In A Flash
You Know It, Poet
Watch Your Language
Character Reference
Don’t Sweat The Technique
100
This is the word range for a work of flash fiction.
What is 750 to 1500
100
This is what it means to say poets “break dance in a phone booth.”
What is to pack meaning into a small space.
100
___ is what concrete nouns do but ___ is what concrete verbs do.
What is make images appear and make images move.
100
This is the difference between a secondary and tertiary character.
What is 2nd has contrasting traits and 3rd doesn't.
100
This is the definition of metafiction.
What is breaking the fourth wall of the story.
200
These words define the acronym LOCK.
What is lead, objective, conflict, and knockout.
200
This is what it means to say poets create “splinters for the mind.”
What is to use language and imagery in unusual and meaningful ways that must be worked at to be understood.
200
This is the definition of connotative language.
What is language that is loaded with +/- associations.
200
These are three things a primary character must have.
What is an objective [driving desire], contrasting traits, and a capacity to change.
200
This is the purpose of a writing exercise.
What is to generate a rough draft or raw material.
300
This is how a good lead hooks a reader’s attention.
What is by introducing a main character's contrasting traits or by generating a question that is answered later.
300
These are two main types of poems we studied this quarter.
What is narrative and lyric.
300
This is the difference between literal and figurative language.
What is language that describes what something is versus what something is like...
300
This is the definition and an example of an objective or driving desire.
What is a basic human need like the need for love.
300
This is an excellent prewriting technique for poets.
What is assembling a word list.
400
This is the relationship between the objective and the conflict.
What is conflict blocks the main character's path toward the objective.
400
These are the two Rs we avoided using in our poetry this quarter.
What is rhyme and rhythm.
400
This is how to make a reader add connotative meaning to a word.
What is use a surprising pairing.
400
This an example of contrasting traits.
What is shy and fierce.
400
These are two methods of metafiction we used this quarter.
What is push out and pull in metafiction.
500
These are two things a good knockout ending must be.
What is unexpected and consistent.
500
These are two reasons a poet would choose figurative language.
What is because they must or because they want to make an image memorable.
500
This is the language we use for everyday efficient conversation.
What is abstract and denotative.
500
This is why writers create a capacity to change in the main character.
What is to make them seem human and to lead to the knockout.
500
These are three methods we used to generate flash fiction this quarter.
What is made an "I believe" list, did a guided exercise, and looked at a photograph.
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