How to analyse structure
Jean and Carl explore narrative and sentence-level structure, teaching you how to spot shifts in time, focus and mood, and analyse their effects in exams.
Jean and Carl explore how writers use structure to organise ideas, reveal information and guide reader response. In this GCSE English Language podcast, they explain both big-picture narrative structure and sentence-level structure, showing how each shapes meaning.
The episode introduces key structural concepts such as chronological and non-linear narratives, flashbacks, openings in medias res and cliffhangers. Writers Jean and Carl also share insights from their own writing experience, discussing how authors plan turning points and climactic moments.
Suitable for: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas and OCR
Presenters: Jean Menzies and Carl Anka
Producer and Sound Design: Marc Rigg
Executive Producer: Becky Green
This series is an Audio Always production
