People administer the figural test for a study that involves verbal creativity. I get upset about that. Drama and role playing involve both figural and verbal. People with verbal creative skills could express themselves colorfully and creatively and might be good at writing poetry. The best way that I can put it is they make you think.
Gifted people ask provocative, speculative, and hypothetical questions.
Rote memorization does not promote creative thought. Divergent thinking is vital to creativity whereas convergent involves critical thinking. It is one way to encourage creativity. Some of my students have played a large part in advocating questioning to promote creative thinking. Garnet Millar who has a chapter in On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge has advocated the skill of questioning in education.