Flashcards in Structure Features And Terms Deck (35):
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Dialogue
Conversation between two or more characters
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Flashback
A section in a text that is set before the events of the main story
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Future tense
A verb that describes something that will happen in the future
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Narrator
The person who tells the story
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Past tense
A verb that describes something that happened in the past
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Point of view
The way a character regards events or people
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Present tense
A verb that describes something that is happening now
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Sequence
The order in which things happen
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Setting
Where the events take place
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Structure
The organisation of the text
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Narrative
A written story or account
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Perspective
A particular view of something
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Narrative voice
The person telling the story from their point of view
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Structural feature
A feature that helps structure a text
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Emphasis
To share and understand somebody else's feelings
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Plot
The events in a story
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Narrow focus
The writer focusing in a specific(often small details)section of the text.
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Wider focus
Often deals with bigger details/setting etc
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Switch focus
When the writer changes there focus from one character to another or one setting to another from what a character is doing.
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Cyclical structure
Where a story ends in a similar way to how it begins this could be through the setting the action the characters and language choice
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Climax
The most exciting part of the story
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Anticlimax
Disappointing or not exciting
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Rising action
The tension of the story is building towards the climax
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Falling action
The atmosphere starts to fall away often come after climax
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Contrast
A clear difference between things
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First person perpective
The point of view of the character involved in the story
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Pace
The speed of which something happens
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Symbolism
The use of symbols to represent something
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Third person perspective
The point of view of someone not involved in the action of the story
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Dialogued
Reader is thrown in without description
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Description describes scene
Establish mood and atmosphere
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Character introduces a characters thoughts
Gives the reader someone to emphasise and imagine straightaway
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Mystery a intriguing event or question is set up
Pull the reader in making them read more
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Thematic statement indicates ideas or themes that are significant
Know the reader what details to follow
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