Flocabulary Creative Expression 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which literary device gives human qualities to non-human things, like 'the wind whispered through the trees'?
- Simile
- Personification (Correct answer)
- Alliteration
- Hyperbole
Correct answer: Personification
Personification assigns human traits or actions to non-human objects or concepts.
Question 2: A poet writes a verse where every line ends with a word that rhymes with the one before it. What is this pattern called?
- Free verse
- Couplet (Correct answer)
- Haiku
- Sonnet
Correct answer: Couplet
A couplet is a pair of successive lines in a poem that rhyme with each other.
Question 3: In creative writing, what does 'tone' refer to?
- The loudness of a character's voice
- The author's attitude toward the subject or audience (Correct answer)
- The number of syllables in a poem
- The setting of a story
Correct answer: The author's attitude toward the subject or audience
Tone reflects the writer's emotional attitude, such as humorous, serious, or sarcastic.
Question 4: Which of the following is an example of an idiom?
- The stars danced in the night sky
- It's raining cats and dogs (Correct answer)
- She ran as fast as a cheetah
- The wind howled all night
Correct answer: It's raining cats and dogs
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal meaning of its words.
Question 5: A student writes a story without any rhyme scheme or fixed meter. This style is called:
- Lyric poetry
- Prose poetry
- Free verse (Correct answer)
- Epic poetry
Correct answer: Free verse
Free verse is poetry that does not follow a consistent rhyme scheme or metrical pattern.
Question 6: What is the term for repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words, as in 'Peter Piper picked a peck'?
- Assonance
- Onomatopoeia
- Alliteration (Correct answer)
- Rhyme
Correct answer: Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in nearby words.
Question 7: When a story's narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters, the point of view is called:
- First person
- Second person
- Third person limited
- Third person omniscient (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Third person omniscient
Third person omniscient narrators have access to the inner world of every character in the story.
Flocabulary Creative Expression 2
Which literary device gives human qualities to non-human things, like 'the wind whispered through the trees'?