Relacionar Columnas STRUCTURAL DEVICESVersión en línea Identify the meaning of some structural devices used by authors. por Olawunmi Yemi-Mojeed 1 Temporal references 2 Headings, subheadings & questions 3 Endings 4 Withholding information 5 Shifts 6 Openings 7 Repetition or patterns 8 Pace 9 Bullets 10 Order of events 11 Paragraph lengths 12 Dialogue 13 Focus 14 Sentence structures and types Divides the content of texts into topics and sub topics, can signal the start of new points. The start of a text must interest the reader. Hook, fronting References to time. This is what the writer focuses on as the text develops Changes in ideas and perspectives, e.g. outside to inside. The feeling of speed in writing – are events and ideas revealed to the reader slowly or quickly? summarise and simplify a range of ideas. Varied types of sentences, e.g. simple, compound, complex, imperatives, etc. Clues and hints are given without revealing everything at once. The conclusion of a text may be neat or leave us with questions. Chronological, cause and effect, compare and contrast, climatic, problem and solution; writers might choose to start at the end, in the middle, or with flashbacks/flash forwards. Conversations and speech When words, phrases or ideas are repeated for effect. These vary like sentences, e.g. to highlight significant points or to provide a detailed account.
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