structural features and techniques Flashcards
What is narrative perspective
The person telling the story (first person / third person / omniscient narrator).
What is setting
Where the action / story is set - setting can change
What are Shifts in Focus
Moving our attention away from one thing to another
what are shifts in perspective
Changes in points of view or what can be seen by different characters
What is Exterior to interior (or vice versa)
Moving from inside to outside - or from what is going on to a person’s thoughts
What is Dialogue
Basically speech. This can allow us to learn more about the characters who speak.
What is order of events
Sequence of what happens in the text
What is Foreshadowing
It is adding hints to what might happen next
What is a Flashback
Looking at something which happened in the past.
What is ‘Zooming In’
When the writer narrows our focus on something to draw our attention
what is Cyclical structure
When the text mentions something from the beginning of the text again at the end.
What is ‘In medius res’?
It means starting in the middle of action
