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Core Writing Fundamentals - Tall Tales Online

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of these is not a starting strategy that we discussed?

a)

Cubing

b)

Focused Free Writing

c)

Reporter's Questions

d)

Networking

e)

Mapping

2.

What is the critical faculty of the brain?

a)

The voice inside the critiques color choices

b)

The voice inside that judges your work

c)

The voice inside that wonders about life

d)

The voice inside that must be the mind

e)

The voice inside that cheers you on

3.

Which of these are possible solutions to writer's block?

a)

Finding a quiet, comfortable place to write

b)

Carving out time in your week to work on your writing

c)

Going back in your work and making more promises

d)

Thinking about how you can use story structure to push forward

e)

All of these

4.

How many sentences should a typical paragraph be?

a)

Between 4 and 8

b)

1 or more

c)

About 10

d)

Exactly 5

e)

As many as you like

5.

Which one of these is not an example of a mental arrival?

a)

She wondered why she was fired.

b)

The cat was hungry.

c)

The ship touched down on Jupiter's moon.

d)

The pirate dreamed of riches.

e)

The forest blazed in summer.

6.

How do you link most consecutive paragraphs?

a)

With a hook

b)

The arrival of the next paragraph is a version (or related to the previous paragraph's discovery).

c)

With an attention grabber

d)

By varying the rhythm of the last sentence of the previous paragraph and the first sentence of the new one

e)

There need not be a any relationship between paragraphs.

7.

What is a helpful model to keep in mind when following the rising tension in a story's obstacles?

a)

A video game

b)

A round of golf

c)

An algorithm

d)

A recipe

e)

A swim

8.

What is naming?

a)

Experimenting with unconventional interpretations of words

b)

Putting words to something that hasn't had words put to it before

c)

Pushing the logical boundaries of word definitions

d)

Playing with words that cut to the essence of something you're describing

e)

All of these

9.

If you want to be a writer, what should you have on your person at all times?

a)

A phone charger

b)

A parrot

c)

A notebook

d)

An identity card

e)

A snack

10.

Which of these is an example of collecting?

a)

Eavesdropping on conversations

b)

Gathering physical objects about something in a shoebox

c)

Writing down notes about what you observe

d)

Research and interviews

e)

All of these