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Useful terminology to describe structure in a text

Question 1 of 13

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The description of the bleak winter weather in the first paragraph is ( juxtaposed, joined, juggled ) with the cosy warmth of the kitchen scene in the second.

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Question 2 of 13

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In the second paragraph the writer changes the focus and describes the events from the ( perspective, prospective, introspective ) of Mrs Dalloway.

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Question 3 of 13

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In the first paragraph the reader is ( introduced, intraduced, interduced ) to the two main characters.

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Question 4 of 13

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The writer opens with a description of Mabel's present life then ( focusses, turns, looks ) on her past.

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Question 5 of 13

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The sad mood is strengthened by the ( many, loads, repetition ) of details about the dying colours of autumn.

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Question 6 of 13

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By hinting at the crisis to come the writer adds ( tension, ideas, nervousness ) to the narrative and holds the reader's interest.

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Question 7 of 13

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The opening paragraph gives a detailed description of the ( setting, action, character ) which is London in the 1870s.

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Question 8 of 13

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In the second paragraph the writer then ( jumps, switches, builds ) the focus and the reader is able to see inside the character's mind.

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Question 9 of 13

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The long description in the first paragraph ends suddenly with a ( change of location, time shift, focus ) when we are taken back into the past.

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Question 10 of 13

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The tension builds until the storyline reaches a ( climax, climate, ending ) at the end of the second paragraph.

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Question 11 of 13

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In the second paragraph the focus of the story ( starts, shifts, goes ) from the landscape to the thoughts of the main character and we begin to see how desperate she is to leave home.

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Question 12 of 13

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The gloomy atmosphere becomes more ( intents, intense, in tense ) as the winter evening approaches.

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Question 13 of 13

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After the first paragraph there is a ( perspective, climax, flashback ) which shows the main character as a child playing in the garden

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