PA2 Fiction Writing Skills Check

Choose the best example of alliteration.

• Waves rolled toward the shore

• Silver sand shivered softly at sunset.

• The sand was hot and rough.

• The beach stretched for miles.

A writer compares a mountain with waves to highlight changing strength and stillness. Which sentence best accomplishes this?

• The mountain sits near an ocean shore.

• The mountain stands like an anchor as waves breathe.

• The mountain can be climbed by ramblers.

• The mountain is tall and the waves are blue.

Which quality is most commonly symbolized by a tiger in character descriptions?

• Power and fearless leadership

• Gentle, indecisive hesitation

• Fragile uncertainty and doubt

• Careless, humorous distraction

Which sentence is a simile by definition?

• Her look turned the room silent.

• Her gaze pierced the crowded room.

• Her eyes blazed like twin searchlights.

• Her anger was a storm inside.

Match the sound word to its likely source.

• Metal strike

• Hiss

• Snake

• Buzz

• Frog

• Ribbit

• Bee

• Clang

Rewrite this sentence to remove onomatopoeia while keeping the meaning: The clock ticked and tocked through the empty room.

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A writer wants to make a tense scene feel sharper and more urgent. Which type of sound repetition would most effectively achieve this?

• Hard 'k' and 't' sounds for urgency

• Soft 'm' and 's' sounds for a calm tone

• Random consonants to add confusion

• Mixed vowels to balance the mood

Which sentence best demonstrates personification in narrative writing?

• The silence clung to the walls like fog.

• Her fingers tapped a staccato rhythm.

• The room was very quiet and cold.

• Fog filled the room in the evening.

Identify the sensory details in this line: "The air was thick with the scent of coffee and tension, bitter and burnt." Choose the option that names the senses engaged.

• Smell and taste are engaged.

• Sight and touch are engaged.

• Sound and sight are engaged.

• Touch and balance are engaged.

A coach's speech leaves "half the team ready to leap out the window just to escape the heat of her fury." What device is used, and why might a writer choose it?

• Irony to suggest the opposite meaning

• Metaphor to compare two unlike things

• Hyperbole to intensify emotional impact

• Personification to humanize abstractions