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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. Which tenses are the most commonly used?

2. How can changes in people be perceived by others?

3. What is "justification"?

4. What should the motives reveal when making a character more believable?

5. How does the author describe the world created in a first person narrative in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do "showing" and "telling" affect the story?

2. What can contribute to a powerful sense of attitude for a character?

3. What happens when a reader interprets a change in a character that was not intended?

4. What are the three levels in which a writer can penetrate the mind or experience of a viewpoint character?

5. What is the difference between first person narrative and third person narrative?

6. How can a random transformation be written if it seems to occur for no reason?

7. What is comedy usually the result of, and what is humor based on?

8. What is the difference between a presentation and a representation perspective?

9. What is "controlled disbelief"?

10. What is the difference between an omniscient narrator and a viewpoint narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are four basic factors that can be found in all narrative writing.

1) Describe milieu, how it works, and which stories feature it as the primary narrative.

2) Explain what the idea of a story is, which stories revolve around it, and how it changes the way the characters are developed.

3) Define character, the difficulties associated with a narrative based on character, and the techniques a writer can use to overcome them.

4) Explain what the event is, which types of stories are based on it, and the way fiction can use events to help make reality seem more logical.

Essay Topic 2

The narrator is a crucial part of fiction because he/she is responsible for telling the story. 1) Describe a first person narrative, its advantages and disadvantages, and the techniques a writer uses when writing in first person.

2) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of a third person narrative, including the differences between the omniscient and viewpoint narrator.

3) Explain the importance of the narration in fiction and how it can be written to engage the reader fully.

Essay Topic 3

Creating names for characters can give the reader clues about those characters' intentions and traits. Describe the selection process for names, what a writer should consider when naming their characters, how and why the names should vary, and what a name can represent. Also, explain the use of a list of characters and their traits along with how it can help writers maintain consistency in their work.

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