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Solving Engineering Problems Engineering: 5 of 5 English Language: 1 of 4

English Language Paper 1 Question 3 focuses on structure. You will need to be able to analyse the

structural choices made by a writer. This means explaining why they have ordered and
organised a text in the way they have.

Structural terminology you need to know:
 Opening
 Foreshadows
 Establishes
 Flashback/flash forward

 Echoes/repeats
 Recurring image/motif
 Third person/first person/omniscient
 Exterior perspective
 Interior perspective
 Chronological / non-chronological
 Viewpoint
 Perspective
 Focus shifts to /focus narrows to
 Juxtaposition
 Contrast

 Zooms in / narrows to
 Shifts / shifts focus to
 Pivotal moment
 Concludes/conclusion
 The ending reminds us of/sums up the idea that
 Cyclical structure
The following link takes you to a really useful video to help you revise how to analyse structure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1ZEBeVdh8U