Structrual Terms

Question 1

Dialogue

Answer 1

Conversation between two or more characters

Question 2

Flashback

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Future tense

Answer 3

A verb that describes something that will happen in the future eg he will laugh

Question 4

Narrator

Answer 4

The person who tells the story

Question 5

Past tense

Answer 5

A verb that describes something that happened in the past eg they laughed

Question 6

Point of view

Answer 6

The way a character regards events or people

Question 7

Present tense

Answer 7

A verb that describes something that is happening now eg they are laughing

Question 8

Sequence

Answer 8

The order in which things happen

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

Where the events take place

Question 10

Structure

Answer 10

The organisation of a text

Question 11

Narrative

Answer 11

A written story or account

Question 12

Perspective

Answer 12

A particular view of something

Question 13

Narrative voice

Answer 13

The person telling the story from their point of view

Question 14

Structural feature

Answer 14

A feature that helps structure a text

Question 15

Empathize

Answer 15

To understand and share someone else’s feelings

Question 16

Narrow focus

Answer 16

The narrator focusing on a specific (often small details) section of a text

Question 17

Wider focus

Answer 17

Often deals with bigger details- settings etc

Question 18

Switch of focus

Answer 18

When the writer changes their focus from one character to another, one setting to another. What a character is thinking to what a character is doing.

Question 19

Cyclical structure (circular structure)

Answer 19

When a story ends in a similar way to how it begins, can be through setting, action, the characters, language choice etc…

Question 20

Climax

Answer 20

The most exciting part of the story

Question 21

Anti climax

Answer 21

A part of the story which is not as exciting as you thought

Question 22

Rising action

Answer 22

Where the tension of the story is building towards a climax

Question 23

Falling action

Answer 23

Where the action of the story starts to fall away, usually after an anti-climax

Question 24

Contrast

Answer 24

A clear

Question 25

First person perspective

Answer 25

The point of view of a character involved in the action of a story using “i”

Question 26

Pace

Answer 26

The speed at which something happens

Question 27

Symbolism

Answer 27

The use of symbols to represent something else

Question 28

Third person perspective

Answer 28

The point of view of someone not involved in the action of the story. Using he, she or they

Question 29

Dialogue: opening

Answer 29

The reader is thrown straight in, without orientation or warning

Question 30

Opening: description

Answer 30

Establishes mood and atmosphere, and creates a visual picture for the reader

Question 31

Opening: character

Answer 31

Gives the reader someone to empathise with or imagine straight away

Question 32

Opening: mystery

Answer 32

Pulls the reader in by making them want to know what happens next

Question 33

Opening: thematic statement

Answer 33

Lets the reader know that the detail to follow fits into a wider context

Question 34

Opening: action

Answer 34

Can create a sense of immediate danger and throw the reader into the middle of an event

Question 35

Compound sentences

Answer 35

To describe multiple actions for example “I went into the kitchen and turned on the cooker”

Question 36

Subordinate clause

Answer 36

That show how actions relate to each other, for example “when the ring was glowing red”