Structure & sequencing
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What is structure in a text?
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The order things are put in — start, middle, end.
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Why does the opening matter?
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It hooks the reader and sets up the whole text.
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What is a flashback?
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A jump back to a scene from before the main action.
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What is non-chronological order?
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Events told out of time order, on purpose.
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What is pacing?
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Where a text speeds up or slows down.
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What does fast pacing do?
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Creates rush, panic or excitement.
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What does slow pacing do?
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Makes a moment linger and feel weighty.
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What is circular structure?
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A text that ends where it began, echoing its start.
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How do you analyse structure?
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Name the order or shape + what it does to the reader.
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Commonest structure mistake?
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Saying ‘it's a flashback’ without the effect.
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