Class Recap Quiz

What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?

• There's no difference.

• One focuses on poetry the other on fiction.

• One is like an equation (a direct comparison) while the other uses “like” or “as” or “than”

• Depends on the word.

Who is the author of the poems "The Gift" and "Seven Happy Endings"

• Emily Dickinson

• Li-Young Lee

• Alice Walker

• Langston Hughes

What is each section of a poem called?

• Stanza

• Paragraph

• Verse

• Enjambment

We get to know a character through ____ when they express their desires and goals.

• Action

• Image

• Thought

• Interpretation

What is a key word difference between a static and a dynamic character?

• Hero

• Round

• Change

• Boring

• In a story we say “and then?” in a plot we ask “___”

• What

• Why

• Who

• If

What are the elements of Freytag’s Pyramid - on the construction of plot.

• What, When, Why?

• Beginning, Middle, and End.

• Beginning, Dramatic Question, Ending.

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.

What kind of character is this?

• Flat

• Static

• Stock

• Round

What should dialogue do in fiction?

• Just inform.

• Characterize, advance the action, foreshadow, and/or remind as well.

• Provide exposition, set the scene, and set the mood.

• Be simple.

What does Hemingway's "Iceberg Theory" consist of?

• On the difference between Text vs. Subtext.

• That the strongest part of a story should be what is hidden from the reader.

• On melting glaciers.

• On how to write stories.