Creative Writing Unit 2 Quiz Review

What are speech tags used for in dialogue?

• to clarify for the reader who is speaking

• to clarify for the reader who is doing the action

• to clarify the plot of the story

• to clarify the main theme of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the correct definition of plot?

• the arrangement of characters in a story

• the arrangement of setting in a story

• the arrangement of emotion in a story

• the arrangement of events in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the setting in a story?

• a description of the characters

• the time and place of the story

• the tone of the story

• the mood of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the main character in a short story often do?

• dies

• leaves town to avoid his or her consequences

• realizes something important to the story's meaning

• blames another character for what goes wrong in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of these are genres of fiction?

• literary nonfiction and science essays

• memoirs and personal essays

• sestinas and villanelles

• literary fiction and science fiction

What does the first-person point of view do?

• allows the reader to have the most connection and involvement with the character

• allows the reader to have the least connection and involvement with the character

• allows the reader to have limited connection and involvement with the character

• allows the reader to have the most distance from the character

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of these are steps found in the plot of a short story?

• rising action, climax, and falling action

• rising climax, action, and tone

• rising theme, action, and falling climax

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the second-person point of view involve?

• the author writing the story directly toward “you,” which can be the reader or a character

• the author writing the story directly toward himself or herself

• the author writing the story toward multiple characters

• the author writing the story with the personal “I” voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is dialogue in a short story?

• what the characters do

• what the characters say

• what the characters show

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the theme of a story?

• the time and place of the story

• the central idea or message

• the central plot

• the same as mood

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2