Narrative Writing Quiz

  The huge man dropped his blankets and flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool. The small man stepped behind him.  "Lennie!" he said sharply.  "Lennie, for God" sakes don’t drink so much."  Lennie continued to snort into the pool.  The small man leaned over and shook him by the shoulder.  "Lennie you gonna be sick like you was last night."  Lennie dipped his whole head under, hat and all… "Tha’s good," he said. "You drink some, George." He smiled happily.

• First Person

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

The previous night, make your plans for the next day and write them down…  If you attend an exclusive Samurai’s party and feel timid, you cannot do your part in making it a successful party.  You had first better prepare by convincing yourself that you will have a grand time.  And you should feel grateful for the invitation.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

You need to use speech tags (“he said”) for each dialogue line.

• True

• False

When should you start a new paragraph when writing dialogue?

• Only when the characters stop talking.

• Every time you use a speech tag.

• Every time that the speaker changes.

As the campers settled into their tents, Zara hoped her eyes did not betray her fear, and Lisa silently wished for the night to quickly end.

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Marcus warily took one more glance at his mom, unable to read the look on her face, before heading to school.”

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

Which sentence is correctly formatted?

• "It's not like anybody's going to notice if you go away," he replied. "So you might as well gut it out."

• “It’s not like anybody’s going to notice if you go away” he replied. “So you might as well gut it out.”

• “It’s not like anybody’s going to notice if you go away” he replied. “So you might as well gut it out.”

My heart leaped into my throat as I turned and saw a frightening shadow."

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient