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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. Why does King emphasize the importance of reading?
2. According to King, what is the most important tool for a writer?
3. How does King use theme in his novels?
4. According to King, what should dialogue represent?
5. What is King's most important injunction to writers?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you evaluate King's advice to aspiring writers in the chapters, What Writing Is, and Toolbox?
2. In the chapter, On Writing, King states that a writer should 'write what he knows'. What ideas justify this statement?
3. In the chapter, On Writing, King discusses symbolism and theme as elements best ignored in first drafts. What is the relationship between symbolism and theme in King's work?
4. Explain the significance of King's statement that a good writer can become an excellent writer, but a bad writer will always be a bad writer according to King in On Writing.
5. What are some of the most important aspects of grammar that an aspiring writer should observe according to King?
6. What is the second most important tool according to King?
7. What evidence can you find about King's feelings on Strunk and White's Elements of Style?
8. How would some of King's other beliefs about writing increase a reader's pleasure? Explain in your own words.
9. Explain King's beliefs on vocabulary.
10. What evidence can you find to support King's claim that plot is less necessary than many would have the writer believe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
King states that good writers can improve, but bad writers will never be good writers.How can good writers improve? Why won't bad writers improve? Cite reasons from the text to support your argument.
Essay Topic 2
What changes was King forced to make in his writing life after his accident? Did this affect the amount or quality of his work? How did it affect his feelings about his work? Explain your answer based on the book, On Writing.
Essay Topic 3
Do you think a writer can learn to 'see' and write about what he sees from images such as the one King presented of a rabbit in a cage on a table? How can writing exercises like this one lead to better writing? Explain your answer.
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