Creative Writing Quiz

Imagery appealing to touch

Character that goes against the main character

Comparison of two seemingly unlike objects using “like” or “as.”

A character whose traits contrast with those of another character.

Poetry that is written to look like prose

Speaker in a poem addresses a person not present, inanimate object, or concept.

Imagery appealing to sound

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or conditions

Used by Shakespeare, written in iambic pentameter, three quatrains.

The action that leads to the resolution

Character displays just one type of trait

Character does not change over the course of the work.

The introduction of characters and setting

The end of a story

Character changes over the course of the work.

Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or end of words

Repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words

A near rhyme in which the concluding consonant sounds are identical but not the vowels.

The techniques the writer uses to develop characters.

Main character of a piece of writing.

Imagery appealing to sight

The inciting incident that propels the action of the story.

Repetition of initial sounds at the beginning of words.

Character is fully developed

Comparison of two seemingly unlike objects stated outright.

Imagery appealing to taste

The most tense moment of a story

Imagery appealing to smell