Creative Writing Techniques

What technique uses direct comparison?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Synecdoche

What technique uses an indirect comparison?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Synecdoche

Which technique assigns human characteristics?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Pun

• Personification

Which technique includes two terms that are contradictory?

• Anacoluthon

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Antithesis

What is the poetry term that means you read to the punctuation rather than line by line

• Caesura

• Stanza

• Enjambment

• Couplet

What is another name for an extended metaphor?

• Allegory

• Theme

• Allusion

• Idiom

Which of the following would you NOT expect to see in creative writing? Tick as many as apply.

• Facts and stats

• Imagery

• Imperatives

• Irony

What is the opposite of a euphemism?

• Satire

• Neologism

• Sibilance

• Dysphemism

Which technique is this an example of "yeah, nah"

• Slang

• Idiom

• Colloquial language

• Irony

Is the word "digging" a noun, verb, adjective or adverb?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb