Creative writing Flashcards

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Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, verbal irony and oxymoron are examples of this :

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figurative language

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2
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An unreliable fiction narrator might

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be mentally unstable, hearing voices in his head.

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3
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Realistic fiction is defined as ______

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true to life in many ways; these stories could actually happen

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4
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in order to provide a wife for her son, the toad in the fairy tale ¨ẗhumbelina¨

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kidnapped Thumbelina

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5
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a narrator

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tells the story

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a third person limited point of view is when

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a narrator knows the thoughts of one of the characters in the story

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7
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what was the setting of “The milkmaid and her boil´ ?

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a dairy

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8
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point of view is

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the perspective from which the story is being told

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9
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when the author uses his/her imagination to create a story or narrative literature, this is referred to as

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fiction

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10
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in pride and prejudice, the main business of this characters life is said to be seeing that her daughters get marries

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Mr. Bennet

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11
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Many stories that teach a lesson or moral, called fables, were written by which well-known author?

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aesop

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12
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All types of fiction are found to have _____

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similarities as well as differences

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13
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by definition, short stories have _______

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less events and one character

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14
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First person pov

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i
we
me

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15
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an author uses literary devices in order to

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more fully convey anything being written such as a description of something, a moo, a feeling, an emotion, etc

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16
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Third person is an

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He
she
they

17
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¨ i screamed my head off¨ is an example of ______

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hyperbole

18
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i like to use a _______ narrator in my short stories because it means my audience will not have to wonder weather or not they are receiving completely accurate information

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third person limited

19
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¨Her lips were as red as ripe cherries¨ is an example

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simile

20
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¨ the sun is a melting pad of butter¨ is an example of

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metaphor

21
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In order to allow the reader to see into the thoughts of only one of the characters wile still utilizing an outside perspective, the author used ________ pov.

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third person limited