Review Exercises

CREATIVE WRITING
I. Directions: Identify the sentence is Simile or Methaphor

________ 1. My father is a bear in the morning. ________ 7. My big brother is a couch potato.
________ 2. My sister is like an angel in my life. ________ 8. The snow was a blanket covering the
________ 3. My life is a dream. ground.
________ 4. Math is like a puzzle that never ends. ________ 9. The assignment was a breeze.
________ 5. Math is like a puzzle that never ends. ________ 10. This house is as clean as a whistle.
________ 6. He is a night owl because he stays up ________ 11. My brother was boiling mad.
late. ________ 12. She is as thin as a toothpick.

II. Directions read the statement carefully and write your answer on the space provided.
1. Writing that comes from a writer's imagination. It can be inspired by true events.
A. Non-fiction C. Biography
B. Fiction D. Autobiography
2. The point of greatest interest or suspense is the ____________
A. Rising action C. Resolution
B. Falling action D. Climax
3. This word provides background for the story and sets the scene.
A. Rising action C. Falling action
B. Climax D. Exposition
4. Sometimes called the resolution, this word occurs after the climax.
A. Rising action C. Climax
B. Falling action D. Denoument
5. People, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in a story are called __________,
A. People C. Traits
B. Characters D. Motives
6. What happened in a story is called the ___________and Why it happened is called the
__________________.
A. Cause, effect C. Motivation, cause
B. Effect, cause D. Conflict, portagonist
7. Story of a person's life told by someone else.
A. Autobiography C. Personal
B. Biography D. Persuasive
8. A______________ essay is tightly structured and presents and explains information and ideas.
A. Persuasive C. Expository
B. Personal
9. Story of a person's life as told by that person is called an _____________.
A. Biography C. Autobiography
B. Essay D. Biographer
 10. A__________ essay present arguments and tries to convince a reader to go to a certain point of
view.
A. Personal C. Persuasive
B. Expository D. Essay
11. A loose structures and more personal style of writing in an essay format is called the ________.
A. Persuasive C. Personal
B. Expository D. Essay
12. Conversation between two people is a called an ___________.
A. Point of view C. Memoir
B. Interview D. Idea

III. Short Story Elements

This is a quiz to test the knowledge level of short story elements: character, conflict, narrator, plot and
setting.

______________ 1. What is time and place of the action?

______________ 2. What is a speaker or character who tells a story?
______________ 3. What is a person or an animal who takes part in the action of a literary work?
______________ 4. What is the struggle between opposing forces?
______________ 5. What is the sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict?
______________ 6. Person against person, person against nature, person against society and person against
self are examples of different types of _____________.
______________ 7. The main character of a literary work is called the _________________.
______________ 8. The character who opposes the main character is called the ________________.
______________ 9. What type of character shows many different traits and faults as well as virtues?
______________ 10. What type of character does not change?