Structural Devices - What are they?

Question 1

Change in tense

Answer 1

When the narrative shifts from being in one tense to being in another, used to indicate a change in timeframe.

Question 2

Narrative Voice

Give examples of some types

Answer 2

The perspective of the person we are seeing the story through.

E.G:
Intrusive Narrator
Third Person Omniscient
First Person Narrative

Question 3

Extended Metaphor

Answer 3

A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a text.

Question 4

Sentence Structure

Answer 4

The way a sentence is arranged grammatically.

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

Repeating a certain word or sound within a body of text.

Question 6

Paragraph Size

Answer 6

How long a paragraph is; it may be regular or irregular.

Question 7

Enjambment

Answer 7

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Question 8

Caesura

Answer 8

A pause (full stop/period) in the middle of a line.

Question 9

Foreshadowing

Answer 9

Subtle hints that reveal later events in a story.