Creative Writing Finals Review

A memoir is...

• An extended metaphor about yourself

• A short snippet that zooms in on a major event in your own life

• A short snippet that zooms in on a major event in someone else's life

• An autobiography describing your life story.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A memoir is written within which point of view?

• 1st person POV

• 2nd person POV

• 3rd person omniscient POV

• 3rd person limited POV

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Although a memoir is a non-fiction story from your life, it should include...

• Dialogue

• Sensory detail

• Conflict

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The P.Q.P peer revision strategy stands for...

• practice, question, participate

• praise, question, polish

• practice, question, produce

• practice, question, perform

What is the difference between revising and editing?

• Revising is making major changes, while editing is correcting small proofreading errors, such as spelling.

• Editing is making major changes, while revising is correcting small proofreading errors, such as spelling.

• Revising is looking over your piece, and editing is making changes.

• Editing is looking over your piece, and revising is making changes.

The event that begins the conflict within a creative non-fiction or fiction piece is known as...

• The opening/exposition

• The inciting or complicating incident

• The rising action

• The climax.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The turning point in the story/most intense portion of the piece...

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action

• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

To reveal theme (message) in your fiction or creative non-fiction text...

• Create dynamic/complex characters--characters who grow and change

• Connect the setting to the theme

• Utilize symbols (objects that represent larger ideas)

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Prose or poetry?: An essay

• Prose

• Poetry

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

Prose or poetry?: Ideas are contained in sentences that are arranged into paragraphs.

• Prose

• Poetry

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9