Beginning, How the extract opens, Middle, How the extract develops or changes., Ending, How the extract comes to a close, Flashbacks, A scene set in an earlier point in time to the main story, Foreshadowing, A warning or indication of future events, 1st person point of view, A story narrated by the main character (eg: using 'I saw...'), 3rd person point of view, A story narrated by an outsider looking in (eg: using 'he' 'she' or 'they'), Chronological order, Events are told in the order they happened, Non-chronological order, Events are not told in time order, Repetition, Ideas or themes are repeated, Short sentences, Quickens the pace of the story: adds drama / impact. , Long sentences, Slows the pace of the story: adds detail / description, Juxtaposition, Two things placed together to highlight the contrast between them, Zooming in and out, The narrowing or widening of the narrative focus, Focus shift, The change of focus in or between paragraphs, Simple sentence, Contains one clause with a subject and verb, Compound sentence, Contains two independent clauses that are related and joined with a conjunction, Complex sentence, Contains one or more subordinate clause.

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