Creative Writing Techniques

What technique uses direct comparison?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What technique uses an indirect comparison?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which technique assigns human characteristics?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Pun

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which technique includes two terms that are contradictory?

• Anacoluthon

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is the poetry term that means you read to the punctuation rather than line by line

• Caesura

• Stanza

• Enjambment

• Couplet

What is another name for an extended metaphor?

• Allegory

• Theme

• Allusion

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which of the following would you NOT expect to see in creative writing? Tick as many as apply.

• Facts and stats

• Imagery

• Imperatives

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is the opposite of a euphemism?

• Satire

• Neologism

• Sibilance

• Dysphemism

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which technique is this an example of "yeah, nah"

• Slang

• Idiom

• Colloquial language

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Is the word "digging" a noun, verb, adjective or adverb?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G