CREATIVE WRITING

SUMMATIVE TEST
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Directions: ENCIRCLE the letter of the BEST answer. No erasures allowed.

1. A Character can be best described as:

a. A real person who acts in a play c. Any person, animal, creature, or thing in a story
b. The person who narrates the story d. The people in the story
2. A Character who changes during the course of a story or novel. The change in outlook or character is permanent.
a. Antagonist c. Flat character
b. Dynamic character d. Protagonist
3. A character that is used to enhance another character through contrast.
a. Protagonist c. Antagonist
b. Minor Character d. Major Character
4. Type of character through repeated use of traits leaves no room for imagination in the reader.
a. Flat c. Dynamic
b. Stereotype d. Round
5. To Make French Toast: First, take out a skillet to cook and turn the stove on low. Second, you will melt the butter in
the pan and stir it with a spatula. Third, beat the eggs. Fourth, lay the bread, white or wheat, on both sides in the
eggs. Fifth, sit the bread on top of butter for 30 seconds and then turn over. Now you have a slice of French toast,
repeat.
a. First Person POV c. Third Peron POV
b. Second Person POV d. Omniscient POV
6. Jessie had felt sad all day. Jessie thought and thought about his situation and he thought to himself, I need to get
myself together. Maria came in the door and asked what was wrong. He told her. Maria frowned. She felt as if she
were being abandoned by everyone.
a. First Person POV c. Third Peron POV
b. Second Person POV d. None of the above
7. We are not as close as we once were, at least not since the thing happened. We were sitting in science class when I
decided to look at her notebook. I noticed that she wasn’t taking notes.
a. First Person POV c. Third Peron POV
b. Second Person POV d. None of the above
8. How to Properly Clean Your Disc: First, buy a CD buffer from CD R King. If you want to clean your CD for free instead,
get a Q-tip or soft cloth. Use alcohol or window cleaner and wipe up and down applying light pressure as needed.
a. First Person POV c. Third Peron POV
b. Second Person POV d. None of the above
9. “You should just go somewhere. You ruined our relationship, and I don’t want to talk to you anymore,” Bertha said
to Mitchell as he begged her for forgiveness, “But, Bertha, you are the best girl in the world. You make my dreams
come true.” Bertha ignored his pleas.
a. First Person POV c. Third Peron POV
b. Second Person POV d. None of the above
10. Emma thought and she thought: How can I make people notice me? Then, Emma’s two twin nieces ran in the
kitchen and asked Emma to make a batch of cookies for their class. She did, and the next day at the bake sale, lots of
children and parents were buying her cookies.
A. First Person POV c. Third Peron POV
B. Second Person POV d. None of the above
11. The part of the story that reveals the solution and takes care of the conflict.
a. Climax c. Falling action
b. Inciting incident d. Denouement
12. The story’s time and place.
a. Climax c. Theme
b. Setting d. Denouement
13. Which part of the story creates tension and suspense?
a. Rising action c. Climax
b. Falling action d. Denouement
14. A struggle between two or more opposing forces.
a. Climax c. Conflict
c. Characters d. Chapter
15. Who is telling the story is known as what type of Element:
a. Setting c. Characterization
c. Point of View d. Narrator
16. How the author describes the characters is known as:
a. Characterization c. Genre
b. Exposition d. Setting
17. This character provides the conflict in a story.
a. Round c. Dynamic
b. Protagonist d. Antagonist
18. After years of saving money, John bought his dream home. It was a two-story beach house in a secluded area. John
thought it was absolutely perfect, until he noticed the termites. First there were just a few, nibbling away at the back
deck, but soon there were thousands. This is the story of how John went to war with the termites, a war that he
eventually won, but one that cost him his dream home.
a. Character vs. Self c. Character vs. Nature
b. Character vs. Character d. Character vs. Society
19. Mr. Malone Cott is having a rough year. After a serious car accident, Malone was left in a wheel chair. Now he has
sunk into a deep depression. He is no longer interested in hanging out with his friends and he feels like a burden
everywhere he goes. His friends and family are planning an intervention to show Malone how much he means to them,
but it's going to take a lot to get through to him. Will Malone Cott realize that life is a gift and that he can still make a
difference?
a. Character vs. Self c. Character vs. Nature
b. Character vs. Character d. Character vs. Society
20. Vee Rus is a computer hacker with the latest and most powerful encryption software installed on his system.
Unfortunately, he has managed to lose the only copy of his 46-character password. Now Vee must summon all of his
expertise and perhaps get a bit lucky to break into his own system. Will Vee ever regain access?
a. Character vs. Nature c. Character vs. Society
b. Character vs. Character d. Character vs. Technology
21. A teacher is pressured by a student's parents to change their child's grade because they donated money to the
school.
a. Character vs. Character c. Character vs. Society
b. Character vs. Self d. Character vs. Nature
21. Unhappy with her appearance, a young girl struggles with an eating disorder.
a. Character vs. Character c. Character vs. Society
b. Character vs. Self d. Character vs. Nature
22. An ambulance comes to a woman’s house to take her to the hospital, hopefully to save her life. On the way to the
hospital, the ambulance is hit by a semitruck, and everyone on board the ambulance is killed.
a. Situational Irony c. Verbal Irony
d. Unlucky Woman d. Dramatic Irony
23. You work all afternoon cooking a fancy dinner for your boyfriend. When he takes his first bite, he spits it out into his
hanky without you seeing and says to you, “Oh, sweetie, this is wonderful”.
a. Situational Irony c. Verbal Irony
b. Dramatic d. Her boyfriend loves her so much
24. A movie you are watching shows a man jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in down
the path where the woman is jogging.
a. Situational Irony c. Verbal Irony
b. Dramatic d. An interesting movie scene
25. Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is:
a. Situational Irony c. Verbal Irony
b. Dramatic d. I don’t know the answer

ENUMERATION
1-3 Three aspects of Character
4-7 Four ways of Characterization
8-12 Elements of Plot (in order)
13-16 Types of External Conflict
17-24 Types of Characters

Rhetorical approach to Writing

Nature of Wr

Bonus: Describe your feelings for this subject and your subject teacher by drawing an emoticon/s.
Good Luck!

-Ma’am Meds-