Structure Key Terms/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’
Narrator
The person who tells the story
Past tense
A verb that describes something that happened in the past, e.g ‘they laughed’
Point if 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
Narrative voice
The person telling the story from their point of view
Perspective
A particular view of something
Structural feature
A feature that helps to structure a text
