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Writing Techniques + Some other stuff
Writing Techniques + Some other stuff
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Review some rules, tips and techniques for creative writing
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Quick Question: True or False: A Collection of quarters from all fifty U.S. states is worth 50 U.S. Dollars
False
True
2
The Exposition of a short story includes all of the following except...
The Inciting Incident
The Rising Action
The Characters Background
The Setting
3
According to TedTalks, the speaker, DuFresne, suggests that when we write we have two ways to write, Summary and ...
Scene
Narration
Introductions
Paragraphs
4
The Rising Action contains secondary conflicts the main character must deal with.
False
True
5
Quick Question: True or False: The total number of windows in the classroom is greater than the total number of plants.
False
True
6
This German Novelist and Playwright created a five part model for analyzing story structure.
Gustav Freytag
Albert Schweitzer
Herman Hesse
Huerta Mueller
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When a writer uses an object that means something more than what it literally is, they are using...
Personification
Hyperbole
Symbolism
Imagery
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The action that occurs right after the climax is called the...
Final Count Down
Concluding Scene
Falling Action
Last Sequence
9
Any struggle between opposing forces can be considered the ____________ in a story.
Protagonists
Conflict
Plot
Climax
10
According to Freytag, all stories must have __________ to drive the plot.
Illustrators
Imagery
Convicts
Conflict
11
When you review and edit your story in order to improve it, you are doing a ...
Summarization
Spell Check
Revision
Renovation
12
Quick Question: True or False Sharks have existed longer than trees.
False
True
13
The bad guy in a story who tries to stop our main character is called "Dynamic."
True
False
14
Quick Question: True or False: Most Lip Sticks contain Fish Scales!
False
True
15
"Jeff walked up to Mark, took his sandwich off of his plate and took a bite." This is an example of ...
Extortion
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Grand Theft Auto
16
Quick Question: Out of the True and False Questions, how many answers were "False"?
1
2
All of them
None of them
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Another word for the main character who we wish to see succeed.
Antagonists
Point Man
Protagonists
Foil
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Quick Question: True or False: Pineapples were named after Pine-cones.
False
True
19
When the narrator is all-knowing and shows us the inner world of every character that appears, this is called writing in
A Library
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
20
When characters in a story interact and speak with one another the author is creating
Conflict
Monologue
Friction
Dialogue
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The ending of the story, after the conflict is resolved, and the character is either better or worse off is called the..
Falling Action
Finale
Resolution
Sequel
22
Another way of saying "write with imagery."
Don't Show, Don't Tell
Show and Tell
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Show, Don't Tell
23
When the main character fails to achieve what they want to, it is called...
Realistic Fiction
A series of Unfortunate Events
A comedy
A tragedy
24
According to DuFresne's TedTalk, When the writer has finished a story and it's very good, they should...
Call an illustrator
Try, Try again
Show it to grandma
Publish it
25
What is it called when the major conflict in a story is resolved
Falling Action
Climax
Inciting Incident
Plot
26
First person Narrators have a stake or investment in the plot and therefore their perspective is....
Reliable
Unrealistic
Unreliable
Hard to Understand
27
Quick Question: True or False: Flipping a shark upside down renders it immobile for up to 15 minutes
False
True
28
The Plot of the story is...
The main events, in a sequential presentation by the writer
The Ending of the Story
The Scene that tells you about a character
The Beginningof the Story
29
Conflict in a story means it must end in tragedy.
False
True
30
“The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.” This is an example of...
Indirect Characterization
Direct Characterization
Caricaturization
Obscure Characterization