Structual Thechniques

Question 1

Chronological order

Answer 1

Events being told in the order they happened in

Question 2

Non chronological order

Answer 2

Events told in a different order to how they happened

Question 3

Sequence of progression of events

Answer 3

The order in which things are narrated or described.

Question 4

Flashback

Answer 4

A section when we suddenly go back in time and experience something that has already happened as if it’s in the present.

Question 5

First person

Answer 5

The writer includes themselves in what they are saying.

Question 6

Second person

Answer 6

The writer speaks directly to the reader or to someone else

Question 7

Third person

Answer 7

The writer tells the reader about other people from a distance.

Question 8

Past tense

Answer 8

Things that have already happened

Question 9

Present tense

Answer 9

Things that are happening

Question 10

Future tense

Answer 10

Things that are going to happen

Question 11

Speech / direct dialogue

Answer 11

Speech written down word for word in speech marks

Question 12

Juxtaposition

Answer 12

Two opposite things placed next to each other for effect

Question 13

Paragraph

Answer 13

A section of text that stays on one point

Question 14

Sentence forms

Answer 14

Minor, simple, compound and complex

Question 15

Time words or phrases

Answer 15

Words or phrase that relate to what time it is

Question 16

Change in mood

Answer 16

When a different mood is introduced

Question 17

Change in focus

Answer 17

When the topic of writing changes

Question 18

Change in perspective

Answer 18

When the viewpoint is changed

Question 19

Cyclical structure

Answer 19

When text begins and ends with the same idea

Question 20

Repition

Answer 20

When words or phrases are repeated

Question 21

Withholding information

Answer 21

When a secret is kept