This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Story Writing”.
1. Which of the following options is an important quality of story writing?
a) Story should be lengthy
b) Story should be abstract in nature
c) Story should have its main points arranged in proper order
d) Story should have a lead character in it
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Explanation: An important quality of story writing is that the main points of the story should be arranged in proper order so that it is easy to understand and does not create confusion for the reader. It is a basic rule that must be followed while writing a story.
2. What happens when a bad story-teller omits important points?
a) Those important points become irrelevant to the story and are no more important
b) It has no effect on the main plot of the story
c) The story becomes complicated
d) He tries to drag those points in later which seem out of place
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Explanation: A bad story-teller is someone who does not possess enough knowledge of grammar and narrates or writes a tale badly. In doing so, that person might omit some of the important points in the story and drags those points in afterwards out of place which makes the story confusing.
3. While story writing, if you dwell too long on minor details then it results into which of the following options?
a) You fail to emphasize and explain the leading points
b) You explain the story very well
c) You expand the length of the story
d) You make the story more interesting
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Explanation: While writing a story, if you dwell too long on minor details of the story which do not require much attention of the reader, then you fail to emphasize the leading points of the story which are important and require reader’s attention.
4. What is the most important thing that should be kept in mind before you begin to write a story?
a) Length
b) Plot
c) Dialogues
d) Characters
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Explanation: The most important thing that should be kept in mind before you begin to write a story is the plot or main theme of the story. Having a plot is like having a base for the story because no story can exist without a plot.
5. When is a dialogue introduced in a story?
a) When the writer wishes to
b) When there is a character in the story
c) When there is a conversation taking place in the story
d) When the story has to be made more interesting
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Explanation: A dialogue is generally introduced in a story when there is a conversation taking place in the story. Dialogue is written using quotation marks around the speaker’s exact words. It can advance the plot and reveal a character’s thoughts or feelings.
6. The surprising element can optionally be in which part of the story?
a) Introduction part
b) Conclusion part
c) Just after the introduction part
d) Plot of story
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Explanation: If the story contains a surprising element, then it should generally be in the conclusion part of the story. The whole story should be made to lead up to it naturally, and then it should come as a pinch of surprise. Hence the conclusion part of the story is important.
7. Which of the following statement is correct while writing a story?
a) Dialogues cannot be used in a story
b) Dialogues are necessary to be used in a story
c) All the points in the story need not be connected to each other
d) A proverb or a well-known quotation can be used as the title of the story
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Explanation: In the given question statement, the correct statement is that a proverb or a well-known quotation can be used as the title of the story. But that proverb or quotation should be relevant to the story or something that suits the story.
8. What should be the quality of dialogue or conversation introduced in a story?
a) Natural and interesting
b) Imaginative and boring
c) Natural and boring
d) Imaginative and abstract
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Explanation: The quality of dialogue introduced in a story should always be natural and interesting so that it matches the vibe of the story and does not look like a misfit to it. It should blend in the story naturally making it more interesting.
9. What must be used by the writer while filling in the details of action and gesture in a story?
a) Realism
b) Imagination
c) Analytical data
d) Facts and figures
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Explanation: While filling in the details and gesture in a story, the writer must use his imagination so that it connects one point with the next. For filling in small details a little bit of imagination is always required.
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