Structual Key Terms

Question 1

Dialogue

Answer 1

Conversatikn between two or more characters

Question 2

Future tense

Answer 2

A verb that describes something that will happen in the future e.g. ‘they will laugh’

Question 3

Narrator

Answer 3

The person who tells the story

Question 4

Past tense

Answer 4

A verb that describes something that happened in the past e.g. ‘they laugh’ or ‘they laughed’

Question 5

Setting

Answer 5

Where the events take place

Question 6

Structure

Answer 6

The organization of the text

Question 7

Narrative

Answer 7

A written story or account

Question 8

Narrative voice

Answer 8

The person telling the story from there point of view

Question 9

Perspective

Answer 9

A particular view of something

Question 10

Flashback

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Structural feature

Answer 11

A feature that helps to structure a text

Question 12

Sequence

Answer 12

The oder in which things happen

Question 13

Alliteration

Answer 13

he first letter of a word is repeated in words that follow; the cold, crisp, crust of clean, clear ice.

Question 14

Assonance

Answer 14

the same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different; he passed her a sharp, dark glance, shot a cool, foolish look across the room.

Question 15

Colloquial

Answer 15

Language that is used in speech with an informal meaning; ‘chill’, ‘out of this world’, ‘take a rain check’

Question 16

Dialect

Answer 16

the version of language spoken by particular people in a particular area, such as Scots.

Question 17

Irony

Answer 17

the humorous or sarcastic use of words or ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean.

Question 18

Oxymoron

Answer 18

Where two words normally not associated are brought together: ‘cold heat’ ‘bitter sweet’.

Question 19

Narrow focus

Answer 19

The writer focuses in on a specific (often small details) section of the text

Question 20

Wider focus

Answer 20

Often deals with bigger details - setting extra

Question 21

Switch focus

Answer 21

When writer changes focus from something to another thinking/doing/feelings

Question 22

Cyclical structure

Answer 22

Where a story ends in a similar way to how it begins this could be through the setting action characters etc:…

Question 23

Climax

Answer 23

Most exiting part of the story

Question 24

Anti-climax

Answer 24

Disappointing

Question 25

Rising action

Answer 25

Tension is building towards a climax

Question 26

Falling action

Answer 26

Mood of action starts to fall away

Question 27

Contrast

Answer 27

Clear difference of things

Question 28

First person

Answer 28

The point of view of someone using I

Question 29

Pace

Answer 29

Speed of something that happens in the text

Question 30

Symbolisum

Answer 30

An object that symbolises something

Question 31

Connotations

Answer 31

Underlying feelings or words

Question 32

Slang

Answer 32

Informal made up words

Question 33

Jargon

Answer 33

Language specified to certain profession or game