FIRST SUMMATIVE EXAMINATION

Creative Non-Fiction

Name: ________________________________________________ Section: _____________________

Choose the word that will compete each statement. Write the letter of the answer in the space provided.
_____1. Creative Nonfiction is a “hybrid” of __________ and Creative Writing.
A. Technical / Academic B. Literary Elements C. Imagination
_____ 2. To write a great creative nonfiction, a writer must use a __________ story and tell it in an imaginative way.
A. fantasy-based B. fact-based C. make-believe
_____ 3. Creative Nonfiction requires the skill of the __________ and the research ability of the reporter.
A. journalist B. academic specialist C. storyteller
_____ 4. Creative Nonfiction based from this lesson can be autobiography, biography, literary journalism /reportage,
literary memoir, travelogue and
A. personal narrative B. research C. fable
_____ 5. A written factual account of somebody’s life which is usually about a specific theme, or about a part of
someone’s life is called __________.
A. autobiography B. literary memoir C. travelogue

Tell whether the following statements reveal the true characteristics of a Creative Nonfiction. Write Y if you’re answer is
YES and N if you’re answer is NO.

_____ 1. It uses techniques of fiction to report on true events.

_____ 2. It is fabricated and based on author’s imagination.
_____ 3. It refers to the use of literary craft to present factually accurate prose about real people and events.
_____ 4. Short stories, novels, myths, legends, and fairy tales are best examples of this genre.
_____ 5. It focuses on creating compelling, artful narratives within which to convey real-world facts and events.

Identify the imagery used in the following sentences. Write the letter of the correct answer.
A. Auditory D. Olfactory
B. Gustatory E. Visual
C. Tactile

____ 1. Not taking the insult likely, Carl charged at him like a raging bull.
____ 2. The photographer enjoyed the sight, as if the flowers were waving at him.
____ 3. Her voice echoed throughout the hall.
____ 4. She was startled by how cold the floor felt to her feet.
____ 5. The scent of oven-fresh bread from the bakery perfumed the afternoon.
____ 6. The blood from his wounded lips tasted like rust.
____ 7. She had eyes as blue as the summer sky.
____ 8. The powder-like sand of Boracay is known throughout the world.
____ 9. Like a cackling rooster was how the judge described Paula’s singing during the contest.
____ 10. Luigi had to pause while hiking the trail as the height was making him dizzy.

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Use half sheet of paper as your answer sheet.
1. What element of fiction includes time, period, place, historical milieu, as well as social, political and perhaps
even spiritual realities mirrored in a story?
a. Plot b. setting c. symbols d. characters
2. Which of the following refers to an expression of contradiction between the actual from the expected outcome
and to mean the opposite of what one says?
a. Idiom b. Irony c. Metaphor d. Oxymoron
3. Which of the following refers to the atmosphere of feeling that the writer creates for a reader or how the reader
feels?
a. tone b. mood c. expressive d. emotional landscape
 4. Which of the following refers to the central idea or message in a work of literature?
a. theme b. imagery c. illusion d. allusion
5. Which of the following is the result of competing desires or the presence of obstacles that need to overcome; a
clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills?
a. irony b. theme c. setting d. conflict
6. Which of the following refers to the casual relationship between and among events of a story?
a. plot b. denouement c. complication d. rising action
7. What device allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the
current event in fiction?
a. flashback b. point-of-view c. foreshadowing d. action sequence
8. Which point of view is the least used by writers?
a. First person b. Third person c. Second person d. Third-person Limited
9. After coming home late from a party, Mae’s father questioned her. She wanted to tell him that she was studying
at a friend’s place and lost track of time, but she told him the truth instead. What character trait does Mae
demonstrate?
a. wise b. innocent c. trustworthy d. inconsiderate
10. Which statement does NOT describe the nature of figurative language?
a. explicit expression b. suggestive and attributive
c. use of foreign symbols and images d. highly artistic means of expression

A. Arrange the jumbled letters to determine the concepts in column A, then match these constructs with their
respective meanings or descriptions in column B. Write the target concept below each jumbled letters while the
letter of the definition before each number.

_________1. HETME ______________
_________2. TITSEGN ______________
_________3. ARACTHECSR ______________
_________4. YSSMOLB _______________
_________5. LTPO _______________
_________6. ARAOTNRR _______________
_________7. POXETISINO _______________
_________8. MOINCESITN ________________
_________9. TCILFNOC ________________
________10. XMCALI ________________
a. the most interesting and exciting moment in a story
b. the casual relationship between and among events
c. the introductory part of a story
d. the lesson about life implied by a story
e. can be classified as either major or minor
f. objects or words which embody ideas and virtues
and are interpreted beyond literal sense
g. opposition of forces
h. clues or hints to future events
i. the one who tells or recounts the events and
circumstances in a story
j. knows what is on the mind of the characters; aware
of the total circumstances of a story
k. the untying of events; presents how the story closes
or ends
l. l. the background environment of the actions or
events transpiring in a story.