Creative Writing EOC Review

the feeling the author WANTS the reader to feel

a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage

The comparison of two unlike things, by stating that one thing IS the other.

His eyes were deep, leering headlights that forced Grace to look away.

a poem that tells a story; it has a beginning, middle and end

conversation between characters is known as. . .

Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities or emotions.

the turning point of the action in the plot; the point of greatest tension

When two unlike things are being compared using the words like or as in order to illuminate a particular quality.

Words that imitate sounds

The time and place in which the events of a poem, short story, play, or novel occur

Making changes to improve writing such as editing, correcting, and rewriting written work

“She walks, and the clicks of her boot heels sound like cracking bones.”

A form of poetry taken from the Japanese, in three lines with a pattern of five, seven, and five syllables

Define connotation

A 14-line poem consisting of three quatrains and a couplet

An example of first-person point of view would be

Which option below shows the dialogue punctuated correctly.

When a writer produces a piece of writing so their readers learn something such as a moral, this is known as the story’s

Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

As fall turned to winter, the trees found themselves wearing white.

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

the use of pronouns he, she, and they to relate the thoughts, experiences, and observations of a character

The shingles on the shack shook in the storm winds like scared children.

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem is known as