The setting of Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond is best described as

An enchanted woods outside of Boston

The plot of The Piano Lesson is

Events related to a family's inheritance of a piano

Falling action in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is best described as

the tying up of loose ends in the plot

Keeping a journal is a valuable writing tool because

All of these answers are correct

The tone of Alice Walker's short story Everyday Use is best described as

apprehensive about Dee's return visit

The best thing about creative writing was

Being able to write what I want

Exposition in a short story is required to

introduce characters, setting, and conflict

The primary feature that distinguishes a monologue from a dialogue is

It reveals the internal thoughts of the narrator

Harrison Bergeron and The Machine Stops are dystopian stories because

the protagonists are helpless when confronting an oppressive system

The Water's Edge writing prompt was designed to

express a protagonist's point of view through indirect characterization

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1
Your monologue requires you use a minimum of five different literary, figurative or rhetorical devices
True
False
2
A poem that is has an ABABCDCD rhyme scheme with five stanzas is called a
iambic pentameter
shape poem
rhythm
rhyming couplet
3
Jane Goodall is best known for her
humanitarian efforts
All of the above
African habitat conservation
work with apes
4
The setting of Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond is best described as
The contrast between the modern and traditional world
An enchanted woods outside of Boston
a tourist destination for naturalists
A place where a hermit lives
5
The plot of The Piano Lesson is
Events related to a family's inheritance of a piano
a non-sequential account of slavery
a story about sibling rivalry
a story told through flashbacks
6
Falling action in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is best described as
when Alice exits the rabbit hold
after the gryphon is killed
the tying up of loose ends in the plot
when conflicts and climax are yet to be resolved
7
Keeping a journal is a valuable writing tool because
All of these answers are correct
It allows the writer a space to explore different voices and topics
It allows you to freely express your ideas
It enables you to document observations that you might otherwise forget
8
The tone of Alice Walker's short story Everyday Use is best described as
angry that Dee wants to use a family heirloom for a quilt
humorous as Dee pronounces her new name
ironic as the family has competing ideas of how to live
apprehensive about Dee's return visit
9
The best thing about creative writing was
Being required to speak as a group
Being forced to take quizzes
It was the last class of the day
Being able to write what I want
10
Exposition in a short story is required to
introduce characters, setting, and conflict
ensure the reader follows the story
explain how a conflict evolves
build interest in a story
11
Lamott's memoir is called
Bird by Bird
A Writer's Life
A Writer's Notebook
Face to Face
12
The primary feature that distinguishes a monologue from a dialogue is
It involves more than two characters
It requires an audience
It reveals the internal thoughts of the narrator
a dialogue has only one speaker
13
A poem that takes the shape of the object it describes is called a
form poem
free verse
haiku
rhyming couplet
14
Harrison Bergeron and The Machine Stops are dystopian stories because
the protagonists are helpless when confronting an oppressive system
the plots feature artifical intelligence
the characters accept their limitations rather than fight their leaders
the authors are highly critical of totalitarianism
15
The Water's Edge writing prompt was designed to
express a protagonist's point of view through direct characterization
use dialogue as the primary literary device
express a protagonist's point of view through indirect characterization
use sensory imagery as the primary literary device
16
Persepolis and Chewy are what type of literary genre?
graphic novel
historical fiction
memoir
biography
17
Howl's Moving Castle is best describe as a
fantasy film
a dystopian film
A romantic comedy
An action adventure
18
Anne Lamott has the following advice for emerging writers
Examine your metaphorical garden
Be honest about your life
All of these choices
Let your monsters out
19
The Ant and the Grasshopper is best described as what type of literature
A fable
A farce
A fairytale
A fantasy
20
Rising action in The Hunger Games is best defined as
Katniss volunteering to serve in Hunger Games in place of her sister
The revelation of Katniss and Peeta's romance
All of the answers
Introducing "The Girl on Fire" to throngs of admirers.

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