1) Focus shift a) When the text changes from one place to another b) When a character changes their thinking 2) Repetition a) Repeated words, ideas or themes b) Words that start with the same letter/sound. 3) Tonal shift a) Change in characters voice and pitch b) Change in writer's attitudes or feelings 4) Foreshadowing a) Thinking back to past events b) An indication or warning of a future events 5) Opening hook a) Start of a text/story that interests the reader b) Start of a sentence that interests the reader 6) Simple sentence a) Increases the pace of the story b)  Provides additional information about the story 7) Flashback/Flashforward a) When you predict what might happen in the narrative b) Moves the narrative from the present to the past or future. 8) Complex sentence a) Makes the reader want to read on b) Adds additional detail and slows down the pace of the story 9) Dialogue a) Conversations and speech b) Quotes

Structural devices - Yr 8 Lang

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