Answer the following multiple choice questions to test your understanding of this chapter's content.
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Which of the following elements should narrative include? |
| | A) | Telling |
| | B) | Climax |
| | C) | Sensory details |
| | D) | Both B & C |
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Which of the following is a simile? |
| | A) | Love is the heart of any relationship |
| | B) | He's as good as gold |
| | C) | The tree is the old man of the forest |
| | D) | Laughter is the music of the soul |
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Which of the following is a metaphor? |
| | A) | The lion is the king of beasts |
| | B) | She was as strong as an ox |
| | C) | She was as swift as an eagle |
| | D) | She was as clever as a fox |
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Which of the following should your narrative have? |
| | A) | comma splices |
| | B) | lots of telling |
| | C) | sentence fragments |
| | D) | significance |
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Which of the following is an example of direct dialogue? |
| | A) | "Excuse me," shouted Mrs. Hill. |
| | B) | My brother told me to be quiet. |
| | C) | My mother looked at me, and then told me the whole story. |
| | D) | I thought, "What have I done?" |
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Which of the following has correctly punctuated direct dialogue? |
| | A) | "I understand" said the wise old man. |
| | B) | "I Understand," said the wise old man. |
| | C) | "I understand," said the wise old man. |
| | D) | I understand, said the wise old man. |
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Which of the following is not an important element of narrative? |
| | A) | setting |
| | B) | people |
| | C) | abstract details |
| | D) | dialogue |
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Which of the following is a word or phrase that helps move the narrative in time? |
| | A) | farther off |
| | B) | in the distance |
| | C) | suddenly |
| | D) | elsewhere |
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Does narrative need a topic sentence? |
| | A) | No, it needs concrete details |
| | B) | No, it needs dialogue and people |
| | C) | Yes, it needs a topic sentence to focus the action |
| | D) | No, it needs a climax |
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What is wrong with the following sentence: "I drove my mothers car out of the garage"? |
| | A) | There should be an apostrophe before the "s" in the word "mothers" |
| | B) | It is a sentence fragment |
| | C) | There should be a comma after the word "car" |
| | D) | The sentence is fine the way it is |
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