Text Structural Devices

Question 1

Simple sentence

Answer 1

contains one clause with a subject and verb

Question 2

Compound sentence

Answer 2

contains two independent clauses that are related and joined with a conjunction

Question 3

Complex sentence

Answer 3

contains one or more subordinate clause

Question 4

Impact sentence or Fragment

Answer 4

contains three or less words

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

a word or phrase that is used more than once

Question 6

Triple

Answer 6

three adjectives or phrases used to describe something

Question 7

Juxtaposition

Answer 7

two things placed together to highlight the contrast between them

Question 8

Anaphora

Answer 8

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 9

Listing

Answer 9

a number of connected items written one after the other to emphasise a particular quality

Question 10

Links between paragraph

Answer 10

a recurring idea, character or object in two or more paragraphs to foreground the importance

Question 11

Shifts in focus

Answer 11

the change of focus in or between paragraphs

Question 12

Zooming in and out

Answer 12

the narrowing or widening of the narrative focus

Question 13

Chronological structure

Answer 13

arranged in the order of time

Question 14

Flashback / Flashforward

Answer 14

set earlier or later than the main narrative

Question 15

Links between the beginning and ending

Answer 15

a narrative link between the start and end of a text

Question 16

Exposition

Answer 16

introduction of background information on characters, events or settings to help anchor the reader

Question 17

Climax

Answer 17

the most intense point in the development of the narrative

Question 18

Narrative voice

Answer 18

1st / 2nd / 3rd person

Question 19

Direct speech

Answer 19

the speech of a character in “”

Question 20

Tense

Answer 20

past, present, future

Question 21

Foreshadow

Answer 21

an advance hint of what is to come later