Structure

Question 1

Dialogue

Answer 1

Conversation between two or more characters.

Question 2

Flashback

Answer 2

A section in a text that is before the events of the main story

Question 3

Future tense

Answer 3

A verb that describes something that will happen in the future, eg. ‘They will laugh’

Question 4

Narrotor

Answer 4

The person who tells the story.

Question 5

Past tense

Answer 5

A verb that describes something that happened in the past, .e.g. they laughed

Question 6

Point of view

Answer 6

The way a character regards events or people.

Question 7

Present tense

Answer 7

A verb that describes what is currently happening, eg. ‘They laugh’.

Question 8

Sequence

Answer 8

The order in which things happen

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

Where the events take place

Question 10

Structure

Answer 10

The organisation of a text

Question 11

Narrative

Answer 11

A written story or account.

Question 12

Perspective

Answer 12

Particular view of something

Question 13

Narrative noice

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 feelings.

Question 16

Narrow focus

Answer 16

The writer focusing on a specific thing or small detail.

Question 17

Wider focus

Answer 17

Often deals with bigger details- setting, more than one character ect.

Question 18

Switch focus

Answer 18

When the writer changes focus from one character to another, form one setting to another, focusing on someones thought to what is happening.

Question 19

Cyclical structure

Answer 19

When a story ends in a similar way in which it started, this could be through the characters or the setting, ect.

Question 20

Climax

Answer 20

The most exciting part of the story.

Question 21

Anti-climax

Answer 21

Disappointing part of the story, where it isn’t what you expected.

Question 22

Rising action.

Answer 22

Tension/action is building towards a climax.

Question 23

Falling action

Answer 23

The action/tension of a story starts to fall away.

Question 24

Contrast

Answer 24

A clear difference between things.

Question 25

First-person perspective.

Answer 25

The point of view of a character involved in the action story, using ‘I’.

Question 26

Third-person perspective

Answer 26

The point of view of someone not involved in the action of a story, using ‘he’, ‘she’ ect.

Question 27

Narrative perspective

Answer 27

The point of view which the story is told.

Question 28

(OPENING)Dialogue characters are speaking as the narrative begins

Answer 28

The reader is thrown in, without orientation or warning

Question 29

(OPENING)Description sets the scene or describes the character.

Answer 29

Establishes mood and atmosphere , creating a visual pic for the reader.

Question 30

(OPENING) Introduction of character

Answer 30

Gives the reader someone the empathise with or imagine straight away

Question 31

(OPENING) Mystery an intriguing event or question is set up

Answer 31

Pulls the reader in by making the, want to know what happened next

Question 32

(OPENING) Thematic, indicates which ideas or themes will be significant.

Answer 32

Lets the reader know that the detail to follow fits into wider content.

Question 33

(OPENING) action, physically describing something that is happening.

Answer 33

Can create a sense of danger and throw reader into the middle of an event.