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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. Shifts:
 _____ solve the problem of moving characters from one scene to the next or from one time period to the next.
       Transitions        
       Actions        
       Plots        
       Settings        
2. Point of View:
 When the _____ Point of View is used, the story is told through the experiences of one character.
       Second Person        
       Third Person Limited Omniscient        
       First Person        
       Third Person Omniscient        
3. Story Moral:
 The underlying message of a short story or a novel is called a ______.
       point of view        
       focus        
       theme        
       plot        
4. Writing Fiction:
 _____ involves hinting of what will happen later in a story.
       Plot        
       Foreshadowing        
       Theme        
       Tone        
5. Conflict:
 Conflict in stories can be of four different kinds: man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. nature, and man vs. himself.
       True        
       False        
6. Writing Fiction:
 Too much of a character's background information presented at one time in a story can lead to an _____.
       mood        
       transition        
       flashback        
       info dump        
7. 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,        
8. Turning Point:
 This is the turning point in a story that occurs when characters try to resolve the complication.
       Ending        
       Complication        
       Climax        
       Exposition        
9. An Element of Fiction:
 A story's _____ can also be considered as a series of significant events in the story.
       theme        
       dialogue        
       plot        
       setting        
10. Shifts:
 The one rule about transitions is to make them as barely noticeable as possible in a story.
       True        
       False        
11. Voice:
 The following sentence is an example of _____ voice: A dog bit the mailman.
       intruding        
       passive        
       active        
       none of the above        
12. Writing Fiction:
 A story’s characters and setting(s) can be brought alive through _____ writing.
       time span        
       denouement        
       descriptive        
       none of the above        
13. Description:
 Long descriptions should be avoided.
       True        
       False        
14. Characters:
 The less important characters in a story are also called minor or _____ characters.
       major        
       meaningless        
       stock        
       two dimensional        
15. 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        
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. An Element of Fiction:
 Action that changes the story’s ending and consequences of the story is _____.
       plot        
       theme        
       conflict        
       climax        
19. Endings:
 The ending of a story should wrap up the story and provide closure.
       True        
       False        
20. 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        
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