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CRWR 200 Quiz 1 Exam Questions And
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What sustains fiction is the idea of? - answer✔Suspension of disbelief; if there's some
semblance of truth, the reader is going to buy into it
Fiction - answer✔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
In fiction, as readers we care about... - answer✔the human side of the story; what
characters learn and how this affects them
1 Goal of fiction - answer✔make reader feel what the character is going through
Who said "a writer must always use the time of a stranger in such a way that he or she feels
it has not been wasted"? - answer✔Kurt Vonnegut
Narrative Paradigm - answer✔all meaningful communication can be defined as a form of
storytelling, and that humans are naturally storytellers and listeners of narratives
Who said "A whole has a beginning, middle, and an end" - answer✔Aristotle
Story structure pyramid - answer✔
protagonist - answer✔major character in a story
have something at stake, something they're struggling with, they often change or evolve in
some way, the action affects them
catalytic event (inciting incident) - answer✔Before this, everything is peaceful; something
happens that changes the normal course of the protagonist's life
Protagonist is forced to DO SOMETHING
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Conflict (rising action) - answer✔Conflict part 1: the protagonist's struggle towards a goal
Conflict part 2: an antagonistic force
Antagonist - answer✔adversary; not necessarily human, can be a situation
whatever happens in the climax leads to... - answer✔an outcome and a resolution, the
protagonist will have undergone change, he's learned something or if not, the reader will
feel a sense of discovery
what else does the climax lead to? - answer✔meaning to the story
Strong endings... - answer✔Revelations should occur more in the reader's mind rather than
on the page
Good endings should suggest thematic ideas without dictating them
What are the 6 elements of fiction? - answer✔Character, Setting, Time, Language, Theme,
Images/Symbolism
Character - answer✔what a character wants is what drives the action and moves the plot
forward
Elements of making a strong character - answer✔physical description, psychological
description, dialog, actions, details of the characters life, details that shape the character
(race, age, gender, etc),
what your character wants out of life
Setting - answer✔atmosphere that character operates in, helps define a story's dimensions
and grounds a story in place, what makes the place unique
setting tell us about the characters and what might happen in the story
Time - answer✔Through summary, and through scene
through summary - answer✔the reader is asked to picture things generally rather than
specifically
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11/15/2024 11:57 AM
CRWR 200 Quiz 1 Exam Questions And
Answers 100% Pass
What sustains fiction is the idea of? - answer✔Suspension of disbelief; if there's some
semblance of truth, the reader is going to buy into it
Fiction - answer✔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
In fiction, as readers we care about... - answer✔the human side of the story; what
characters learn and how this affects them
1 Goal of fiction - answer✔make reader feel what the character is going through
Who said "a writer must always use the time of a stranger in such a way that he or she feels
it has not been wasted"? - answer✔Kurt Vonnegut
Narrative Paradigm - answer✔all meaningful communication can be defined as a form of
storytelling, and that humans are naturally storytellers and listeners of narratives
Who said "A whole has a beginning, middle, and an end" - answer✔Aristotle
Story structure pyramid - answer✔
protagonist - answer✔major character in a story
have something at stake, something they're struggling with, they often change or evolve in
some way, the action affects them
catalytic event (inciting incident) - answer✔Before this, everything is peaceful; something
happens that changes the normal course of the protagonist's life
Protagonist is forced to DO SOMETHING
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Conflict (rising action) - answer✔Conflict part 1: the protagonist's struggle towards a goal
Conflict part 2: an antagonistic force
Antagonist - answer✔adversary; not necessarily human, can be a situation
whatever happens in the climax leads to... - answer✔an outcome and a resolution, the
protagonist will have undergone change, he's learned something or if not, the reader will
feel a sense of discovery
what else does the climax lead to? - answer✔meaning to the story
Strong endings... - answer✔Revelations should occur more in the reader's mind rather than
on the page
Good endings should suggest thematic ideas without dictating them
What are the 6 elements of fiction? - answer✔Character, Setting, Time, Language, Theme,
Images/Symbolism
Character - answer✔what a character wants is what drives the action and moves the plot
forward
Elements of making a strong character - answer✔physical description, psychological
description, dialog, actions, details of the characters life, details that shape the character
(race, age, gender, etc),
what your character wants out of life
Setting - answer✔atmosphere that character operates in, helps define a story's dimensions
and grounds a story in place, what makes the place unique
setting tell us about the characters and what might happen in the story
Time - answer✔Through summary, and through scene
through summary - answer✔the reader is asked to picture things generally rather than
specifically
Useful for:
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