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Narrative

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A written story or account.

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Perspective

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A particular view of something.

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Narrative voice

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The person telling the story from their point of view.

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Structural Feature

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A feature that helps to structure a text.

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Empathise

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To understand and share someone else’s feeling.

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Plot

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The events in a story.

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Climax

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The most exciting point in a story.

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First-person Perspective

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The point of view of a character involved in the action of a story, using ‘I’.

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Pace

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The speed at which something happens.

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Symbolism

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The use of symbols to represent something else.

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Third-person Perspective

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The point of view of someone not involved in the action of a story, using ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘they’.

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Protagonist

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Main Character of the play

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Climax

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The point in the play or scene where drama reaches the greatest tension.

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Complication

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The point where the action scene becomes more intense

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Conflict

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Where 2 or more characters oppose eachother.

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Exposition
A detailed explanation of a scene or event
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Falling action
The action in the scene after the climax
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Foreshadowing
A hint at what will happen later in the play
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Dramatic irony
When the audience knows and understands something that a character does not
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Pathos
A quality of the play's action that makes an audience feel pity for a character
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Dramatic tension
The way in which suspense is developed in a scene. This is how a playwright keeps the audience interested
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Inciting incident
The point at which the action of the play or scene really takes the off
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Declarative
A sentence in the form of a statement
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Exlamatory
An exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion, and it ends with an exclamation mark.
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Interrogative
An interrogative sentence is usually in the form of a question.
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Imperative
An imperative sentence usually contains a command