Structural Features Flashcards
Dialogue
Conversation between two or more charachters
Flashback
A section in text that is set before the events of the main story
Future tense
A verb that describes something that will happen in the future
Narrator
The person that tells the story
Past tense
A verb that describes something that happens in the past
Point of view
The way a character regards events of people
Present tense
A verb that describes something that is happening now e.g. ‘laugh’
Sequence
The order in which things happen in
Setting
Where the event take place
Structure
The organization of text
Narrative
A writen story account
Perspective
A particular view of someone
Narrative voice
The person telling the story from their point if view
Structural features
A feature that helps to structure a text
Empathize
To understand and share someones feelings
Plot
The events in a story
Structual features
A feature that helps structure a text
Narrow focus
The writer focusses on a specific (often small details) section of the text
Wider perspective/focus
Often deals with bigger details-setting etc
Switch focus
When the writer changes the focus from one character to another, one setting to another, what a character is thinking or doing and big details to small details etc
Cyclical structure (circular)
Where a story ends in a similar way to how it begins this could be through the setting, action, the characters, language choice etc
Climax
The most exiting part of the story
Anti climax
A part of the story that isnt as good as you hoped and not so exiting
Rising action
Tension/excitement is the building of the story towards the climax
