Creative Writing Terms Flashcards

8575425212	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	0
8575425213	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	1
8575425214	exposition	needed to understand the story; contains characters, setting, and basic situation	2
8575425215	alliteration	Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.	3
8575425216	metaphor	A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as	4
8575425217	personification	the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea	5
8575425218	poetic devices	poetic techniques used for effect; Alliteration, Personification, Simile, Assonance, Onomatopoeia, Color imagery, Sound	6
8575425219	hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	7
8575425220	plot	Sequence of events in a story	8
8575425221	theme	A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.	9
8575425222	setting	where the story takes place	10
8575425223	characters	People or animals in story	11
8575425224	prewriting	preparatory work for a piece of writing, as idea formulation, an outline, or research.	12
8575425225	drafting	2nd stage of the writing process- getting ideas down on paper in some order.	13
8575425226	revising	3rd stage of the writing process- refining/changing ideas or concepts in the text.	14
8575425227	publishing	5th stage of the writing process- making the text ready to share with an audience.	15
8575425228	editing	Proofreading the draft for misspelled words, grammar, mechanic errors.	16
8575425229	poetry	Poetry is considered to be a form of verse; every other written form is considered to be prose	17
8575425230	stanza	A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains	18
8575425231	drama	a story written to be performed by actors	19
8575425232	memoir	An account of the personal experiences of an author.	20
8575425233	antagonist	A character or force in conflict with the main character	21
8575425234	protagonist	Main character	22
8575425235	conflict	a struggle between opposing forces or points of view	23
8575425236	direct characterization	The author directly states a character's traits	24
8575425237	indirect characterization	A character's thoughts, actions, and words that reveal a character's traits	25
8575425238	dialog	a conversation between two or more people; words shared between people	26
8575425239	rising action	Events leading up to the climax a character struggles with a problem or problems; the suspense begins to build	27
8575425240	climax	Most exciting moment of the story; turning point	28
8575425241	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	29
8575425242	resolution	reveals the outcome; ties up loose ends	30
8575425243	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	31
8575425244	first person	I, me, we	32
8575425245	second person	You, your, yours	33
8575425246	third person omniscient	the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work	34
8575425247	third person limited	in third person limited the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character	35
8575425248	plagiarism	taking credit for someone's writing or ideas	36
8575425249	suspense	a feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story	37
8575425250	author	a writer	38
8575425251	narrator	the person telling the story	39
8575425252	constructive feedback	feedback intended to be helpful, corrective, and/or encouraging	40
8575425253	prose	Any writing that is not poetry	41
8575425254	simile	comparing two things using like or as	42
8575425255	rhyme scheme	the pattern of rhyme in a poem (ex. ABAB)	43
8575425256	script	a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out	44
8575425257	quatrain	A four line stanza	45
8575425258	foot	A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.	46
8575425259	quintrain	5 line stanza	47
8575425260	pentameter	Line consisting of 5 metrical feet. For instance, iambic pentameter equals 10 syllables (5 unstressed, 5 stressed).	48
8575425261	refrain	a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song	49
8575425262	assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	50
8575425263	lamb	An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one; u /	51
8575425264	iambic pentameter	A line of poetry that contains five iambic feet	52
8575425265	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	53
8575425266	consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds	54
8575425267	sestet	6 line stanza	55
8575425268	septet	7 line stanza	56
8575425269	octave	8 line stanza	57
8575425270	tercet	a three-line stanza	58
8575425271	trochee	a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable; / u	59