Structural Techniques Flashcards
Setting
Where it takes place
Omniscient Narrator
Where the narrator is all-knowing and is everywhere
Unreliable Narrator
Where the narrator’s credibility is compromised
Sentence Length
How long a sentence is
Paragraph Length
How long a paragraph is
Dialogue
A conversation between two or more people
Shift In Focus
Change in what the reader’s attention is directed towards
Shift In Perspective
Change ‘lens’ through which the events and characters are viewed
Foreshadowing
A warning or indication of a future event
Order Of Events ( Which Is Usually Chronological)
The order in which the sections carry out
Repetition
The repeating of words or phrases
Motif
A particular element in the text that has symbolic significance
Theme
The central topic a text treats
Extended Metaphor
Refers to a comparison between two unlike things
Cliffhanger
Concludes suddenly or with a thrilling plot twist
1st Person
The narrator speaking about themself
2nd Person
The narrator speaking to someone else (or you)
3rd Person
The narrator speaking about someone else
New Character
The introduction to a previously unmentioned character
Interior Monologue
The thoughts passing through the protagonist(s)’s mind(s)
Medias Res
Starting in the middle of the action
Anaphora
Use of a word to refer back to a word used earlier in the text
Third-Person Subjective
(Over The Shoulder) Narrator
A narrator that only describes events how the protagonist percieves them.
