Structure Flashcards
What is the word where the end of an extract echoes the beginning?
Cyclical
What is anaphora?
When a phrase is repeated e.g.
“MY LIFE was happy. MY LIFE continued. MY LIFE was there.”
What can you say about the types of structure an extract may be written as?
Chronological/ Non-chronological
What is an anti-climax?
Tension leading to nothing.
What is the exposition?
Introducing a problem/ idea.
What is the peripeteia?
The turning point.
What is going forward and going back in time called?
Flashback/ flashforward.
What tenses are used?
Past, present, future.
What narratives/ perspectives are there?
Narrative voice, protagonist, first second or third person.
What are examples of changes of focus?
Action, Dialogue, Narrow (focusing on one thing) description (setting/feelings).
What are the sentence structures?
Simple, compound, complex, minor/fragment (no subject e.g. Late afternoon.
