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SAN JACINTO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

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MIDTERM EXAM IN CREATIVE NONFICTION 12

1. Nonfiction means __________________ 11. Which of the following is an example of a work

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

MA. APRIL L. GUETA

Subject Teacher, Creative Nonfiction 12

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