Structural Terms

Question 1

Dialogue

Answer 1

Conversation between two or more characters.

Question 2

Flashback

Answer 2

A section in a test that is set before the events of the main story.

Question 3

Future tense

Answer 3

A verb that describes something will happen in the future. Eg : “They will laugh”

Question 4

Narrator

Answer 4

The person who tells the story.

Question 5

Past Tense

Answer 5

A verb that describes something that happened in the past. Eg “They Laughed”

Question 6

Point of view

Answer 6

The way a character regards a event or people.

Question 7

Present Tense

Answer 7

A verb that describes something as happening now. Eg “they laugh.” Or “ they are laughing”

Question 8

Sequence

Answer 8

The order in which things happen.

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

Where the event takes place.

Question 10

Structure

Answer 10

The organisation of the text.

Question 11

Narrative

Answer 11

A written story or account

Question 12

Perspective

Answer 12

A particular view of something.

Question 13

Narrative voice

Answer 13

The person telling the story from their point of view

Question 14

Structural Feature

Answer 14

A feature that helps to structure a text.

Question 15

Empathise

Answer 15

To understand and share someone else’s feelings.

Question 16

First person perspective

Answer 16

The point of view of a character involved in the action, using “i”

Question 17

Pace

Answer 17

Speed at which something happens.

Question 18

Symbolism

Answer 18

The use of symbols to represent something else.

Question 19

Third person perspective

Answer 19

The perspective of someone not in the story. Eg. He, she, they

Question 20

Connotations

Answer 20

The underlying ideas and feelings suggested by a word.