Creative Writing: Figurative Language

Creative Writing: Figurative Language

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will be thinking about how we can ensure a reader enjoys our writing. We will be thinking about how we can make the sentences we write even better through sentence structure and figurative writing. We will then complete the activity this unit has been building towards: writing our own short stories.

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5 Questions

Q1.
According to Vladimir Propp, how many character types can usually be found in stories?
6
7
Correct answer: 8
9
Q2.
According to Propp, which character is the one who gives the hero something to help them with their journey?
The Dispatcher
Correct answer: The Donor
The Father
The Helper
Q3.
According to Propp, which character is the one who people believe to be good but turns out to be a betrayer?
The Dispatcher
The Donor
Correct answer: The False Hero
The Villain
Q4.
According to Propp, which character is the focus of the hero and villain?
The Donor
The Father
The Helper
Correct answer: The Princess
Q5.
What does the term 'biography' mean?
Correct answer: A detailed description of someone's life that is not written by that person
A detailed description of someone's life written by that person
A detailed description written by you of your own life

10 Questions

Q1.
What is a simile?
A comparison between two different things, usually made by stating something is something else.
Giving human feelings and actions to an object or an idea.
Correct answer: Where one uses ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two different things and show a common quality between them.
Q2.
What is personification?
A comparison between two different things, usually made by stating something is something else.
Correct answer: Giving human feelings and actions to an object or an idea.
Where one uses ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two different things and show a common quality between them.
Q3.
What is a metaphor?
Correct answer: A comparison between two different things, usually made by stating something is something else.
Giving human feelings and actions to an object or an idea.
Where one uses ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two different things and show a common quality between them.
Q4.
What is the third stage in Freytag's narrative structure pyramid?
Correct answer: Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Rising Action
Q5.
According to Vladimir Propp, what is the function of 'The Donor'?
The Donor acts as a side kick for the main character.
Correct answer: The Donor gives the main character something which will help them on their quest.
The Donor pretends to be heroic and takes credit for the hero's actions.
The Donor sends the main character off on their quest.
Q6.
What does the term 'biography' mean?
Correct answer: A detailed description of someone's life that is not written by that person.
A detailed description of someone's life written by that person.
A detailed description written by you of your own life.
Q7.
What is the purpose of a 'puzzling hook'?
To address the reader directly and get them involved in the story.
To help the reader visualise what is being described in the story.
Correct answer: To make the reader ask questions about the story.
To set the mood and atmosphere of the story.
Q8.
Before stories were written down, they were told orally. What does 'orally' mean?
Told through actions.
Told through dance.
Told through pictures.
Correct answer: Told through speech.
Q9.
What is a subplot?
Correct answer: An additional storyline that runs alongside the main plot.
Plot points that appear at the end of the main plot.
Plot points that are important but uninteresting.
Plot points that are not very important.
Q10.
What three things are needed in order to create a story?
Characters, setting, themes
Plot, characters, themes
Correct answer: Setting, characters, plot
Themes, setting, plot

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