Creative Writing

Question 1

Iambic

Answer 1

U/U/U/

Question 2

Trochaic

Answer 2

/U/U/U

Question 3

Anapestic

Answer 3

UU/UU

Question 4

Dactylic

Answer 4

/UU/UU

Question 5

Spondaic

Answer 5

//

Question 6

Metaphor

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A comparison without using like or as

Question 7

Simile

Answer 7

A comparison using “like” or “as”

Question 8

Irony

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A contrast between expectation and reality

Question 9

Situational Irony

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An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

Question 10

Verbal Irony

Answer 10

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

Question 11

Dramatic Irony

Answer 11

When a reader is aware of something that a character isn’t

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

Extreme exaggeration

Question 13

Ironic Understatement

Answer 13

A figure of speech in which something or the effect of something is intentionally often comically minimized

Question 14

Personification

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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Question 15

Metonymy

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A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it

“We have always remained loyal to the crown”

Question 16

Syndoche

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A figure of speech where the part signifies the whole or the whole a part

“I got myself some new wheels”

Question 17

Apostrophe

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A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

Question 18

Allusion

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A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

Question 19

Pun

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A play on words

Question 20

Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Question 21

Paradox

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A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

Question 22

Alliteration

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Sound Device; Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Question 23

Consonance

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Sound Device; Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.

Question 24

Onomonopia

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Sound Device; The use of words or sounds which resemble the sounds they describe. (ex boom, psst)

Question 25

Enjambment

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Sound Device; The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Question 26

End-Stopped Line

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A line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation

Question 27

Monometer

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Meter; One

Question 28

Dimeter

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Meter; Two

Question 29

Trimeter

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Meter; Three

Question 30

Tetrameter

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Meter; Four

Question 31

Pentameter

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Meter; Five

Question 32

Hexameter

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Meter; Six

Question 33

Heptameter

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Meter; Seven

Question 34

Octameter

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Meter; Eight

Question 35

Haiku

Answer 35

Three lines; 5 Syllables 7 Syllables 5 Syllables