NORTHWESTERNAGUSAN COLLEGES

Bay View Hill Nasipit Agusan del Norte

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LIT 316 Contemporary and Popular Literature Date:

I. Multiple choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Refers to the quality which appeals to our sense of beauty.

a.artistry b. permanence c. universality

2. Elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values which makes us better persons.
a.artistry b. permanence c. spiritual value

3. Timeless and timely, forever relevant.

a.universality b. permanence c. spiritual value

4. It should move us deeply and stir out creative imagination.

a.prose b. intellectual value c. suggestiveness

5. A great work of literature endures.

a.permanence b. artistry c. spiritual value

6. Stimulates thought enriches our mental life.

a.intellectual value b. permanence c. spiritual value

7. A story of a certain person’s life written by another who knows well.

a.short story b. autobiography c. biography

8. A long fictitious narrative with a complicated plot.

a.short story b. novel c. drama

9. A written account of a man’s life written by himself.

a.autobiography b. biography c. short story

10. A fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time, place and action.
a.short story b. novel c. drama

11. A short literary composition which is expository in nature.

a.drama b. essay c. prose drama

12. A prose from dealing with historical events.

a.historical prose b. satirical prose c. current publications

13. A prose form that ridicules the vices and follies of men.

a.historical prose b. satirical prose c. current publications

14. Books, magazines or newspapers that are commonly known, accepted or in general usage at the
time specified or, if unspecified, at the present time.
a.historical prose b. satirical prose c. current publications
 15. Prose that deals with the subject of science.
a.historical prose b. scientific prose c. satirical prose

16. A daily written record or account of the writer’s own experiences, thoughts, activities and
observations.
a.journal b. research c. diary

17. A written message which displays aspects of an author’s psychological make-up not immediately
apparent in his more public writings.
a.drawing b. letter c. diary

18. A magazine or periodical especially of a serious or learned nature.

a.journal b. letter c. diary

19. A drama in a prose form.

a.drama b. prose drama c. historical prose

20. Writing in a praise of a dead person, event or thing.

a.anecdote b. speech c. eulogy

II. Matching type. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided beside the number.

_______1. Is a dynamic character who recognize

changes in the circumstances

a. Setting
_______2. Hero/heroine
b. Internal conflict
_______3. The place or time in which the action of a short

story and etc. takes place c. Plot

_______4. Occurs when the protagonist struggles within d. Deuterogamist

himself/herself e. Protagonist
_______5. A foil to the protagonist
f. Round character
_______6. A casually related sequence of events
g. External conflict
_______7. Pits the protagonist against someone else

_______8. Also known as the stock or the stereotype character h. Antagonist

who does not grow and develop i. Interpersonal conflict

_______9. Happens when the protagonist is in conflict with the j. Flat character
values of his/her society

_______10. Second in importance

III. Identification. Write the correct answer beside the number.

_____________________1. Part where the problem or the conflict is the highest peak of interest

_____________________2. The untying of the untangled knots, or the part that shows a conflict or
problem is solved, leading to its downward movement or end.

_____________________3. Introduces the time, place, setting, and the main characters.
_____________________4. Contains the last statements about the story.

_____________________5. Unfolds the problems and struggles that would be encountered by the main
characters leading to the crisis.

IV. Enumeration.

1-5 Plot Devices

6-10 Elements of Fiction

V. Draw the PYRAMIDAL STRUCTURE OF A PLOT. (5 points)

GOOD LUCK!