This document provides a list of structural elements that may be present in a writing sample, including changes in time, place, sentence structure, focus, setting, and order. It identifies patterns, dialogue, flashbacks, sentence length, introductions, climaxes, conclusions, contrasts, and other techniques that reveal how a text is organized and what occurs within it.

1. English Language Structure
If you get asked to write about structure you may be able to comment on
some of the following areas if they appear in the extract. How is the
writing organised, what happens and where. Look at the whole source.
 A change of time or place, inside or outside
 Sentence structure changes
 Patterns or motifs
 3rd person
 Dialogue
 Flashback
 Short sentences
 Long sentences
 Change of focus
 Setting change
 Repetition
 Foreshadowing
 Change in chronological order
 Introduction
 Climax
 Conclusion
 Contrast
 Juxtaposition
 Cliffhanger
 Tension
 Focus moves away from character
 Digression