Key Terms Flashcards
What is dialogue?
Conversation between two or more characters.
What is a flashback?
A section in a text that is set before the events of the main story.
What is the future tense?
A verb that describes something that will happen in the future, eg ‘they will laugh.’
What is a narrator?
The person who tells the story
What is the past tense?
A verb that describes something that happened in the past eg ‘they laughed.’
What is point of view?
The way a character regards events or people
What is the present tense?
A verb that describes something that is happening now eg ‘they laugh’ or ‘they are laughing’
What is sequence?
The order in which things happen
What is setting?
Where the events take place
What is structure?
The organisation of the text.
What is a narrative?
A written story or account
What is a narrative voice?
The person telling the story from their point of view
What is a perspective?
A particular view of something
What is a structural feature?
A feature that helps you to structure the text
What is empathize?
To understand and share someone else’s feelings
What is perspective?
A particular view of something
What is a plot?
The events in a story
What is perspective?
A particular view of something.
What is climax?
The most exciting point in a story.
What is empathise?
To understand and share someone else’s feelings.
What is first-person perspective?
The point of view of a character involved in the action of a story using “i”
What is pace?
The speed which something happens.
What is third-person perspective?
The point of view of someone not involved in the action pf the story using ‘he’,’she’ or ‘they’
What is symbolism?
The use of symbols to represent something else.
