1) When a writer opens with something to hook the reader's attention a) Changes/Shifts b) Opening Hook c) Foreshadowing d) Cliff-Hanger/Uncertain Endings 2) any changes in pace, tension, focus, tone or atmosphere a) Opening Hook b) Cliff-Hanger/Uncertain Endings c) Changes/Shifts d) Sentence variations 3) Using or introducing speech from characters a) Dialogue b) Opening Hook c) Order of events d) Contrasts/Juxtapositions 4) Which perspective is it from? First (I), Second (You), Third (He/She/They) ? Why? a) Narrative View Point b) Repetition c) Anti-Climax d) Sentence variations 5) Consider the way the extract finishes- is it happily? Tragically? Mysteriously? Suddenly? a) Repetition b) Climax c) Opening Hook d) Endings 6) When the ending is left as mysterious or suspenseful on purpose a) Foreshadowing b) Cliff-Hanger/Uncertain Endings c) Dialogue d) Climax 7) Literally the order that events happen: Is it chronological (time order)? Circular? Chaotic? a) Order of events b) Repetition c) Sentence variations d) Endings 8) When the reader gets little clues that something may happen before it actually does a) Anti-Climax b) Dialogue c) Climax d) Foreshadowing 9) Varying the length/structure of sentences for effect (shorter = quicker pace/powerful, longer = descriptive or rambling) a) Sentence variations b) Dialogue c) Changes/Shifts d) Contrasts/Juxtapositions 10) Repeating key words or phrases or ideas to emphasise something a) Dialogue b) Repetition c) Endings d) Foreshadowing 11) Having one idea and then the opposite thing happens a) Contrasts/Juxtapositions b) Order of events c) Sentence variations d) Cliff-Hanger/Uncertain Endings 12) building up our hopes/excitement and then letting it down a) Endings b) Anti-Climax c) Order of events d) Cliff-Hanger/Uncertain Endings 13) The most intense moment of the scene - all the suspense builds to this a) Sentence variations b) Climax c) Opening Hook d) Endings

Structural Devices Quiz H

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