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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What place can writers use as inspiration for their characters?
2. What is one of the problems with writing based on an issue?
3. How is the event described?
4. What is the first way a writer can engage the reader?
5. How does the author describe the act of creative writing in the Introduction?
Short Essay Questions
1. How and why should a writer vary the names used in their stories?
2. Is it possible to use less characterization in a story?
3. What techniques does the author describe in Chapter 3 about characters from unrelated ideas?
4. What is the intent of the author in "Characters and Viewpoint"?
5. How does character factor into a narrative and why is it often a complex process?
6. What is an event-focused narrative and how much characterization is necessary for it?
7. As explained in the Introduction, on what are the author's suggestions based?
8. What is milieu and which types of stories feature it as the main narrative?
9. How can writers find characters within themselves?
10. What techniques can a writer use to raise the emotional stakes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Comedy contains various elements that work together to provide humor in sometimes unexpected situations.
1) Explain how a comedy is normally based on a form of pain or suffering.
2) Describe the way comedic characters and events are derived from a sense of truth and why.
3) Analyze the different techniques used to interject humor into a story, the way they are used, and at least 3 examples of them.
4) Describe what controlled disbelief is, which characters are the most likely to use it, and why.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the role of truth in fiction by comparing the illusion of truth with the actual depiction of it. Include which one is present in fiction, how the writer adds it, and the way it affects the characters and events. Use the book to also provide examples that support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Define creative writing as an art form using examples of other mediums and how they differ from writing. Also, compare and contrast the storyteller and the writer, their responsibilities, and the ways they approach the story.
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