CREATIVE NONFICTION

QUIZ 1 – INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

TEST I - IDENTIFICATION. Identify which term/s is/are being asked in the following statements. Write your
answers on your own paper.
1. What do you call the division of Literature which encompass stage plays, drama, and films?
2. This is referred to as anything that is firstly written which is a product of our creative minds that is passed
on from generation to generation.
3. What is referred to as the form of literature that is in a paragraph, sentence, or phrase form which uses
both literal and figurative languages?
4. What is referred to as the form of literature that is written through stanzas and verses which also
encompass rhythms, rhymes, and languages mostly figurative?
5. This genre of literature incorporates any story set in the future, the past, or other dimensions including
scientific inventions and futuristic details.
6. Any story that puts the protagonist in physical danger, characterized by thrilling near misses, and
courageous and daring feats, belongs to this genre.
7. These are stories where animals are commonly the characters.
8. These are terrifying stories involving pursuit and escapism where the protagonist must overcome
supernatural or demonic beings haunting him or her.
9. These are true-to-life narratives almost likely to look like nonfiction yet undergoes the process of
modification, acts of editing, and fabrication.
10. What separates creative nonfiction to plain nonfiction?

TEST II - TRUE OR FALSE. Classify whether the following statements are true or false, by writing the word true
if the statement is factual, and write the correct answer if the bolded word/s below contains erroneous
concepts. Write your answers on your own paper.
1. If you write an autobiography, it is very important to include the birth to present life stories of the person
you want to write about.
2. Modifying even just the age of the subject of your autobiography makes it nonfiction.
3. An almanac is a nonfiction literature which is about an annual publication listing set of events forthcoming
in the next years.
4. Journals are fictitious scholarly writings usually placed in a magazine.
5. Using humans as other characters in a fable is not allowed.
6. A memoir is similar to an autobiography except that it focuses only on a specific memory in your life.
7. A testimonio is a new genre of creative nonfiction which discusses about oppression.
8. An autobiography is limited to writing a specific detail or event about your own life.
9. An atlas is a book of maps around the world’s geography.
10. Reference books are considered creative nonfiction