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