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WorksheetsCore Writing Fundamentals - Tall Tales Online
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which one of these is not a starting strategy that we discussed?
Cubing
Focused Free Writing
Reporter's Questions
Networking
Mapping
What is the critical faculty of the brain?
The voice inside the critiques color choices
The voice inside that judges your work
The voice inside that wonders about life
The voice inside that must be the mind
The voice inside that cheers you on
Which of these are possible solutions to writer's block?
Finding a quiet, comfortable place to write
Carving out time in your week to work on your writing
Going back in your work and making more promises
Thinking about how you can use story structure to push forward
All of these
How many sentences should a typical paragraph be?
Between 4 and 8
1 or more
About 10
Exactly 5
As many as you like
Which one of these is not an example of a mental arrival?
She wondered why she was fired.
The cat was hungry.
The ship touched down on Jupiter's moon.
The pirate dreamed of riches.
The forest blazed in summer.
How do you link most consecutive paragraphs?
With a hook
The arrival of the next paragraph is a version (or related to the previous paragraph's discovery).
With an attention grabber
By varying the rhythm of the last sentence of the previous paragraph and the first sentence of the new one
There need not be a any relationship between paragraphs.
What is a helpful model to keep in mind when following the rising tension in a story's obstacles?
A video game
A round of golf
An algorithm
A recipe
A swim
What is naming?
Experimenting with unconventional interpretations of words
Putting words to something that hasn't had words put to it before
Pushing the logical boundaries of word definitions
Playing with words that cut to the essence of something you're describing
All of these
If you want to be a writer, what should you have on your person at all times?
A phone charger
A parrot
A notebook
An identity card
A snack
Which of these is an example of collecting?
Eavesdropping on conversations
Gathering physical objects about something in a shoebox
Writing down notes about what you observe
Research and interviews
All of these
