Structual 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 last, e.g. ‘they laughed’
Point of 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
Empathize
To understand and share someone else’s feelings
Narrow Focus
The writer focusing on a specific (Often small details) section of the text.
Wider focus/Perspective
Often deals with bigger details - setting, more than one character, etc.
Plot
The events in a story.
Switch Focus
When writer changes focus from one character to another. One setting to another. What a character is thinking to what a character is doing.
Cyclical/Circular structure
Where a story ends in a similar way to how it begins to this could be through the setting, the action, the characters, language, atmosphere, etc
Climax
The most exciting part in a story.
Anti-Climax
Disappointing part of a story.
Rising action
The tension/action is building towards a climax.
Falling action
Where the story starts to fall away.
Empathize
To understand and share someone else’s feelings
Pace
The speed at which something happens
Symbolism
The use of symbols to represent something else
Slang
Informal words used mostly in speech within a particular social group.
