Key Terms Flashcards
Dialogue
Conversation between two or more characters
Flashback
A section in a text that is set before the story begins
Future tense
A verb that describes something that will happen in the future
Narrator
The person who tells the story
Past tense
A verb that describes something that happened in the past
Point of view
The way a character regards events or people
Present tense
A verb that describes something happening now
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
Narrative voice
The person telling the story from their point of view
Structural feature
A feature that helps to structure a text
Empathise
To understand and share someone else’s feelings
