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Written in prose format and published as a book and considered to be a long piece of creative fiction that is believed to be possessing, demanding, and complex.
narrative poetry
drama
novel
short story
The following are all basic types of writing except –
expository
expressive
creative
documentary
It is a poem that demonstrates grief and melancholy to the dead.
elegy
ode
corrido
psalm
Short poems that are tainted with love, hope, joy, grief, sadness, or sorrow as common themes
corridos
psalms
songs
folksongs
A stanza with five lines is called
cinquain
quatrain
septet
tercet
A poem that provides an amusing and a happy ending.
farce
melodrama
tragedy
comedy
It employs contradictory statements or situations to show reality dissimilar from truth.
paradox
irony
metonymy
synecdoche
________________ is the central idea or concept of the storyline
denouement
theme
falling action
conflict
Exposes a topic analytically and objectively, like a news report.
Expository writing
Expressive writing
Creative writing
Persuasive writing
“The Witch” by -
Layeta P. Bucoy
Edilberto K. Tiempo
Jessica Hagerdorn
Miguel Syjuco
This brings the readers as where the story happens which is illustrated through scenery, landscape, building, weather, or even season.
plot
climax
setting
character
Plays, short stories, plays, and novels are under
Expository writing
Expressive writing
Creative writing
Persuasive writing
An element of a story that leads the central conflict by building a series of events in the character’s life.
theme
mood
plot
protagonist
Refers to a segment/part of something that is replaced to represent in for a whole or vice versa.
symbolism
allegory
paradox
synecdoche
Neither a plot nor a full narrative description, but a carefully crafted verbal sketch that might be part of some larger work, or a complete description in itself.
short story
sonnet
poem
vignette
Uses contradictory statements but in a closer examination turns out to make sense
irony
allegory
symbolism
paradox
The pattern in which end rhyme occurs
onomatopoeia
alliteration
assonance
rhyme scheme
The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way. This is an example of -
alliteration
assonance
rhyme scheme
onomatopoeia
Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastness will see you to the very top. What literary device is used in the given sentence?
simile
metaphor
allegory
personification
Give the rhyme scheme of the given lines.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
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bcbcaa
ababaa
ababcc
What is imagery?
the use of language appealing to one or more of the five senses
It's nothing, you just made it up
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
a literary practice wherein the writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it in order to increase its worth and understandability
This refers to the use of the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.
symbolism
allegory
connotation
denotation
When we use the name “Washington D.C” we are talking about the U.S’ political hot seat by referring to the political capital of the United States because all the significant political institutions such as the White House, Supreme Court, the U.S. Capitol and many more are located her. The phrase “Washington D.C.” is ________________ for the government of the U.S. in this case.
metonymy
synecdoche
irony
paradox
“A long song” is an example of
metaphor
onomatopoeia
alliteration
assonance
"They ate food." Is this an example of imagery?
yes
no
neither way
both a and b
Sheanne tried hard to convince herself that her Hollywood dreams were worth the struggle but her parents, and her inner voice of reason, failed to agree.
theme
conflict
climax
denouement
“We were the first that ever burst”, a line taken from the poem Ancient Mariner, is considered to be an example of
eye rhyme
internal rhyme
external rhyme
end rhyme
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house. What type of imagery is present in this given line?
olfactory
auditory
visual
tactile
It is a literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.
irony
hyperbole
paradox
personification
The manner in which a story is narrated or depicted and who it is that tells the story is called
point of view
conflict
falling action
theme
Prose takes its form in a metered style and uses rhyme than natural speech.
CREATIVE
WRITING
“The Witch” is a short story which is considered to be shorter than a novel.
CREATIVE
WRITING
A character in a short story can either be a person or an animal taking the action of the story.
CREATIVE
WRITING
Absurd play combines dialogues, songs, and dance numbers and accredited to Broadway for blending vaudeville, revue, melodrama, as well as operetta in its presentation.
CREATIVE
WRITING
Conflict is called the central idea or concept of the storyline.
CREATIVE
WRITING
There is usually a pattern, unintended or intentional, that threads the plot together
CREATIVE
WRITING
“I'm not feeling bad” is an example of litotes.
CREATIVE
WRITING
In literature, the word ‘setting’ is used to identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story.
CREATIVE
WRITING
The rhyme scheme is the practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in a prose or poetry.
CREATIVE
WRITING
Films can be taken from the written word of a large work such as novels and autobiography.
CREATIVE
WRITING
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