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1st MASTERY TEST IN CREATIVE NONFICTION 12 (QUARTER 3)
General Directions: 1. Read and understand each question carefully; 2. Write your answers in the answer sheet; 3. Do not use a mobile
phone while the test is ongoing; 4. Strictly no erasures. 5. Write your Full Name, Grade and Section, Subject Area, and Subject Teacher
on your Answer Sheets.
1. Which of the followng best describes fiction?
A. It refers to a literary work which comes from the
author’s imagination.
B. It is a means of sharing experiences, telling a story, or
expressing feelings or ideas through the use of
language in a particular way.
C. It is a composition in either verse or prose presenting
a story through pantomime or dialogue.
D. It is an author’s narrative of his or her experiences,
which makes it similar to an autobiography, but with
certain distinguishable characteristics.
2. Which of the following is TRUE about poetry?
A. A poem could have an unusual shape on the page.
B. Poetry is is an instructive story about human social
behaviour with personified animals or natural objects
as characters and always ends with an explicit moral
message.
C. It is a type of dramatic presentation which intends to
make the audience laugh through well-composed
humorous elements.
D. It contain records of experiences by its writer.
3. Which of the following is NOT an example of drama?
A. Tragedy
C. Comedy
B. Melodrama
D. Memoir
4. Which of the following is NOT a category of fiction?
A. Realistic
C. Semi-fiction
B. Non-realstic
D. Mystery
5. Which form of fiction is literally translated as “a novel of
education” or “a novel of formation,” this form highlights
the transition or metamorphosis of a character from youth
into adulthood?
A. Speculative fiction
C. Dystopian.
B. Science Fiction.
D. Bildungsroman
6. Which of the following is an example of novel?
A. “The Philosophy of Composition” by Edgar Allan Poe
B. “Tale of Genji” by Murasaki Shikibu
C. “The Monkey and the Turtle”
D. “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare
7. It is usually celebrating a person, animal or object, and is
often written without the constraints of formal structure or
rhyme.
A. Riddle
C. Nursery rhyme
B. Ode
D. Limerick
8. It is one of the oldest forms of drama, which exposes the
plight and suffering of humans to the audience.
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13.
A. Tragedy
C. Comedy
B. Melodrama
D. Memoir
Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Fiction is defined as the”art of words.”
B. Due to the depth and breadth of literature, various
academics have classified literature based on its
different aspects such as content, technique, tone, or
simply definition.
C. Literature refers to a type of art, literature, or music
characterized by a distinct form, content, and style.
D. In literature, there are five literary genres: poetry,
drama, fiction, speeches, and nonfiction.
What is the difference between a memoir and an
autobiography?
A. A memoir is an author’s narrative of his or her
experiences, which makes it similar to an
autobiography.
B. Both contain records of experiences by its writer.
C. A memoir talks about how one remembers one's own
life while an autobiography is history, requiring
research, dates, and facts double-checked.
D. A memoir records events, transactions, or
observations daily or at frequent intervals while an
autobiography contains one’s experiences, ideas and
reflections but not necessarily on a daily basis.
Which of the following are important in fiction because
they are the ones with whom the readers empathize?
A. Characters
C. Plot
B. Setting
D. Point of View
Which of the following is a character not sufficiently
developed, described very little, and plays very minor role
in the narrative?
A. Flat
C. static
B. Dynamic
D. Round
It refers to where the story takes place. It can be very
general like in a farm, a school, or a laboratory; or it can
be specific, like “in the Metropolitan Naga Cathedral,” or
“at McDonald’s Diversion Road branch.”
A. Physical setting
C. Freytag’s pyramid
B. Chronological setting
D. Exposition
14. This provides closure and ties up loose ends in the story.
A. Rising action
C. Falling action
B. Climax
D. Denouement/resolution
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15. “I can see him coming after me. He is chasing me like a
predator to his prey.” This line is in what point of view?
A. First person
C. Third person omniscient
B. Second person
D. Third person limited
16. This is the underlying truth conveyed by the author
through the story.
A. Theme
C. Narration
B. Moral
D. Point of View
17. This is the easiest feature to identify in a poem.
A. Rhyme
C. Figures of speech
B. Rhythm
D. Free verse
18. He thought about Marian. She had left him nine years
ago after five years of marriage. He was fifty-two now;
that would make her just under forty. Marian had
dreams of becoming a musician, a folksinger. This
highlights what element?
A. Characters
C. Plot
B. Setting
D. Point of View
19. At Kalispell, Montana, he stopped for the night, late.
The Cozy Inn looked nexpensive, and was. This
highlights what element?
A. Characters
C. Plot
B. Setting
D. Point of View
20. Which of the following describes external conflict?
A. Man vs society
C. Man vs himself
B. Man vs culture
D. Man vs. Nature
21. Which of the following can apply to various categories of
writing, including food, travel, memoir, personal essay,
and other hybridized forms?
A. Fiction
C. nonfiction
B. Poetry
D. Creative non fiction
22. Which of the following is TRUE about creative nonfiction?
A. It generally seems closer to the truth of the narrator’s
experience than other forms of nonfiction, as
revealing the narrator’s experience / emotional
consequence of the experience often seems the
implicit “goal” of the work.
B. It is one of the basic elements of every story: put
simply. It refers to the actual events that take place
within the bounds of your narrative.
C. It may be told in a series of flashbacks or vignettes or
it might jump back and forth in time.
D. It brings life to the story.
23. This refers to the emotional register a reader experiences.
What emotions do you want your reader to experience?
Are they the same feelings you experienced at the time?
A. Tone
C. Angle
B. Mood
D. Point of View
24. Which of the following is TRUE about symbolism?
A. Writers use symbols to give meaning to objects, or
events that are outside of the literal.
B. Many classic works of literature employ symbolism.
C. Symbolism in literature provides a way for a writer to
explore depth, frequently though double meaning.
D. All of the above.
25. It is a bitter, cutting, or mocking taunt used to denigrate a
particular person, place, or thing. It can sometimes take
the form of verbal irony.
A. Sarcasm
C. alliteration
B. Satire
D. Irony
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