TEXT STRUCTURE WORDS - Match & Master 2: Structural Terms: GCSE English Language Games 2 : GCSE English Language Games

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Match & Master: Narrative Techniques 2

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Contrast

Temporal Shifts

Dialogue Placement

Climax

Tension Building

Opening

Ending/Closure

Perspective Shift

Focus

Enumeration (Listing)

Highlighting differences between two ideas, settings, characters, or moments.

Changes in time, such as moving between past, present, and future.

Where conversations appear in the text and how they reveal information or change the pace.

The most intense or dramatic moment in the text, where tension peaks.

Gradually increasing suspense or unease to keep the reader engaged.

How the writer begins the text, setting up key ideas, characters, or themes.

How the text concludes, tying up loose ends or leaving questions open.

Changing the narrator’s or character’s point of view to offer new insights.

What the writer chooses to draw attention to at a particular moment in the text.

Listing items or details to emphasize quantity, importance, or build tension.

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EXT STRUCTURE WORDS - Match & Master 1: Structural Terms 1: GCSE English Language Games

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Match & Master: Structural Terms

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Tense

Foreshadowing

Juxtaposition

Shift

Repetition

Anaphora

Cyclical Structure

Zooming In

Zooming Out

Pace

Flashback

The time frame in which the text is written, affecting immediacy, reflection, or anticipation.

Hints or clues about what might happen later, creating suspense or anticipation.

Contrasting ideas, images, or characters placed side by side for effect.

A change in focus, tone, perspective, or time.

Repeating words, phrases, or ideas to emphasize key points or create rhythm.

Repetition that occurs at the start of consecutive sentences.

When a text begins and ends in a similar way, creating a sense of closure or inevitability.

Focusing closely on a small detail to draw attention to its significance.

Moving from a small detail to the bigger picture, changing perspective.

The speed at which events or ideas are revealed in the text (e.g., slow for tension, fast for urgency).

A scene that interrupts the chronological sequence to show past events.

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Strutural Terms Number 2

GCSE Drama: Structural Techniques in Plays intercative quiz

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Match & Master: Structure Techniques

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Entrances and exits

Timing of revelations

Dramatic irony

Reversal

Act structure

Stage directions

Use of pauses and silence

Order of events

Character positioning on stage

Cyclical structure

Contrast between characters or scenes

Audience positioning

Structural focus on a central figure

Use of off-stage events

Final moral or message placement

When characters enter or leave the stage.

Used to introduce conflict or shift power.

When key information is revealed to characters or the audience.

Builds tension and controls impact.

The audience knows something the characters do not.

Creates tension, judgement, or criticism.

A change in status, power, or understanding.

Often exposes hypocrisy or truth.

How the play is divided into acts.

Each act usually escalates conflict or message.

Lighting, movement, pauses, positioning.

Shape mood and guide audience reaction.

Pauses signal tension, shock, or guilt.

Silence can be more powerful than speech.

The sequence of scenes and interactions.

Determines how ideas unfold.

Who dominates the space, who is isolated.

Reflects power and relationships.

Ending mirrors the beginning (ideas repeat or are challenged).

Juxtaposition highlights differences in values or attitudes.

How the audience is encouraged to feel or judge characters.

One character drives the action or message.

Important events happen off stage but influence action.

The message is delivered at the end for maximum impact.

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