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Simple Sentence

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Contains only one clause with a subject and verb

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Compound Scentence

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Contains two independent clauses that are related and joined with a conjunction

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Complex scentence

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Contains one or more subordinate clause

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Impact sentence or Fragment

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Contains three or less words

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Repitition

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A word or phrase that is used more than once

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Triple

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Three adjectives or phrases used to describe something

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Juxtaposition

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Two things placed together to highlight the contrast between them

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Listing

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A number of connected items written one after the other to emphasise a particular quality

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Links between paragraphs

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A reoccurring idea, character or object in two or more paragraphs to foreground the importance

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Shifts in focus

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The change of focus in between paragraphs

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Zooming in and out

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The narrowing or widening of the narrative focus

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Chronological structure

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Arranged in the order of time

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Flashback / Flashforward

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Set earlier or later than the main narrative

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Links between the beginning and ending

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A narrative link between the start and end of a text

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Exposition

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Introduction of background information on characters, events or settings to help anchor the reader

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Climax

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The most intense point in the development of the narrative

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Narrative voice

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1st / 2nd / 3rd person

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Direct speech

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The speech of a character in “ “

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Tense

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Past , present , future

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Foreshadow

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An advance hint of what is to come later

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Syndetic listing

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listing connected with a conjunction/connective

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Asyndetic listing

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When words are joined without the use of a conjunction, but with commas instead

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Polysyndetic listing

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repeated use of coordinating conjunctions to connect different items in a sentence

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Non-linear Narrative

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a narrative technique in which the storyline is told out of chronological order.

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Frame narrative

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a literary technique, whereby a story is situated within another story.

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Cliff hanger

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a situation in a story, film, competition, etc. that is very exciting because you cannot guess what will happen next, or you do not find out immediately what happens next.

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Monologue

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a long speech by one person during a conversation that stops other people from speaking or expressing an opinion.