A copy of your quiz results will be sent to the email address you provide. You may want to email it to your teacher/parent, for example. Please enter your email: 1. What are the three main plot types we discussed? Man Against Nature, Man Against God, and Man Against Self Boy Meets Girl, Man Against Nature, and Heroic Quest Boy Meets Girl, The Man Who Learned Better, and Hidden Identity Boy Meets Girl, The Man Who Learned Better, and Heroic Quest Boy Disguised as Girl, The Man Who Learned Better, and The Brave Little Taylor Man Against Nature, The Man Who Learned Better, Man Against God 2. Third-person point of view is rare in fiction. True False 3. Why do I ask you to make your hero roughly your own age? Because readers prefer novels where the main character is written by an author who is the same age. Because it is easier to write believably about someone who is nearly the same age as you. Because this is a curriculum for writers in high school so it should be about the teenage experience. Because there is a bigger market for books about a young hero. 4. Why do I ask you to write in first-person point of view? A. First person forces the writer to imagine the story more vividly. B. In professional circles, writers have to prove they can write in first person before they are allowed to write in third person. C. It helps the writer avoid point of view shifts. D. Books written in the first person are more marketable. E. First person helps writers identify with their main characters. F. Answers A, C, and E. G. Answers A, C, and D. 5. What are the two parts of a synopsis? A character and a story goal. A situation and a question A situation and a story goal A context and a mystery 6. The first part of a synopsis consists of context, a hero, and a story goal. True False 7. The second part of a synopsis consists of a villain, a/an ___________, and a theme. (The blank stands in for single-word answers and two-word answers.) story goal ally price paid mystery 8. What does context mean? The time period in which the characters live The geographical location in which the story events take place The way things are The position the main character holds in society 9. The basic plot of every possible story has already been written in some form. True False 10. What did we discuss about writing fantasy or science fiction? A. You are not allowed to write fantasy or science fiction using this curriculum. This is one of the creative boundaries. B. You shouldn’t try to write fantasy or science fiction using this curriculum unless you have read at least twelve books in the genre. C. The adventure story structure this curriculum teaches has nothing to do with the structure of a fantasy or science fiction book. D. Science fiction and fantasy have specific rules and expectations not covered by the instruction in this curriculum. E. Writing a traditional story that is set in a historic time period, with physical laws that match those of the real world, will enable you to write a much better fantasy or science fiction novel later. F. Answers A, C, and D. G. Answers B, D, and E. H. Answers A, D, and E. 11. Please enter your first and last name. (This field has no point value; we ask for your name so we can forward your results to you if your email copy does not reach you.) Loading … Share this:FacebookX
