Structure Features and techniques

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

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 organization of a text

Question 11

Narattive

Answer 11

A written story or account

Question 12

Perspective

Answer 12

A particular view of something

Question 13

Narrative voice

Answer 13

A person telling the story from their point of view

Question 14

Structural features

Answer 14

A feature that helps to structure a text

Question 15

Empathize

Answer 15

To understand and share someone else’s feeling

Question 16

Sequence

Answer 16

The order in which things happen

Question 17

Structure

Answer 17

The organization of a text

Question 18

Plot

Answer 18

The events in a story

Question 19

Climax

Answer 19

The most exiting point in a story

Question 20

First-person perspective

Answer 20

The point of view of a character involved in the action of a story, using “I”

Question 21

Pace

Answer 21

The speed at which something happens

Question 22

Symbolise

Answer 22

The use of symbols to represent something else

Question 23

Third-person perspective

Answer 23

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