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Creative writing

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the four terms that make up plot structure?

a)

beginning, middle, end, prologue

b)

prologue, exposition, climax, denouement

c)

exposition, complication, denouement, epilogue

d)

exposition, complication, climax, denouement

2.

What is the first thing you need to do to write a play?

a)

choose a theme

b)

get inspiration

c)

create a plot

d)

make an outline

3.

What type of poem has fourteen lines?

a)

ode

b)

concrete

c)

sonnet

d)

ballad

4.

How many types of sonnets are there?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

5.

How many lines are in a limerick poem?

a)

four

b)

five

c)

six

d)

seven

6.

Which type of plot structure is used the most?

a)

Hero's Journey

b)

Three Act

c)

Save the Cat

d)

Freytag's Pyramid

7.

Which two story structures are circular?

a)

Save the cat and Dan Harmon's Story

b)

Hero's Journey and Dan Harmon's Story

c)

Fichtean Curve and Hero's Journey

d)

Fichtean Curve and Save the Cat

8.

Which poem type reflects on death or loss?

a)

elegy

b)

ode

c)

lyric

d)

villanelle

9.

Most blank verse poetry is written in what style.

a)

unrhymed iambic pentameter

b)

unrhymed anapest meter

c)

rhymed iambic pentamert

d)

rhymed anapest meter

10.

Which style of poetry doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme?

a)

blank verse

b)

ballad

c)

free verse

d)

concrete

11.

Which sonnet has the rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg?

a)

Spenserian

b)

English

c)

Petrarchan

d)

Shakespearean

12.

Which sonnet has the rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcd ee?

a)

Spenserian

b)

English

c)

Petrarchan

d)

Shakespearean

13.

Which sonnet rhymes but has no set rhyme scheme?

a)

Spenserian

b)

English

c)

Petrarchan

d)

Shakespearean

14.

Which sonnet has an octave and sestet style?

a)

Spenserian

b)

English

c)

Petrarchan

d)

Shakespearean

15.

True or False: When writing dialogue you must create a new paragraph when the speaker changes.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

Which point of view cannot be used in creative narrative writing?

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person limited

d)

third person omniscient

17.

Name the archetypal character that needs saving from the hero.

a)

temptress

b)

side kick

c)

villian

d)

damsel in distress

18.

Name the archetypal character that gives advice to the hero

a)

side kick

b)

mentor

c)

villian

d)

scapegoat

19.

Name the archetypal character(s) that fight for the hero.

a)

mentor

b)

temptress

c)

loyal retainers

d)

earth mother

20.

What are the four types of characters found in most stories.

a)

protagonist, round, dynamc, antagonist

b)

protagonist, round, flat, dynamic

c)

antagonist, flat, static, round

d)

flat, static, round dynamic