Structural devices quiz

Structural devices QUIZ

Help the shepherd dog to collect all the farm animals.

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What is chronological order?

Arranging events in order of the time they occurred

Arranging events in order of the most prioritised event

What is narrative structure?

The content and form used to tell a story

When dialogue is included in a story

The content and form used to tell a speech

Narrative structures use three key elements. What is one of the key elements of a narrative structure?

Dialogue

Flashback

Crisis point or climax

Which one of these is NOT a structural device?

Simile

Repetition

Shift in focus

What is foreshadowing?

A nightmare

A warning/indication or what is to come

Telling someone a bad thing will happen

What kind of structural device is in this sentence? 'I remembered the time I was last with my father.'

Flashback

Change of tense

Repetition

What kind of structural device is in this sentence? "We were up and ready before the sun rose."

Change of tense

Temporal reference

Shift in focus

What kind of structural device is in this sentence? 'I froze.'

Dialogue

Short sentence

Verb

What type of structure device do we have when the beginning of an extract links to the end?

Circular/cyclical structure

Extended metaphor

Dual narrative

What is one possible effect of repetition as a structural feature?

Introduces tension to the work

Shows a lack of change

Adds humour to the work

In the Wizard of Oz, the yellow brick road represents hope. In Macbeth, blood represents guilt. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the mockingbird represents innocence. These ideas and images are repeated throughout the stories and otherwise known as:

An exposition

A motif

A symbol

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You have collected all the farm animals and here is a gift to play with them.

Place the animals

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