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A quiz to test your knowledge of the elements of fiction writing.
Welcome to Craft of Writing Trivia!

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

You're given multiple attempts at Craft of Writing Trivia.

Please, have fun!

1. Writing Fiction:
 Which of the following can be left out of a story?
       explanations        
       how characters get from one place to another        
       what characters do between scenes        
       all of the above        
2. Endings:
 The final resolution of a plot or story is called _____.
       denouement        
       time span        
       hook        
       None of the above.        
3. Dialogue:
 The kind of dialogue where characters speak mainly to themselves is called _____.
       free speech        
       stream of consciousness        
       monologue        
       none of the above        
4. An Element of Fiction:
 The location where a story takes place is called the story’s _____.
       plot        
       theme        
       setting        
       description        
5. An Element of Fiction:
 Action that changes the story’s ending and consequences of the story is _____.
       plot        
       theme        
       conflict        
       climax        
6. 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.        
7. Writing Fiction:
 The _____ of a story can be defined as a strong feeling created by images, characterization, and dialogue.
       tone        
       plot        
       theme        
       mood        
8. Mood:
 The mood of a story draws an emotional response from readers.
       True        
       False        
9. Story Moral:
 The underlying message of a short story or a novel is called a ______.
       point of view        
       focus        
       theme        
       plot        
10. Conflict:
 Conflict in stories can be of four different kinds: man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. nature, and man vs. himself.
       True        
       False        
11. Mood:
 The mood of a story can be set through the use of description, dialogue, and action.
       True        
       False        
12. Conflict:
 A story’s conflict can be portrayed through dialogue, action, and/or mood.
       True        
       False        
13. Dialogue:
 In a story, dialogue can help set the mood, provide humor and conflict, build character, and _____.
       be italicized        
       advance the plot        
       be stiff and uninteresting        
       none of the above        
14. Middles:
 The middle of a story should do which of the following?
       Continue character development.        
       Raise the level of tension or suspense.        
       Continue character development and raise the level of tension or suspense.        
       None of the above.        
15. 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        
16. Background Information:
 An _____ can occur when too much of the back story is presented in one instance in a story.
       info dump        
       exposition        
       denouement        
       twist        
17. Shifts:
 _____ solve the problem of moving characters from one scene to the next or from one time period to the next.
       Transitions        
       Actions        
       Plots        
       Settings        
18. Beginnings:
 Beginnings alert the reader of the time and place or setting of a story, and introduce the writer's voice.
       True        
       False        
19. Conflict:
 The catalyst that begins a story’s main conflict is considered a _____.
       plot        
       theme        
       resolution        
       complication        
20. Endings:
 The surprise ending of a story is called a _____.
       twist        
       hook        
       brief        
       theme        
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