structure techniques

• asyndetic listing


  items listed without use of a conjunction, instead using punctuation
• cyclical structure

  when a text begins and ends in the same place with the same idea or theme
• focus

  what the writer focuses their writing on throughout a text

  focus can shift through the text - subtly or through changing the point of view
• ending 


  the conclusion of a text
• headings and subheadings

  titles used to create sections in a piece of text
• narrative pace 


  the speed at which a text projected and the story is told
• order of events

  the order in which the events of a text take place. can be chronological or include flash backs and flash forwards
• rhetorical questions 


  a question asked by the writer which does not have a direct answer
• sentence structure


  the way in which words and punctuation are arranged in a sentence. the length of a sentence is a key component
• tricolon

  where the writer lists three words in quick succession
• other structure techniques

  describe beginning and ending

  perspective shifts

  topic change

  flashbacks

  prolepsis (flash forwar)