Structural Features Flashcards
Focus shift
The way you direct the readers attention
Zoom in and out to show depth
Perspective change (birds eye view)
Repetition
Repeating a theme or idea to foreshadow or create tension
Or to create a emotional response e.g death referencess
Flash backs
Time shifts to past memories to create tension or foreshadow future
Pace
Speeding up with long complex sentences
Slowing down with short sentences
Linear structure
Organised chronologically
Build up > climax > resolution
Events described in order of when they happened
Non-linear structure
Non chronological order
Flash backs
Time shifts
Dramatic movement to start
Perspective
1st or 3rd person
Bias narrator
Able to hold back details
Cyclic stucture
Ending of story mirrors the start or opening
Freyrag pyramid structure
Exposition > climax > denouement
Rising action and falling action
Sentence types
Complex , compound , simple