Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow the link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can define pacing as the manipulation of time in a text. (Guide: “Time is a material”; Practice Question 1)
- I can name the factors that contribute to pace: arrangement of details, frequency of events, narrative structures, syntax, tempo, and shifts in tense or chronology. (Guide: “Time is a material” table; Practice Questions 2 and 5)
- I can explain expansion and compression of time and give an effect of each. (Guide: pace figure; Practice Questions 1, 2 and 6)
- I can explain that the order in which information is revealed can evoke an emotional reaction. (Guide: “Order of information and emotional response”; Practice Question 8)
Skills
- I can use the four-step method for the order of information. (Guide: “Order of information and emotional response”; Practice Questions 7 and 8)
- I can identify how syntax speeds or slows a passage and quote the evidence. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice Questions 5 and 7)
- I can explain how a late reveal changes the significance of earlier details. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice Questions 3 and 4)
- I can write a paragraph on pacing that names the technique, the evidence and the effect. (Guide: both model sentences; Practice Question 7)
Reasoning
- I can say why a technique has the effect it does, and not only name it. (Guide: “Common misconceptions”; Practice Questions 7 and 9)
- I can compare two orderings of the same events and explain the different effects. (Practice Question 8)
- I can use a public-domain story, such as Bierce’s An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, to show how pace and order shape meaning. (Guide: “Public-domain examples to learn from”; Practice Questions 3 and 9)
All ticked? Move on to the Topic 7.4 study guide, Narrator Reliability.