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CRWR 200 Quiz 1
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1. What sustains fiction is the idea of? Suspension of disbelief; if
there's some semblance of
truth, the reader is going to
buy into it
2. Fiction artists use lies to tell the
truth, fiction can reveal
truths that reality obscures
the examination of what
people do and why they do
it
3. In fiction, as readers we care about... the human side of the story;
what characters learn and
how this affects them
4. 1 Goal of fiction make reader feel what the
character is going through
5. Who said "a writer must always use the time Kurt Vonnegut
of a stranger in such a way that he or she feels
it has not been wasted"?
6. Narrative Paradigm all meaningful communica-
tion can be defined as a
form of storytelling, and
that humans are naturally
storytellers and listeners of
narratives
7. Who said "A whole has a beginning, middle, Aristotle
and an end"
8. Story structure pyramid
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9. protagonist major character in a story
have something at stake,
something they're strug-
gling with, they often
change or evolve in some
way, the action affects them
10. catalytic event (inciting incident) Before this, everything is
peaceful; something hap-
pens that changes the nor-
mal course of the protago-
nist's life
Protagonist is forced to DO
SOMETHING
11. Conflict (rising action) Conflict part 1: the protag-
onist's struggle towards a
goal
Conflict part 2: an antago-
nistic force
12. Antagonist adversary; not necessarily
human, can be a situation
13. whatever happens in the climax leads to... an outcome and a reso-
lution, the protagonist will
have undergone change,
he's learned something or
if not, the reader will feel a
sense of discovery
14. what else does the climax lead to? meaning to the story
15. Strong endings... Revelations should occur
more in the reader's mind
rather than on the page
Good endings should sug-
gest thematic ideas without
dictating them
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CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf
CRWR 200 Quiz 1
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_g1lcqx
1. What sustains fiction is the idea of? Suspension of disbelief; if
there's some semblance of
truth, the reader is going to
buy into it
2. Fiction artists use lies to tell the
truth, fiction can reveal
truths that reality obscures
the examination of what
people do and why they do
it
3. In fiction, as readers we care about... the human side of the story;
what characters learn and
how this affects them
4. 1 Goal of fiction make reader feel what the
character is going through
5. Who said "a writer must always use the time Kurt Vonnegut
of a stranger in such a way that he or she feels
it has not been wasted"?
6. Narrative Paradigm all meaningful communica-
tion can be defined as a
form of storytelling, and
that humans are naturally
storytellers and listeners of
narratives
7. Who said "A whole has a beginning, middle, Aristotle
and an end"
8. Story structure pyramid
1/8
CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf
, CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf 8/20/2026 CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf
CRWR 200 Quiz 1
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_g1lcqx
9. protagonist major character in a story
have something at stake,
something they're strug-
gling with, they often
change or evolve in some
way, the action affects them
10. catalytic event (inciting incident) Before this, everything is
peaceful; something hap-
pens that changes the nor-
mal course of the protago-
nist's life
Protagonist is forced to DO
SOMETHING
11. Conflict (rising action) Conflict part 1: the protag-
onist's struggle towards a
goal
Conflict part 2: an antago-
nistic force
12. Antagonist adversary; not necessarily
human, can be a situation
13. whatever happens in the climax leads to... an outcome and a reso-
lution, the protagonist will
have undergone change,
he's learned something or
if not, the reader will feel a
sense of discovery
14. what else does the climax lead to? meaning to the story
15. Strong endings... Revelations should occur
more in the reader's mind
rather than on the page
Good endings should sug-
gest thematic ideas without
dictating them
2/8
CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf CRWR 200 Quiz 1.pdf
