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Aspects of Setting
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Time, place, atmosphere or mood, weather, social/historic/economic background
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Aspects of Character
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Physical appearance, personality, behaviour, things they do, attitude, things they say/think/feel, things people say, think, feel about them, hopes, dreams, dialogue
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Aspects of theme
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Key idea, message, symbol, motif, tone, any imagery, characterisation
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Aspects of action
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Plot details, pace, actions and reactions, structure, narrativ arc
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Imagery/style
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Word connotations, symbols and motifs, similes, metaphors, sound devices, repitition, interesting or unexpected word choice.
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Ideas
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Use of contrasting ideas, juxtaposition of ideas, listing
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Structure
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Narrative (beginning, middle, end), Argument (point one, two three, conclusion), Poetic (stanza one, two, three) Could include change in tone. Could be circular (return to beginning for satisfying closure)
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Narrative points of view
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First (I, we) to express own feelings, be immediate, create empathy/relate to, third person (he, she, they, Susan, John) to express a range of feelings, sense of distance/authorial overview, range of perspectives
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Text conventions of fiction writing
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Lots of description, characterisation, narrative
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Text conventions of non fiction writing
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Lots of fact, statistics, formal, development of an argument (rhetorical question, imperitives, anecdotes, personal pronouns) maybe jargon.
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Text conventions of poetry
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Figurative language, unexpected punctuation, unusual layout, poetic devices, rhyme, rhythm, repitition
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