Creative Writing Quiz # 2

Choose the phrase which does not directly establish setting.

Pristine alligator skin boots

The shadiest street in Naples

A tinny hum spilling from the factory walls

11:35pm on Friday night

Which of these is a simile?

America is a melting pot.

Life is like a box of chocolates.

He is the apple of my eye.

I'm on an emotional roller coaster.

Third person point of view

reads like this: "I couldn't believe I was in love with a vampire."

is something Bob Dole uses to refer to Bob Dole

reads like this: "Bob raced to the hospital and hoped his wife wouldn't go into labor before he arrived.

is always omniscient.

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

True

False

What is a meet-cute in screenplay writing?

When the main character finds the cutest person to fall in love with.

The first time the hero and heroine meet

When two people think they are meant for each other.

What is the defining element of a parable?

Is based in religious imagery

All characters reach a happy resolution

Communicates a moral lesson

Heroic protagonist with superhuman abilities

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.

figurative language

dissonance

genre

point of view

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

campaigning

spin

screech

run

What is a fable?

A brief story with a clear moral message

A fantasy story that is set in medieval times

A story that uses magic as its predominant literary tool.

A short story with pictures

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

No. But you must know all of these. They need not be mentioned.

Yes. It's important for the dramaturgy.

Which is the best example of hyperbole?

As we bolted through the alley with the stolen gems in tow, I was sure we would alert the police

The sun peers over the horizon, eager to bathe the Earth in soothing light

The criminal ripped open the door with the strength of a thousand men

I answered my door and there she was - same time every night, as sure as the tide rolling in

During an aside, a character:

Is persuaded to act against their personal interests

Delivers a string of punchlines to jokes that his/her comedic partner sets up

Disappears momentarily, so that the reader can focus on important dialogue between other characters

Speaks directly to the audience, without other characters listening

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

First person

Second person

Third person

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

Affect is the British spelling of effect.

Affect is generally a verb; effect is almost always a noun.

Affect describes a negative outcome; effect is positive.

Effect is an adjective; Affect is a noun.

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?

limerick

quatrain

concrete poetry

haiku

tanka

What is hubris?

An extreme level of arrogance

A certain type of character

Hyperbolic writing

A less important character

What is magical realism?

It is a concept commenting on the power of using realistic characters

It refers to a true story so good, most will not believe it is based on real events

It is a method of using magical story elements in an otherwise normal or mundane setting

It is a method of describing magical scenes in extreme detail

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

Rhyme

Soliloquy

Verse

Prose

Which defines the rules of a literary genre?

convention

didact

cliché

simile

What is a motif?

Any element of the setting which reflects the mindset of the character(s) inhabiting it

A flawed character

A recurring narrative element with symbolic significance

A plot point which distracts the protagonist from their central goal

What kind of device is a red herring in literature?

Repeated references to an object that appears insignificant at first, but later suddenly consumes the entire narrative.

A device by which an author describes a characters feelings by their attitude toward an enigmatic object.

A rhetorical tactic of diverting attention away from an item of significance.

A background detail that describes the world of the main story through metaphor.

A device by which characters reveal their talents early on in the narrative.

What is jargon?

Words that are highly specific to a field

Words that use humor to distract from a hurtful truth

Colloquialism

A myth

Flowery and descritpive language

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:

The antagonist

An unreliable narrator

A source of thematic dissonance

A flat character

What is an antihero?

The character in a story who is against, or "anti" the hero or protagonist.

A protagonist who is not obviously a "good guy"; one who has serious flaws, even ones that might be villainous.

The sidekick of the hero and who is quite different from that character.

A hero who opposes the real hero.

The hero at his/her very worst.

What are the three basic elements of a story?

Theme, Character, Setting

Beginning, Middle, End

Tone, Pace, Atmosphere

Character, Plot, Moral of the Story

Character, Setting, Plot

Which is NOT an example of figurative language?

Alliteration

Simile

Personification

Metaphor

What is the defining trait of a static character?

Does not interact with other characters in a work

Resolves no conflicts over the course of the work

Does not change their views/behavior over the course of the work

Has no motives of their own - exists only to balance other characters in a work

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

Falling action

Enjambment

Metonymy

Deus ex machina

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?

Close first person

Close third person

Distant first person

Distant third person

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

omnipotent

omnifocused

omnipresent

omniscient