Structure and features.

Question 1

Dialogue

Answer 1

Conversation between two 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

Present Tense

Answer 6

A verb that describes something that is happening now, e.g. ‘they laugh’ or ‘they are laughing’.

Question 7

Sequence

Answer 7

The order in which things happen.

Question 8

Setting

Answer 8

Where events take place.

Question 9

Structure

Answer 9

The organisation of a text.

Question 10

Narrative

Answer 10

A written story or account.

Question 11

Perspective

Answer 11

A particular view of something.

Question 12

Narrative voice

Answer 12

The person telling the story from their point of view.

Question 13

Structural Feature

Answer 13

A feature that helps to structure a text.

Question 14

Empathise

Answer 14

To understand and share someone else’s feeling.

Question 15

Plot

Answer 15

The events in a story.

Question 16

Climax

Answer 16

The most exciting point in a story.

Question 17

First-person Perspective

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Pace

Answer 18

The speed at which something happens.

Question 19

Symbolism

Answer 19

The use of symbols to represent something else.

Question 20

Third-person Perspective

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Protagonist

Answer 21

Main Character of the play

Question 22

Climax

Answer 22

The point in the play or scene where drama reaches the greatest tension.

Question 23

Complication

Answer 23

The point where the action scene becomes more intense

Question 24

Conflict

Answer 24

Where 2 or more characters oppose eachother.

Question 25

Exposition

Answer 25

A detailed explanation of a scene or event

Question 26

Falling action

Answer 26

The action in the scene after the climax

Question 27

Foreshadowing

Answer 27

A hint at what will happen later in the play

Question 28

Dramatic irony

Answer 28

When the audience knows and understands something that a character does not

Question 29

Pathos

Answer 29

A quality of the play’s action that makes an audience feel pity for a character

Question 30

Dramatic tension

Answer 30

The way in which suspense is developed in a scene. This is how a playwright keeps the audience interested

Question 31

Inciting incident

Answer 31

The point at which the action of the play or scene really takes the off

Question 32

Declarative

Answer 32

A sentence in the form of a statement

Question 33

Exlamatory

Answer 33

An exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion, and it ends with an exclamation mark.

Question 34

Interrogative

Answer 34

An interrogative sentence is usually in the form of a question.

Question 35

Imperative

Answer 35

An imperative sentence usually contains a command