General questions in fiction for answering and sharing

[smilemoon]

Hello every literary people and fans of literature around the world .

Here are different levels of multiple choice questions in fiction and I need your communication .

Between time and time , I’ll post some multiple choice questions .

Am sure you will not let me down ^_^ . your comments on the answers will be welcome . If you know the answer just tell us , and if you know it and you want to comment too , then that will be great .

OK!

Let’s start .




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The overuse of ____________ should be avoided in fiction writing because it can lead to weak , unrealistic , and ineffective .


a. nouns and verbs
b. chapters and paragraphs
c. adjectives and adverbs
d. beginnings and endings
e. All of the above



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[G L Wilson]

I overuse the words 'just' and 'quite' quite a lot like just now.

[smilemoon]

I think it's (d) which is beginning and endings . The story will be boring if it goes in this way.

What do u think ?


HI (G L Wilson) , then what do u think of the right choice !

[G L Wilson]

I think that it's (d) too, smilemoon.

[PeterL]

C, would be a better answer.

[TurquoiseSunset]

C, would be a better answer.

Yup, so do I.

[G L Wilson]

I am a man, beginnings and endings don't interest me much.

[cyberbob]

Obviously it's e.

OVERUSING ANYTHING will make it ineffectual and unrealistic.

[dfloyd]

(c). You need to post your questions as a poll so we can see how all readers respond.

[kelby_lake]

C. You can't "overuse" beginnings or endings- you only get one!

[kiki1982]

My first incling was also c). It can become mildly annoying if anything at all is written in a provocatively and annoyingly flowery way which is not at all usefull but rather burdensome. :ciappa:

[smilemoon]

Obviously it's e.

OVERUSING ANYTHING will make it ineffectual and unrealistic.




Yes , at first , I thought it would be (d) , but I gues any overuse of any kind of

diction would be boring.:nopity:


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2- _________ is a method by which an author enters into a contract with a publishing company , at the author’s expense , to have his or her manuscript printed in book form .


a. E- Publishing through the author’s own website
b. Professional journaling
c. Vanity- publishing
d. A query letter
e. Third party printing

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[G L Wilson]

The answer is (c).

[Kundan]

b. Professional journaling

[Fyodor]

This question doesn't make any damn sense. The overuse of blank should be avoided in fiction writing because it can lead to weak, unrealistic and ineffective WHAT? Those are adjectives which requirea noun.

Therefor I go for F - this is an erroneous question with very little relationship to reality.



Hello every literary people and fans of literature around the world .


[SIZE="2"][COLOR="SeaGreen"]The overuse of ____________ should be avoided in fiction writing because it can lead to weak , unrealistic , and ineffective .


a. nouns and verbs
b. chapters and paragraphs
c. adjectives and adverbs
d. beginnings and endings
e. All of the above



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[Ecurb]

e) is the correct answer, because of the wording of the question. The "overuse" of ANYTHING should be avoided, by definition.

[G L Wilson]

This question doesn't make any damn sense. The overuse of blank should be avoided in fiction writing because it can lead to weak, unrealistic and ineffective WHAT? Those are adjectives which requirea noun.

Therefor I go for F - this is an erroneous question with very little relationship to reality.

No-one else had any problem understanding smilemoon. This here forum is no place for English lessons. At any rate, we have moved onto question 2.


e) is the correct answer, because of the wording of the question. The "overuse" of ANYTHING should be avoided, by definition.

Please concentrate everyone or we will get ourselves terribly confused. Thank you.

I may have been wrong to answer (c) to question 2. What is professional journaling?

[Mariner]

(D) a query letter.

[G L Wilson]

(D) a query letter.

What is a query letter?

[Mariner]

What is a query letter?

I believe sending a manuscript to a publisher with a letter summarizing the piece and why it should be published. Sometimes there is a reading fee. I haven't sent out any writings yet so I'm not certain.

[cyberbob]

I don't think publishers charge reading fees, do they? I know some agents do but, in general, I think fees are bull****.

[smilemoon]

Hey friends:grouphug: when I made a serch I found that (vanity-publishing) is a company which charge a client to publish a book. so, I think answer (c) is the correct one.:crazy: :crazy:

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3- If a novel is poorly plotted , what is most likely wrong with it ?

a. The overall story is too long .
b. The story is too simple
c. The characters are not believable and are hard to like .
d. The events , story , and characters do not integrate well or are over-written , exaggerated , or unbelievable , and / or there are factual errors .
e. It is plodding and dull .
f. a , d, and d .

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[G L Wilson]

I say (e).

[Arrowni]

Obviously it's e.

OVERUSING ANYTHING will make it ineffectual and unrealistic.


Yeah, I was wondering if it was a trick question or something. Overusing things is by definition bad.