Bird by Bird Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bird by Bird Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where did Anne's father teach his class?

2. What does Anne's friend tell her that we and our characters have to work within?

3. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?

4. What is Anne's first suggestion about writing dialogue?

5. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, The Writing Frame of Mind, Section 1, Looking Around, what is writing about, and how do we see the writer?

2. What does a bad first draft provide a writer, according to Anne?

3. How do you know when you are done, according to Anne?

4. Another of Anne's stories stems from the movie Stripes. The line is "Hey, lighten up Francis." How is this story helpful to her students?

5. How does Anne suggest writers offer hope to readers?

6. Alice Adams suggests the ABDCE formula for writing a short story. How can formulas be a great way to get us started?

7. What does Anne suggest doing with the feeling of paranoia?

8. When Anne's students tell her they do not know where to start, she tells them to start with their childhood. How is this helpful?

9. When Anne was writing food reviews, how did allowing herself to write bad first drafts help her?

10. How did having a mother and father who read, and a father who was a writer, affect Anne's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is listening to our small inner voice, our intuition, helpful to a writer? Why have some of us lost access to our broccoli? What is a good metaphor to use for your own broccoli?

Essay Topic 2

Ethan Canin says you should never write out of vengeance, while Anne says you should always write out of vengeance. These are two opposing ideas by two acclaimed writers. Who do you agree with and why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast finding a writing partner to forming a reading group, and discuss the effectiveness of both.

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