English Language Paper 1 Question 3 Structural Features

Scene Setting is when...

• The story starts in the middle of the action.

• When weather is used to create the mood.

• When the writer describes the place where the story is set.

The Narrative Hook is...

• The highest point of tension in the story.

• An interesting opening sentence that hooks the reader.

• The villain.

Media res is...

• When the story starts in the middle of the action.

• When lots of activity happens in the story.

• The hero.

Pathetic Fallacy is...

• When the conflict is resolved and the story ends happily.

• When the focus of the story changes to something else.

• When the weather is used to create the mood.

Action is...

• When lots of activity happens in the story.

• When the writer zooms in to describe a detail or zooms out to show the bigger picture.

• The hero.

Dialogue is...

• When the story ends suddenly for the reader or with a big twist without giving the answer.

• Exaggeration.

• When the characters speak to each other.

Focus shift is...

• When the reader is left waiting to find out what will happen or what has happened.

• When the focus of the story changes to something else.

• When the writer uses rhetorical questions.

A cliff hanger is...

• When the story ends suddenly for the reader or with a big twist without giving the answer.

• A person who is hanging off a cliff.

• When the protagonist is in a dangerous situation.

Zoom in/Zoom out is...

• A detailed description of the setting.

• The scope of a camera lens.

• When the writer zooms in to describe a detail or zooms out to show the bigger picture.

The protagonist is...

• The villain.

• The main character of the story, often the hero.

• A chapter at the end of a novel.