Analysing Saramago's use of structural devices in 'Blindness'

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In 'Fiction: Read Around the World', pupils identify and comment on a range of language devices in extracts from texts. In 'Fiction: Science Fiction Writing', pupils identify and comment on recurring images and symbolism in texts.

In 'A World at War: Short Stories', pupils read short stories, analysing how authors structure full texts. In 'Fiction: Read Around the World', pupils analyse structural choices in smaller extracts of texts.

In this unit, pupils read extracts from four novels from around the world, and use them to develop their narrative writing. In particular, pupils explore writers' use of structure. At the end of the unit, pupils consider their own use of paragraphs for effect and write an engaging narrative.

Fiction: read around the world

What does the first sentence of the opening of 'Blindness' by José Saramago focus on?

It is revealed that a man in a traffic jam is blind.

It is revealed that a man in a traffic jam is deaf.

It is revealed that man in a traffic jam is unconscious.

What is the climactic moment in the opening of 'Blindness' by José Saramago?

In 'Blindness' what technique does José Saramago use to create suspense?

We can track how a writer builds suspense across a text by writing about …

Which type of conjunction will help us write about the ordering of an extract?

Which conjunction is missing from this sentence about 'Blindness': "{{}}, Saramago offers a climax: the man behind the wheel of the stationary car is blind"?

the words and phrases a writer uses for effect

Match the key terms with their definition.

Which of these is not a structural feature?

the speed at which a narrative progresses

when two things are shown to be different from one another

Match these structural terms with their definition

telling the reader exactly what the threat is as soon as they begin reading

hinting at a threat but making the reader wait before revealing it

Which of the below would slowly build suspense in a text?

Match each word to the part of the text they would help to describe.

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