Your creative writing should always try to:

Paint a mental picture for your reader.

Choose the most descriptive sentence.

The steamy aroma of chunky, meaty goodness rose from the pie.

Which of these is a metaphor?

I was sweating bullets as I waited.

Which of these does NOT use sensory language?

The family piled into the car after a long, tiring day.

Which of these tells instead of shows?

Archie realised that he wasn’t going to make it in time, and panicked.

Which of these sentences does NOT contain an adverb?

She lifted the heavy package to the table.

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Creative Writing Techniques

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1
Creative writing should be:
Emotional
Long
Descriptive
Banned
2
Which of these is NOT a sense?
Imagination
Taste
Sight
Hearing
3
What does this picture mean?
Man is bored
Board underman
Man board
Man overboard
4
Your creative writing should always try to:
Use big words.
Paint a mental picture for your reader.
Make your reader laugh.
Manipulate your reader’s emotions.
5
Choose the best alternative for the adjective “cold”.
Mercurial
Glacial
Forbidding
Disdainful
6
Choose the most descriptive sentence.
The pie was very hot which is good because cold pies are gross.
The steam oozed out of the meat pie.
The meat pie was boiling hot.
The steamy aroma of chunky, meaty goodness rose from the pie.
7
Choose the best alternative for the adverb “quickly”.
Steadily
Belatedly
Languorously
Swiftly
8
An adjective is a word that:
Describes an adverb.
Is descriptive.
Describes a noun.
Starts a sentence.
9
A good language feature to use in creative writing would be:
Simile
Onomatopoeia
All of the above
Personification
10
Choose the best alternative for the adjective “angry”
Furious
Anxious
Irritated
Delirious
11
Which of these is a metaphor?
He was as tall as the Skytower.
I was sweating bullets as I waited.
It’s as hot as a sauna in here.
It was as dry as a desert.
12
Choose the best alternative for the adjective “big”.
Gargantuan
Towering
Miniscule
Ambidextrous
13
What senses would you mainly talk about when describing being sprayed in the face by a skunk?
Smell and hearing
Sound and sight
Sight and taste
Touch and smell
14
Which of these does NOT use sensory language?
The reek of gym socks hit my nostrils right away.
The acrid smoke filled my nostrils as the barbecue flared.
The family piled into the car after a long, tiring day.
A piercing shriek rent the air.
15
Which of these is not one of our strategies for showing, not telling?
Avoid thought verbs
Use dialogue
Avoid adverbs
Use sensory language
16
Which of these tells instead of shows?
Finn glared at the group of boys and pounded his fist into his palm.
Aroha flopped wearily on the couch and grabbed the remote, ignoring Sam.
Nerida gulped nervously, hands shaking, as she began to open the envelope.
Archie realised that he wasn’t going to make it in time, and panicked.
17
Which of these is not a noun for a type of sound?
Uproar
Melody
Spectacle
Cacophony
18
Which of these sentences does NOT contain an adverb?
She lifted the heavy package to the table.
They ran frantically to get away.
He shot accurately at the target.
It swirled ominously closer to them.

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