Creative Writing Formal Techniques

All of the following are techniques an author used to "tell the story" EXCEPT

• Colloquial Voice

• Speculation

• Repetition

• Visual Imagery

Which formal technique is described as "including descriptive detail that appeals to the reader's sense of sight?

• Anecdote

• Dialogue

• Repetition

• Visual Imagery

Why would an author use repetition in their writing?

• to appear boring and unimaginative

• to emphasize certain story details

• to relate to the reader's sense of right and wrong

• so that the story appears vague to the reader

All of the following formal techniques may be used by an author to reveal their "deeper truth"

• Reflection

• Speculation

• Inference

• Repetition

When an author wonders about the meaning of a particular event, offering a few possible ideas, they are using which formal technique?

• Reflection

• Speculation

• Exposition

• Inference

Which of the following is an example of nonfiction?

• novels

• short stories

• memoirs

• science fiction

Which formal technique involves the author including a short but memorable story from the writer's experience?

• Dialogue

• Anecdote

• Colloquial Voice

• Visual Imagery

Which formal technique is the author using is they include slang, local terms, or dialect?

• Repetion

• Anecdote

• Visual Imagery

• Colloquial Voice

Non-fiction becomes creative when the writer uses different techniques to explore a simple "fact" and create something artistic leading both the writer and the reader to a greater

• truth

• question

• experience

• uncertainty

What is an anecdote?

• A pizza topping.

• A formal technique to reveal a writer's truth.

• A technique which provides a mental picture of an event.

• A short but memorable story from the writer's experience.