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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an example of a tone?
(a) Serious.
(b) In hiding.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Playful.

2. To sell his story, of what must a writer be aware?
(a) The market.
(b) How to talk to magazine editors.
(c) How to edit a book entirely on his own.
(d) Different literary agents and their priorities.

3. What is alliteration?
(a) Repetition of vowel sounds.
(b) Repetition of similar meaning words.
(c) Repetition of juxtaposing terms.
(d) Repetition of consonant sounds.

4. When is the only time that Knight says readers should not avoid writing in dialect?
(a) The character with dialect is a secondary character.
(b) The writer wants to write with dialect.
(c) The character with dialect is the main character.
(d) The writer has intimate knowledge of the speech pattern.

5. What type of view of a scene can the writer have to avoid over-describing a scene?
(a) An insignificant view.
(b) A broad view.
(c) A narrow view.
(d) A descriptive view.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must a character be given to create motivation?

2. According to Knight, what is the most important element that the ending offers a reader?

3. How does a writer try to evoke emotions from a reader?

4. Which is true about the lives of characters in a book?

5. What types of names should characters have?

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