Diagnostic Test: Creative Writing

The sense of musicality that you notice in each line of verses.

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Tone

• Mood

The topic or central idea which is universal in nature.

• Setting

• Theme

• Moral

• Plot

A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but is a latent truth.

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Simile

• Metaphor

He was thirsty enough to drink a river dry

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Hyperbole

It is how the words are arranged in a sentence or line.

• Diction

• Rhythm

• Syntax

• Grammar

It is one figurative language used to represent objects, actions, and ideas in a manner that appeals to the five sense: sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

• onomatoppoeia

which expresses the writer’s thoughts and feelings in a creative, unique, and poetic way.

• creative writing

• technical writing

A fully developed character as opposed to the other.

• flat character

• round character

The character has to deal with natural disasters or find themselves in harsh environment such as the middle of the desert or ocean.

• Man vs. man

• Man vs. nature

• Man vs. self

• Man vs. society

The introduction of the problem.

• falling action

• climax

• conflict

• exposition