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

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1. Conflict:
 A story’s conflict can be portrayed through dialogue, action, and/or mood.
       True        
       False        
2. Mood:
 The mood of a story draws an emotional response from readers.
       True        
       False        
3. 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        
4. Shifts:
 A _____ is simply a move or shift in the story.
       plot        
       theme        
       transition        
       monologue        
5. Writing Fiction:
 A story’s characters and setting(s) can be brought alive through _____ writing.
       time span        
       denouement        
       descriptive        
       none of the above        
6. Plot:
 A plot usually consists of these elements: exposition, complication, climax, and resolution.
       True        
       False        
7. Voice:
 The following sentence is an example of _____ voice: The mailman was bitten by a dog.
       active        
       passive        
       intruding        
       none of the above        
8. Voice:
 The following sentence is an example of _____ voice: A dog bit the mailman.
       intruding        
       passive        
       active        
       none of the above        
9. 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        
10. Characters:
 The _____ is the main character in a story.
       antagonist        
       villain        
       protagonist        
       none of the above        
11. Writing Fiction:
 The advancement or development of a story at a particular rate or tempo is called _____.
       pacing        
       plot        
       description        
       foreshadowing        
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. 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        
14. Writing Fiction:
 _____ involves hinting of what will happen later in a story.
       Plot        
       Foreshadowing        
       Theme        
       Tone        
15. An Element of Fiction:
 Action that changes the story’s ending and consequences of the story is _____.
       plot        
       theme        
       conflict        
       climax        
16. Plot:
 A plot’s structure depends on the arrangement of a story’s exposition, climax, resolution, and _____.
       dialogue        
       paragraphs        
       denouement        
       complication        
17. 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.        
18. Endings:
 An ending containing an "A-Ha" moment in which a character or a reader comes to a sudden realization that changes her/his attitude of awareness is known as an _____.
       plot        
       epiphany        
       theme        
       mood        
19. Beginnings:
 The beginning of a story usually contains a _____ that makes readers want to keep reading.
       resolution        
       time span        
       hook        
       denouement        
20. Writing Fiction:
 The _____ of a story can be defined as the attitude of the author towards the characters and their situations.
       theme        
       plot        
       tone        
       climax        
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