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A quiz to test your knowledge of the elements of fiction writing.

Welcome to Craft of Writing Trivia!

This quiz features questions meant to test your knowledge of the elements of fiction writing and short story writing.

You're given multiple attempts at Craft of Writing Trivia.

Please, have fun!

1. Background Information:
 An _____ can occur when too much of the back story is presented in one instance in a story.
       info dump        
       exposition        
       denouement        
       twist        
2. Point of View:
 When _____ Point of View is used, the story is told only through the first person point of view character.
       Second Person        
       First Person        
       Third Person        
       Third Person Limited        
3. Beginnings:
 The beginning of a story should accomplish several tasks including which of the following?
       Hook readers.        
       Introduce the main character and the conflict.        
       Set the story's tone and mood.        
       All of the above.        
4. Writing Fiction:
 _____ in a story includes the words used to show what a person or thing is like, or how a person or thing looks.
       Point of view        
       Description        
       Conflict        
       Resolution        
5. Writing Fiction:
 The _____ of a story can be defined as a strong feeling created by images, characterization, and dialogue.
       tone        
       plot        
       theme        
       mood        
6. Writing Fiction:
 Fear vs. desire, greed vs. duty, love vs. loyalty, revenge vs. self-doubt are all examples of _____.
       plot        
       mood        
       conflict        
       transition        
7. Shifts:
 Any change of scene in a story requires a _____.
       transition        
       plot        
       theme        
       tone        
8. Mood:
 The mood of a story draws an emotional response from readers.
       True        
       False        
9. Description:
 Long descriptions should be avoided.
       True        
       False        
10. Voice:
 The following sentence is an example of _____ voice: The mailman was bitten by a dog.
       active        
       passive        
       intruding        
       none of the above        
11. Plot:
 A plot’s structure depends on the arrangement of a story’s exposition, climax, resolution, and _____.
       dialogue        
       paragraphs        
       denouement        
       complication        
12. Dialogue:
 Which of the following is true?
       Dialogue should be interesting.        
       Dialogue should be based on character.        
       Dialogue should be interesting and based on character.        
       None of the above,        
13. Story Moral:
 The underlying message of a short story or a novel is called a ______.
       point of view        
       focus        
       theme        
       plot        
14. Beginnings:
 Beginnings alert the reader of the time and place or setting of a story, and introduce the writer's voice.
       True        
       False        
15. Dialogue:
 The kind of dialogue where characters speak mainly to themselves is called _____.
       free speech        
       stream of consciousness        
       monologue        
       none of the above        
16. Point of View:
 A story written in the _____ Point of View is told in a way in which the narrator appears to be the reader.
       First Person        
       Second Person        
       Third Person        
       None of the above.        
17. Characters:
 The _____ is the main character in a story.
       antagonist        
       villain        
       protagonist        
       none of the above        
18. Conflict:
 A story’s conflict can be portrayed through dialogue, action, and/or mood.
       True        
       False        
19. Dialogue:
 In a story, dialogue can help set the mood, provide humor and conflict, build character, and _____.
       be italicized        
       advance the plot        
       be stiff and uninteresting        
       none of the above        
20. Writing Fiction:
 The advancement or development of a story at a particular rate or tempo is called _____.
       pacing        
       plot        
       description        
       foreshadowing        
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