6.02 Journey's Start

A writer's side-by-side placement of two opposing descriptions, ideas, characters, actions, or events in a text

• Description

• Juxtaposition

• Pacing

• Stream of consciousness

Details a writer uses to convey a message or develop literary elements, including sensory details and/or literal and figurative language

• Description

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Dialogue

A conversation between two or more characters that is used to advance a plot or develop a character

• Description

• Stream of consciousness

• Dialogue

• Pacing

A writing technique used to alter time in order to convey a past event or significant occurrence

• Juxtaposition

• Stream of consciousness

• Description

• Flashback

The methods or strategies a writer uses to advance a plot or create tension, mood, and/or tone in a text

• Pacing

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

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  Description

A writing technique used to subtly suggest or indicate something ahead of time in a text

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Juxtaposition

• Pacing

A method of narration in which writing is organized around the internal thoughts of the narrator

• Dialogue

• Stream of consciousness

• Flashback

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  Description

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

The siblings, one tall and lean, the other short and stocky, stood at opposite ends of the room. The tall one, always confident and sure of himself, paced back and forth. The short one, timid and reserved, sat quietly in the corner.

Which narrative technique is used?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Dialogue

• Juxtaposition

In which part of a narrative does the author generally reveal background information about the setting and the characters?

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

The narrator tells a story in a way that makes the reader feel like a character and uses pronouns such as you and your.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient