How Do You Write A Quiz In 6 Easy Steps?
So you want to write a quiz, but you aren’t sure how or where to begin? No problem! I’m going to show you a step-by-step formula that will make writing quizzes as easy as pie. Step 1: Choose your topic. Before you begin writing a quiz, you need to settle on a topic. What will be the subject of your quiz? You can write quizzes on just about anything. But you should never start until you know what your topic will be. Got your hot topic? Good, let’s move on to the next step. TIP: Choose a topic that is “hot” and you’ll generate lots of immediate interest. Step 2: Determine the purpose. Now that you know what you’re going to write a quiz about, it’s time to decide what the point of your quiz will be. What purpose will the quiz have? Is it to test the quizzer’s knowledge about a certain subject? Will you help the quizzer determine if they are ready for something in particular? Every quiz should have a purpose. If yours doesn’t, then maybe you should start back at the beginning and choose a
In Part 1 of this article, I showed you the first three steps to writing a great quiz. First, you chose the topic of your quiz. Next, you determined the reason for the quiz. Last, you decided what kind of quiz to write. Now comes the fun part…writing your quiz. Ready? Let’s get started! Here are the final steps to writing your quiz. Step 4: Write the questions. Keeping the purpose of your quiz in mind, you will now write questions for your quiz. This is often the part where writers freeze up and quit. Don’t stop now! Let’s say the topic of your quiz is house plants, and the purpose of the quiz is to determine whether or not your quizzer has a green thumb. Keeping this in mind, you might write questions like: 1. How often should you water an ivy? 2. Where is the best spot to place a potted plant? TIP: If you are writing a True or False quiz, remember to write questions that have an affirmative answer (yes or no). Step 5: Fill in the rest of the quiz. After you’ve written all the quest
