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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Midterm Examination

Name: ___________________________________________________________Date_______________
Section: __________________________________________________________Score______________

Direction: Read and analyze the statements given. Encircle the letter of the correct
answer.
1. It defines a non-fiction.
A. True
B. False
C. Fake
D. Humorous
2. It describes an autobiography.
A. The individual’s hobbies and career of an individual
B. The childhood experiences, family, and career of an individual.
C. The mistakes one has made in life.
D. The birth of an individual’s children.
3. It summaries the description of an autobiography.
A. A famous writer’s life told by another author.
B. A famous basketball player’s wife sharing memories of her late husband.
C. Michael Jackson’s mother describing his childhood.
D. Helen Keller writing about her difficulties of being blind all her life.
4. To support a main idea, writers often use _____________.
A. persuasion to prove their point.
B. facts and details to prove their point.
C. opinions and details to help prove their point.
D. summaries of details to help prove their point.
5. Nonfiction has two major functions, it is to “tell a story” or “to give an information”.
A. Narrative and informative
B. Expository an narrative
C. Narrative and realistic
D. Expository and persuasive
6. Which of the following selections do NOT tell a story?
A. Narrative
B. Descriptive
C. Persuasive
D. Fiction
7. Who is the narrator of an autobiography?
A. another author
B. unknown admirer
C. a relative
D. the author
8. A story written about another person’s life is what type of nonfiction?
A. Autobiography
B. Exposition
 C. Informational article
D. Biography
9. A diary is what type of non-fiction?
A. Autobiography
B. Exposition
C. Biography
D. Essay
10. It is a website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly.
A. Blog
B. Biography
C. Reportage
D. Testimonial
11. Which of the following is an example of a work classified as Creative Nonfiction?
A. Autobiography
B. Memoir
C. Personal Narratives
D. All of the foregoing
12. Which of the following is NOT true about biography?
A. A written history of a person’s life
B. An account or the story of a real person’s life that is written by another person
C. It is about the life of a person narrated by himself or herself
D. None of the above
13. It is any work drawn from the imagination of the writer.
A. Essay
B. Fiction
C. Novel
D. Short Story
14. Which is true about a short story and a novel?
A. These literary works are both classified as fictional works.
B. Both are imaginative prose works.
C. They differ from each other in length and complexity.
D. All of the preceding
15. It is the most popular form of literature which is classified as a prose composition.
A. Editorial
B. Essay
C. Fiction
D. Research report
16. In the line, The child is the Father of the Man, what figure of speech is employed?
A. Anaphora
B. Litotes
C. Paradox
D. Simile
17. Which group of words exemplifies onomatopoeia as a sound device?
A. hold, told, mold, gold
B. wicked and wan
C. hiss, buzz, whoosh, boom
D. die, sky fly pie
18. The line, glowing colors appear, appeals to the sense of
A. sight C. taste
B. smell D. touch
19. This element makes the essay literary.
A. theme and content
 B. form and structure
C. language and style
D. coherence and unity
20. This is also known as “character essay.”
A. Informal essay
B. Didactic essay
C. Critical essay
D. Biographical essay
21. It is called as a story within a story.
A. flashback
B. frame story
C. parallel structure
D. histories
22. A type of creative nonfiction in which factual reporting is facilitated through the
utilization of narrative techniques and stylistic strategies that are mainly observed in
fiction writing.
A. Autobiographical writing
B. Narrative of travel
C. Personal reflective essay
D. Literary journalism
23. Which of the following is an example of primary source?
A. face-to-face interviews
B. diaries
C. personal accounts
D. all of the foregoing
24. It is a longer piece of creative nonfiction that delves deeper into a writer’s personal
experiences.
A. Maxim
B. Memoir
C. Reportage
D. Testimonio
25. This refers to the time and place of a story.
A. Imagery
B. Setting
C. Plot
D. Point of View
26. It is a profile that showcases a person’s life
A. Cradle-to-current profile
B. Paragraph profile
C. Niche profile
D. None of these are correct
27. A creative nonfiction must be based on fact not ___________.
A. Fraudulent
B. Aboveboard
C. Legitimate
D. None of the above
28. “My teacher is a very kind lady. She understands the students and she never gets angry.”
A. 1st person point of view
B. third person limited point of view
C. omniscient point of view
D. objective point of view
29. This refers to stories from an author’s imagination usually with an emphasis on character
development.
A. Fiction
B. Traditional literature and Folktales
C. Poetry
D. None of the above
30. It is any work written in prose that is not real.
A. Fiction
B. Nonfiction
C. Drama
D. Poetry
31. What is true about the importance of a theme in a literary work?
A. A good author is one that does not pay attention to the theme.
B. It is okay not to have a theme when you write a narrative.
C. A good story must only have one minor theme for it to great.
D. It is the core message of the story.
32. The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a
satisfying end.
A. Narrative shape
B. Narrative style
C. Resolution
D. None of the above
33. A literary technique in which an abstract idea is given a form of characters, actions, or
events.
A. Alliteration
B. Allegory
C. Irony
D. Paradox
34. Which literary genre tells a story wherein the character’s skills and strength are
exaggerated in a hilarious way?
A. Fables
B. Legends
C. Fairy Tales
D. Tall tales
35. What is personification?
A. A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story.
B. The atmosphere or emotional condition created by the piece, within the setting.
C. The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living
qualities.
D. A recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature.
36. This is an association called up by a word that goes beyond its meaning.
A. Diction
B. Convention
C. Denotation
D. None of the above
37. Someone that tells his story from his/her point of view.
A. Foil character
B. Stereotypes
C. Narrator
D. None of the above
38. It is written in lines and stanzas instead of sentences and paragraphs.
A. Fiction
 B. Poetry
C. Nonfiction
D. Drama
39. ____________ are used to effectively unify a narrative and pertain to associations beyond
literal meaning.
A. Symbols
B. Journey
C. Subplot
D. None of the above
40. A/an _____________ is also known as the “first person narrator”
A. Limited Narrator
B. 1st person of point of view
C. Objective point of view
D. Omniscient point of view
41. The implied attitude towards the subject of the poem.
A. Symbolism
B. Tone
C. Diction
D. None of the above
42. This kind of improvement focuses on the elements and how they are used.
A. Style
B. Depth
C. Structure
D. None of the above
43. In ______________, the flow of the story must be smooth and must be connected by a
common theme.
A. Language
B. Organization
C. Diction
D. None of the above
44. The following clichés are used in describing people, except;
A. As old as the hills
B. As brave as a lion
C. A diamond in the rough
D. None of the above
45. What is true about creative devices?
A. It helps hold your reader’s interest
B. It makes your writing lively and entertaining.
C. Some examples of creative devices include Alliteration and Assonance
D. All of the above
46. This kind of conflict is with the physical involvement of another character.
A. Internal
B. Middle
C. External
D. None of the above
47. It is a short form of literary composition that often gives the personal opinion of an author.
A. Essay
B. Mini-critique
C. Context
D. None of the above
48. It is a longer piece of creative nonfiction that delves deep into a writer’s personal
experience and focuses on an important moment.
A. Autobiography
B. Personal essay
C. Memoir
D. Blog
49. Your creative nonfiction piece should not confuse people. This refers to what element?
A. Emotions
B. Tone
C. Form
D. None of the above
50. The purpose of a mini-critique is to highlight _____________.
A. The strengths of the piece
B. The weaknesses of the piece
C. The highlights of the piece
D. None of the above

Prepared by

MARK FRANCIS E. MUNAR

Subject Teacher

Noted by

DR. MARCELO P. ALUYEN

Master Teacher II
Teacher-in-Charge SHS