Creative Writing MCQ Questions Answers

1. The final phase of the 3-x-3 writing process focuses on ________.

2. The term ________ refers to the legal, tangible evidence of ownership of goods.

3. The poet who wrote ""birches"" was _____.

4. When a character is considered a polar opposite to another character present in the story, these characters are termed as what?

5. Which is true of a haiku?

6. "Do you want to share?", he smiled. In the preceding sentence, "he smiled" is known as a(n):

7. What is a tridimensional character?

8. Who are weak characters?

9. What are the two types of characters in fiction?

10. An example of an amphilogism below would be:

11. Ernest Hemingway, Bret Easton Ellis, Grace Paley, and Tobias Wolff are usually associated with this style of writing:

12. "Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house" is an example of anapestic

13. Which sentence makes use of synecdoche ?

14. An example of synecdoche might be:

15. What is an "Act Break?"

16. Edgar Allen Poe is often called The Father of

17. What is the law of all movement?

18. Sentences using passive voice often run into problems with _________.

19. "Tiger, tiger, BURNING BRIGHT...," is an example of which of the following stylistic devices?

20. The traditional elements of a plot in the correct order are:

21. A fixed verse form consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, where the words that end each line of the first stanza are rotated in a set pattern throughout the remaining stanzas is known as a(n):

22. An invective is

23. A character that exists to provide contrast to another character is referred to as a:

24. A work of fiction that describes unrealistic events in great detail is called?

25. True or False? In a story, "exposition" refers to the crucial moment at which a character's true intentions are exposed.

26. A bildungsroman is a novel in which the central character:

27. What is an epigraph?

28. What type of literary element recognizes specific word choice?

29. Assonance is defined as

30. What does "verisimilitude" refer to in writing?

31. Consonance is defined as

32. "To be or not to be," is an example of what metrical foot?

33. What is denouement?

34. Which of these is NOT an element of the diction of a story?

35. What is baroque writing?

36. What is the most important element in understanding a character?

37. In event-driven fiction:

38. Deus ex Machina is a literary device that ______.

39. What is the opposite of a non-linear narrative?

40. Which of these terms is least like the others?

41. What is hackneyed writing?

42. A narrator that has insight into every character's internal thoughts is:

43. The narration of "Ender's Game" frequently reveals insights into Ender's internal thought process, and author Orson Scott Card uses the pronoun "he" to refer to its protagonist. What point of view does this novel use?

44. The sudden and unexpected resolution of a conflict by external forces is referred to as:

45. What is the defining trait of a static character?

46. Which is NOT an example of figurative language?

47. What are the three basic elements of a story?

48. What is an antihero?

49. Our story's narrator, James, tells the reader he's been sober for three years. When his girlfriend finds a pile of empty liquor bottles under his bed, we know James is:

50. What is jargon?

51. What kind of device is a red herring in literature?

52. What is a motif?

53. Which defines the rules of a literary genre?

54. What word best describes an ordinary form of speech or written word, without metrical structure?

55. What is magical realism?

56. What is hubris?

57. There was a young lady of Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger; They returned from the ride With the lady inside, And the smile on the face of the tiger. --Edward Lear This poem is an example of which poetic type?

58. What is the difference between "affect" and "effect"?

59. Which is the least common narrative point of view used in creative fiction?

60. During an aside, a character:

61. Which is the best example of hyperbole?

62. Must height, age, skin coloring be part of the outline of your character?

63. What is a fable?

64. Which of the following is the best example of a onomatopoeia?

65. The ______ of a work gives the reader clues as to what they can expect from that work's setting, plot events and character archetypes, even before they read the work.

66. What is the defining element of a parable?

67. What is a meet-cute in screenplay writing?

68. True or False? The protagonist is always the most virtuous character in a work.

69. Third person point of view

70. Which of these is a simile?

71. Choose the phrase which does not directly establish setting.

72. An epilogue comes _______.

73. The antagonist is

74. A damsel in distress, a heroic warrior and a wise old man are all examples of:

75. _____ refers to the writer's implied attitude toward the characters and events of a work.

76. Which word is misspelled?

77. What is an allegory?

78. True or False? "Screaming wind" is an example of personification.

79. What characteristics make up for the physiology of a person?

80. A literary term meaning before a war; more specifically before the American Civil War.

81. Generally employing either similes or metaphors, _______ language is not literal and requires a leap in imagination on behalf of the reader in order to describe something.

82. What is satire?

83. What is an oxymoron?

84. A story told to teach a life lesson is sometimes called a:

85. What refers to the order in which subjects, objects and verbs are arranged in a sentence?

86. What is third person-omniscient perspective?

87. Which of these refers to a four-lined stanza?

88. What are the three dimensions of a character?

89. Pick the correct sentence from the following.

90. Would the same environment produce the same reactions on each child?

91. True or False? Allegories are always metaphors, but metaphors are not always allegories.

92. What is the correct spelling for this word:

93. Which sentence is grammatically correct?

94. The most intense part of a story is called...

95. What is a black moment?

96. Which of these plays a role in character development?

97. How is a logos argument different from a pathos argument in writing a persuasion paper?

98. Choose the sentence with correct spelling and grammar.

99. Which of these is not a figure of speech?

100. Which is not an element of a story arc?