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WorksheetsCreative Writing - MT Exam
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 21mins
It is said to be the oldest kind of literature as it predates even the written word.
poetry
fiction
drama
creative nonfiction
It is a form of prose that depicts imaginary events and people.
poetry
fiction
drama
creative nonfiction
It is a fiction written to be performed.
poetry
fiction
drama
creative nonfiction
It uses literary techniques to write about facts, actual events, and people.
poetry
fiction
drama
creative nonfiction
It is another tool that aids in the development of a writer.
keeping a text message
writing a journal
reading a narrative
watching movies
How does the writer ensure that the word he uses is the best fit?
Look up the actual dictionary meaning or denotation of the word.
Guess the meaning of the word according to his own interpretation.
Ignore the word because it is difficult to decode.
Consult a teacher.
It explicitly states a comparison, where phrases such as "like," "as," "such" and "seems" are used to show similarity.
metonymy
metaphor
simile
synechdoche
It asserts that two things (objects, events, or traits) are identical.
synecdoche
metaphor
simile
metonymy
A word or phrase is substituted for another that is closely associated to it.
simile
metaphor
personification
metonymy
A part of something that represents or stands in for the whole.
synecdoche
simile
metaphor
metonymy
Which of the following examples falls under "irony"?
Saying "Thanks for the vote of support" when someone undermines you.
"Bright start, would I were stedfast as thou art --
Not in lone spendour hung aloft the night"
I was forever waiting in line and had gotten so hungry, that I could eat a horse!
Killing with kindness is the best revenge
It is a statement that seems to be contradictory but actually reveals some truth.
hyperbole
paradox
idiomatic expression
euphemism
Which of the following statement falls under 'simile'?
I'm her lamplighter on her silent asteroid.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Roll on, thou dark and deep blue Ocean - - roll!
I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high o'er vales and hills.
It is also described as the "mood" of a text that readers experience as they go through it.
tone
chant
rhyme
rhythm
Poetry according to Wordsworth is ____________.
experience itself
moment lived
spontaneous overflow of feeling
emotion recollected in tranquility
What is an obvious indicator of the poem?
It is broken into lines called verse.
It is done by heart.
It is made up of sentences.
It brings out emotions.
This means the end of the line either has punctuations or follows syntax, whether the line is a dependent or independent clause.
enjambment
end-stopped
Both are correct answers.
The breaking of the line happens mid-clause or unexpectedly.
end-stopped
enjambment
Both are correct answers.
What is the crucial element of poetry?
verse
line
sound
rhyme
It refers to a weak (unstressed) syllable followed by a strong (stressed) syllable.
trochee
anapest
iamb
dactyl
It is an accented syllable followed by a slack syllable.
spondee
pyrrhic
dactyl
trochee
It refers to a strong syllable followed by two weak syllables.
dactyl
pyrrhic
spondee
anapest
Why do we need to know the types of meter?
Poetry is metered.
Poetry is music.
Poetry has heroic verse.
Poetry needs to sound like a poem and not prose.
It consists of five iambs and ten syllables
trochaic tetrameter
iambic pentameter
hexameter
monometer
It is the repetition of similar sounds, either consonants or vowels, at the beginning of words.
onomatopoeia
euphony
alliteration
assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line.
consonance
assonance
cacophony
alliteration
Which phrase falls under onomatopoeia?
beach, reach, teach
soil, coin, choice
buzz, click, crack, thump, bang, hiss, pop, swoosh
Faye's days are lazy and wasteful.
They are largely a visual construct of the twenty-first century used to convey a range of emotions in small icons.
imagery
emojis
tenor
vehicle
It is originated in Italy, with the earliest sonnets written by Giacomo da Lentini.
sestina
sonnet
villanelle
haiku
It is an example of Villanelle.
Canzoniere
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Paradise Lost
Twilights, V
Wilfred Owen's "Spring Offensive" is an example of _______________.
free verse
haiku
blank verse
heroic couplet
Twilights, V is an example of _____________.
free verse
haiku
heroic couplet
blank verse
It has six stanzas of six lines each and an evoi, a short stanza that ends a poem with three lines.
villanelle
sonnet
sestina
blank verse
My Last Duchess is an example of ___________.
blank verse
heroic couplet
haiku
free verse
Erasure, hyperlink, and visual poetry are examples of _____________.
conventional poetry
experimental poetry
narrative
prose
Create a draft of a poem in free verse form. Write to your seven-year-old self. What advice would you give him or her? What do you want him or her to look out for? (5 points)
Create a draft of a poem using free verse form. Write about a pet or animal that you like. (5 points)
Create a draft of a poem in a free verse form. Write a poem about endings. (5 points)
