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Reading Prose Fiction
Quick questions on Structure and time in narrative explained: H2 Literature in English
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What is story order is a choice?Show answer
The order of telling rarely matches the order of events. Writers reorder time for effect:
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How can reordering events change a story's meaning? [2 marks]
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What does a large ellipsis (skipping years in a phrase) achieve? [2 marks]
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Why does an ending do disproportionate work in shaping meaning? [3 marks]
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