Structural Features

What is a time reference as a structural feature?

• Daylight fading, street lamps lit, darkening shadows.

• A picture of a clock on the wall.

• References to clocks or time passing.

• A description of time.

Foreshadowing as a structural feature is...

• When the reader knows more than the characters.

• Telling the reader about a past event.

• A shadow.

• A hint about future events.

'Changing focus' in a narrative means:

• Focusing on one moment.

• Telling us a character’s thoughts and feelings.

• Zooming in/out of setting or events.

• Organising events in a specific order.

Non-linear structure is:

• Putting events in order of when they happen.

• Throwing the reader into the middle of the action.

• Using a cliff-hanger.

• Events move backwards and forwards.

What is a 'narrative shift'?

• A change in first, second or third person narration.

• A change of events.

• A change of character.

• A change of pace.

Establishing time, place and setting is:

• When the location of the story is explained.

• Explaining what is going on, where and when.

• The time of the story is explained.

• Explaining who is involved in the story.

What is mirroring?

• A focus on a mirror to show reflection of a character's thoughts.

• When there are mirrors in the story.

• When two characters are very similar.

• A contrast.

What gives insight into a character’s thoughts and feelings and can shift from character to character?

• Dialogue

• Setting

• Third person narration - free indirect discourse

• First person narration