Creative Writing Review

Forms of Poetry

100

This form of poetry consists of 14 lines, iambic pentameter, and comes in English or Italian styles.

Sonnet

200

This form of poetry consists of 39 lines with 6 words that repeat at the end of each line in a specific order.

Sestina

300

This form of poetry consists of 19 lines made up of 5 tercets and 1 quatrain. The first and third lines of the poem repeat in a specific order.

Villanelle

400

This form of poetry is written in syntactically and grammatically independent couplets. There is a repeating word or phrase at the end of the second line of each stanza, and the author's name is invoked at the end.

Ghazal

500

This form of poetry is written in four-line stanzas, with the 2nd and 4th lines becoming the 1st and 3rd of the stanza that follows.

Pantoum

Characters

100

This is the main character of a story.

Protagonist

200

This character directly opposes the main character. It doesn't mean they're the villain, though.

Antagonist

300

This type of character grows and changes throughout the story.

Dynamic

400

This type of character is one-dimensional, showing one side of themselves.

Flat

500

This character type is complex, showing many sides of themselves.

Round

The Hero's Journey

100

This stage shows the hero in their normal life.

The Ordinary World

200

This is the stage where our hero arrives back home.

The Return

300

This stage draws the hero into beginning their story.

Call to Adventure

400

This stage sees our hero reach their lowest point, only to regain the confidence they need to finish their journey.

Death & Rebirth

500

This is the stage where our hero enters the unknown world.

Crossing the Threshold

Nonfiction

100

When a story covers the entire life of an individual.

(Auto)Biography

200

When only an experience or a period of someone's life is covered in a novel.

Memoir

300

Real reporting using storytelling methods.

Literary Journalism

400

Observation, reflection, and insight into the world outside.

Nature Writing

500

This is what sets creative nonfiction apart from fiction.

It's based in truth

Vocabulary

100

Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as."

Simile

200

Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

Metaphor

300

Repetition of the same consonant sound.

Alliteration

400

Repetition of the same vowel sounds.

Assonance

500

The reader's feelings toward an author's work.

Mood