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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 type of humor is injected into a comedy?

2. What should the motives reveal when making a character more believable?

3. Which type of narrative is most often used when writing from a Representation perspective?

4. What happens if a disproportionate amount of justification is presented in a story?

5. What are the three ways a writer should penetrate the mind or experience of the viewpoint narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the limitations and advantages of the first person narrative?

2. How does the topic of transformations lead the author to an important reason that fiction exists?

3. How can a writer explore a character's past?

4. What happens when a reader interprets a change in a character that was not intended?

5. What is the value of justification and how does a writer decide the amount to include in a story?

6. What are the advantages to using an omniscient or limited narration?

7. What is comedy usually the result of, and what is humor based on?

8. What are some of the different voices a person uses based on the situation?

9. What are the most common tenses used in narration and how does the author describe the risks involved with using different ones?

10. How can a presentation perspective and a representation perspective be successfully applied?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the reasons why a character must be believable and how a writer can create them in a way that makes them more believable. Use the book as a reference to provide examples of how major characters and minor characters are developed in fiction.

Essay Topic 2

Although the sources of inspiration are unlimited, analyze the following three places that a writer can find ideas for new characters.

1) Describe all of the people, places, and events in a person's life that can provide ideas for characters.

2) Explain how writers can find new characters within themselves and how those characters can be applied to fiction.

3) Describe the process for finding new characters in the story itself as well as the past experiences of existing characters.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the different techniques used to make a character more appealing and the ones used to generate a negative response. Also, explain how the events are affected by characters, the initial impressions, and how they are developed throughout a narrative. Be sure to include examples that display the overall purposes for a positive or negative character.

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