
Paper 1 Question 3 Structural Devices
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Catherine Miller
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By Catherine Miller
Structure
The structure of a text refers to its shape as a whole. This can mean the order of the plot events in a story, novel or play.
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Structural devices are used by writers to ensure their short story makes sense as a whole. This does not just mean giving the story a plot with a "beginning, middle and end," but also means consistently employing certain fiction-writing techniques throughout the piece.
Structure
The structure of a text refers to its shape as a whole. This can mean the order of the plot events in a story, novel or play.
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Authors structure stories in ways that will keep readers interested, organising events in the plot to keep readers wondering what will happen next.
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author's choices concerning how to STRUCTURE A TEXT, ORDER EVENTS WITHIN IT, and MANIPULATE TIME create such effects as mystery, tension, and surprise.
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Multiple Choice
The Narrative Hook is...
The highest point of tension in the story.
The villain.
An interesting opening sentence that hooks the reader.
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Multiple Choice
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.
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Multiple Choice
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.
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Multiple Choice
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.
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Multiple Choice
Zoom in/Zoom out is...
When the writer zooms in to describe a detail or zooms out to show the bigger picture.
The scope of a camera lens.
A detailed description of the setting.
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Multiple Choice
The climax is...
When something explodes.
The highest point of tension in the story.
When the hero saves the day.
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Multiple Choice
When the focus shifts to a time in the past.
flashback
structure
Zoom in/zoom out
climax
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Multiple Choice
When the text ends back at the time or idea it started with.
narrowing the focus
circular structure
widening the focus
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Multiple Choice
An idea or object that appears repeatedly in a text.
dialogue
flashback
internal thoughts
motif
By Catherine Miller
Structure
The structure of a text refers to its shape as a whole. This can mean the order of the plot events in a story, novel or play.
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