Useful terminology to describe structure in a text

The description of the bleak winter weather in the first paragraph is [blank_start]juxtaposed[blank_end] with the cosy warmth of the kitchen scene in the second.

In the second paragraph the writer changes the focus and describes the events from the [blank_start]perspective[blank_end] of Mrs Dalloway.

In the first paragraph the reader is [blank_start]introduced[blank_end] to the two main characters.

The writer opens with a description of Mabel's present life then [blank_start]focusses[blank_end] on her past.

The sad mood is strengthened by the [blank_start]repetition[blank_end] of details about the dying colours of autumn.

By hinting at the crisis to come the writer adds [blank_start]tension[blank_end] to the narrative and holds the reader's interest.

The opening paragraph gives a detailed description of the [blank_start]setting[blank_end] which is London in the 1870s.

In the second paragraph the writer then [blank_start]switches[blank_end] the focus and the reader is able to see inside the character's mind.

The long description in the first paragraph ends suddenly with a [blank_start]time shift[blank_end] when we are taken back into the past.

The tension builds until the storyline reaches a [blank_start]climax[blank_end] at the end of the second paragraph.

In the second paragraph the focus of the story [blank_start]shifts[blank_end] from the landscape to the thoughts of the main character and we begin to see how desperate she is to leave home.

The gloomy atmosphere becomes more [blank_start]intense[blank_end] as the winter evening approaches.

After the first paragraph there is a [blank_start]flashback[blank_end] which shows the main character as a child playing in the garden