Creative writing purposes

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A resource to help learners understand the conventions of various creative writing purposes. Covers writing to imagine, explore, entertain and describe
Sarah Holmes
Quiz by Sarah Holmes, updated more than 1 year ago
Sarah Holmes
Created by Sarah Holmes over 8 years ago
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Resource summary

Question 1

Question
Which of the following is not a form of writing to imagine, explore or entertain?
Answer
  • Diaries & letters
  • Short stories
  • Travel writing
  • Magazine/newspaper articles
  • Encyclopedia entry
  • Poems

Question 2

Question
Annotate this short extract from Captain Scott's diary to show where the conventions of writing to explore have been used.
Answer
  • Causal connective
  • Temporal connective
  • Modal verb
  • Active verb
  • First person
  • Third person
  • Conditional sentence
  • Exclamatory sentence
  • Exploring thoughts
  • Exploring feelings

Question 3

Question
There are 9 modal verbs.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

Question
Look at the text opposite. What primary purpose has it been written for?
Answer
  • Explore
  • Imagine
  • Entertain

Question 5

Question
Choose the most powerful verb from each of the drop down menus to complete this piece of writing to imagine. There was no doubt about it! This monster, this natural phenomenon that had [blank_start]puzzled[blank_end] the learned world, and [blank_start]overthrown[blank_end] and [blank_start]misled[blank_end] the imagination of seamen of both hemispheres, was, it must be owned, a still more [blank_start]astonishing[blank_end] phenomenon, inasmuch as it was a simply human construction.
Answer
  • puzzled
  • confused
  • stumped
  • overthrown
  • overcome
  • overpowered
  • misled
  • deceived
  • fooled
  • astonishing
  • brilliant
  • surprising

Question 6

Question
Drag and drop the annotations to show how sentence length and punctuation are being used in this piece of writing to imagine to create particular effects. The extract is taken from Pat Barker's novel Noonday which is set in London during the Blitz. Here two of the characters are attending a fire caused by a bomb.
Answer
  • sub-clause provides emotional insight
  • sub-clause adds descriptive detail
  • Complex sentence reflects atmosphere
  • Complex sentence creates atmosphere
  • Simple sentence = positive action
  • Simple sentence = uncertainty
  • Short sentence = ominous
  • Short sentence = exciting
  • Rhetorical question = thought process
  • Rhetorical question = spoken aloud
  • Second question conveys confusion
  • Second question clarifies the first one
  • Complex sentence = return to normality?
  • Complex sentence = conveys uncertainty

Question 7

Question
Which of the following are forms of writing to entertain? Choose all that apply.
Answer
  • Travel writing
  • Biography
  • Parody
  • Discursive essay
  • Instruction manual
  • Diary

Question 8

Question
When creating a piece of writing to entertain it is O.K to use colloquial language, including slang terms and jargon.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

Question
Annotate this text to explain what makes it entertaining.
Answer
  • Mock aggression reflects topic of text.
  • Creates relationship
  • Personal pronouns = direct address
  • Informal language
  • Slang term = chatty tone
  • Subheading as rhetorical question
  • mock aggression in 3 RQs = funny
  • Informal lang & exclamation mark= funny
  • Informal, chatty tone
  • Colloquial language = assumes agreement
  • Simple colloquial language
  • Exclamatory sentence= amusing tone

Question 10

Question
Which of the following are conventions of writing to imagine, explore and entertain? Choose all that apply.
Answer
  • Modal verbs
  • Causal connectives
  • Figurative language
  • Powerful verbs
  • Colloquial language
  • Rhetorical questions
  • Imperatives
  • Sequential connectives
  • Formal tone

Question 11

Question
Complete this piece of writing to describe by choosing the most powerfully descriptive words and phrases from the drop-down menu. It is the opening of a story about one soldier's experience on the battlefields during the First World War. The [blank_start]muddy field[blank_end] was [blank_start]empty[blank_end] and the cold wind was [blank_start]blowing on my[blank_end] face. I was [blank_start]alone[blank_end] and [blank_start]felt tired[blank_end]. I hadn't slept [blank_start]for a long time[blank_end]. My legs ached and my [blank_start]worn-out[blank_end] boots were [blank_start]heavy because of the mud[blank_end]. I could still hear the [blank_start]deafening sounds of fighting[blank_end]. Smoke [blank_start]rose slowly[blank_end] from the [blank_start]places where the bombs had fallen[blank_end]. I saw the [blank_start]broken remains[blank_end] of tanks that had been [blank_start]hit[blank_end] by shells. All around [blank_start]lay dead people in their uniforms[blank_end]. The frozen faces [blank_start]looked at[blank_end] me as I [blank_start]walked[blank_end]. I searched for my friend among the dead. I continued [blank_start]looking for hours[blank_end]. It [blank_start]got dark and cold[blank_end]. I had to go because [blank_start]it would have been dangerous to stay[blank_end].
Answer
  • muddy field
  • quaggy battlefield
  • battleground
  • empty
  • deserted
  • devoid of life
  • blowing on my
  • gnawing at my
  • lashing my
  • alone
  • desolate
  • isolated
  • felt tired
  • exhausted
  • worn-out
  • for a long time
  • for ages
  • for what felt like years
  • worn-out
  • ragged
  • broken-down
  • heavy because of the mud
  • like lead weights due to the mire
  • dirty because of the filth
  • deafening sounds of fighting
  • haunting sounds of the battle
  • loud noises from the battle
  • rose slowly
  • curled gently
  • came from
  • places where the bombs had fallen
  • craters left by the exploding shells
  • shell-holes
  • broken remains
  • skeletal remains
  • burnt-out remains
  • hit
  • destroyed
  • obliterated
  • lay dead people in their uniforms
  • lay the empty husks of my fellow men
  • lay the dead of the battle
  • looked at
  • admonished
  • watched me
  • walked
  • trudged
  • stumbled
  • looking for hours
  • to forage among the dead for hours
  • searching for hours
  • got dark and cold
  • grew dark and raw
  • became dark and dank
  • it would have been dangerous to stay
  • nothing could survive here for long
  • to stay would mean certain death.

Question 12

Question
Which of the following techniques could you use when writing to describe? Choose all that apply
Answer
  • Sensory language
  • Metaphors
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Similes
  • Personification
  • Adjectives and adverbs
  • Technical or specialist vocabulary
  • Imperatives
  • Bullet point lists
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