Structure

Question 1

Dialogue

Answer 1

Conversation between to or more characters

Question 2

Flashback

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Future Tense

Answer 3

A verb that describes something that will happen in the future
e.g ‘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

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 something that is happening now

e.g ‘they laugh’ or ‘they are laughing’

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 spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

Question 12

Narrative Voice

Answer 12

The person telling the story from their point of view

Question 13

Perspective

Answer 13

A particular view of something

Question 14

Structural Feature

Answer 14

A feature that helps to structure a text

Question 15

Narrow focus

Answer 15

The writer focusing on a perspective (often small details) section on the text

Question 16

Wider focus

Answer 16

Often deals with better details /setting etc.

Question 17

Switch focus

Answer 17

When the writer changes focus from one character to another. From what a character is thinking to what a character is doing

Question 18

Cyclical structure

Answer 18

A story ends in a similar way to how to begins. This can be from the setting/ character action etc.

Question 19

Climax

Answer 19

The most exciting part of the story

Question 20

Anti-climax

Answer 20

Not exciting

Question 21

Rising action

Answer 21

The tension of the story builds up to the climax

Question 22

Falling action

Answer 22

The mood of the story starts to fall away

Question 23

Empathize

Answer 23

To understand and share some else’s feeling

Question 24

First-person perspective

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Pace

Answer 25

The speed at which something happens

Question 26

Third-person perspective

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Connotation

Answer 27

The underlying idead and feelings suggested by a word

Question 28

Narrative writting

Answer 28

Creative writing

Question 29

Dialogue,characters are speaking as the narrative begins, opening effects

Answer 29

The reader is thrown straight in, without orientation or warning

Question 30

Description, sets the scene or describes a character, opening effect

Answer 30

Established mood and atmosphere, and creates a visual picture for the reader

Question 31

Character,introduces a character’s thoughts, opening effect

Answer 31

Gives the reader someone to empathise with or image straightaway

Question 32

Mystery, an intriguing event or question is set up, opening effect

Answer 32

Pulls the reader in by making them want to know what happens next

Question 33

Thematic statement, indicates what ideas or themes will be significant, opening effect

Answer 33

Lets the reader know that the detail to follow fits into a wider context

Question 34

Action, a physical description of something happening, opening effect

Answer 34

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