Creative Writing Final Exam Study Game

A contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true.

What shows...The words being said?

What is true of a haiku?

What archetype has the following characteristics: surprise, powers of perception, intuition, cleverness?

T or F: Totally, Meanwhile, and That are all examples of unnecessary words.

Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound

What archetype has the following characteristics: independence, testing limits, bravery, non-conformity?

T or F: We used the Lucy Calkins Workshop Model in class.

What archetype has the following characteristics: openness to experience, trust, honesty?

T or F: Point of view, Line, Stanza, Rhyme scheme, Enjambment, Form are all organizational devices for poetry.

In most three-act stories, what percentage of the story is located in Act Three?

What...Indicates special direction/type of shot?

What... Lets readers know the action/setting between speaking?

Words that sound like their meanings.

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.

What archetype has the following characteristics: strength, courage, stamina, faith, competing against most odds?

Any figure of speech that was once clever and original but through overuse has become outdated.

What archetype has the following characteristics: wisdom, intelligence, clarity of thought, rational decision making?

What...Indicates when scenes change?

T or F: Abstract language refers to intangible ideas, rather than real-world objects. Such language is more “vague.”

What type of character is this? 2D, relatively uncomplicated; does not change throughout the course

What archetype has the following characteristics: fairness, stewardship, accountability?

How is Imagery used by a poet?

Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea.

Poetry originally designed to be sung is called a ballad.

An understatement, used to lessen the effect of a statement.

What...Shows who is speaking?

In most three-act stories, what percentage of the story is located in Act Two?

What are good poems about, according to Kim Addonizio?

The dictionary definition of a word.

Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.

T or F: The 2+2 Theory of Storytelling says Make the audience put things together. Don’t give them 4, give them 2 + 2.”

If only the final consonant sounds of the words are the same, but the initial consonants and vowel sounds are different.

How many types of foreshadowing are there?

T or F: Sound, Imagery, Meaning, and Organization are the different concepts that distinguish a poem from prose.

What type of character is this? complex, goes through change in the course of a work

The emotional, psychological or social overtones of a word, its implications and associations.

T or F: A free verse poem is when lines with no prescribed pattern or structure.

In most three-act stories, what percentage of the story is located in Act One?

T or F: Concrete language refers to tangible characteristics in the real world. Such language is more “specific.”

What... Divides each scene; the start of each scene?

A comparison between two unlike things without using ‘like’ or ‘as.’

What archetype has the following characteristics: order, stability, control, tradition?

Indicating a person, object, etc. by letting only a certain part represent the whole.

Which of the following is NOT a moment that is best shown, rather than told?

What archetype has the following characteristics: nonconformity, imagination, sense of aesthetics?

The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect.

What archetype has the following characteristics: belonging to a group, willingness to sacrifice for others?

What archetype has the following characteristics: leadership, risk-taking, individuality, bravery, honesty?

What archetype has the following characteristics: humor, originality, irreverence?

A comparison, usually something unfamiliar with something familiar.

If the final vowel sounds are the same, but the final consonant sounds are slightly different.

A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character.

What archetype has the following characteristics: compassion, steadiness, loyalty, empathy?

What is a red herring designed to do (literary device)?

Word play in which words with totally different meanings have similar or identical sounds.

Repeated consonant sounds at the ending of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.

T or F: Impress Your Reader With Your Intelligence is an example of a type of Hook you use when writing a short story.

A comparison between two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as.’

T or F: Eyes brimming with tears is an example of overused body language.

A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other.

An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance.

Which of the following is NOT a verb that Chuck Palahniuk recommends banning?

An outrageous exaggeration used for effect.