Media-res - Opens in the middle action., Juxtaposition - Placing two ideas/images together for contrasting effect., Pace - Develops at a particular rate e.g. slow or quick., Narrative voice - The perspective the story is told from e.g. first, second or third., Foreshadow - Hinting at what is to come., Flashback - Looks back at a previous event., Simple sentence - A complete sentence - one independent clause., Compound sentence - Two complete sentences - two independent clauses - joined by co-ordinating conjunctions., Complex sentence - A complete sentence (independent clause) joined with a subordinate clause by a subordinating conjunction., Climax - Intense moment of a narrative., Anaphora - Repetition of a word or phrase at the start of sentences. , Exposition - Background information on characters, events or settings to help anchor the reader., Shifts in focus - Change in attention; change of focus in or between paragraphs., End-stress - Emphasis at the end of a sentence., Foregrounding - Emphasis at the start of a sentence., Listing - A number of connected items written one after the other to emphasise a particular quality.,

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