SAN SEBASTIAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL

San Sebastian, Ramon, Isabela

Creative Nonfiction Periodical Examination
GAS 12 (ABM and TVL)
2nd Semester, School Year 2019-2020
MR. WILLY V. GAMIZ, JR.

Name: __________________________ Section: _______________Date: ____________Score: _______

INSTRUCTIONS: Write the letter of the correct answer as it is provided in the choices on the blank provided for each
item.
1. Which refers to any writing that is original, artistic, and self-expressive? It is geared towards presenting one’s ideas and
feelings rather than just conveying information.
a. Creative Writing c. Purposive Writing
b. Academic Writing d. Journalistic Writing
2. Which is not a reason for writing creatively?
a. Write to be entertained c. Write to touch people’s lives
b. Write to be the person you wish to be d. Write to express opinion
3. Writing inspires us to become what we intend to be, and enables us to use our imagination. It is through writing that we
are able to create characters that illustrate our personality or our other side. Which reasons for writing creatively is
exemplified in the following statement?
a. Writing to be entertained c. Writing to be the person you wish to be
b. Writing to entertain d. Writing to touch people’s lives
4. Why is writing viewed by many young writers as a complicated process?
a. Because important factors have to be considered and satisfied if one is planning to be a serious writer.
b. Because writing requires one to rewrite, edit, evaluate, and improve his work.
c. Because writing uses correct tools and processes.
d. All of the above
5. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. Poetry, song, limerick
b. Free form writing and journals
c. Short stories, novels, flash fiction
d. Research papers, Police reports
6. What is referred to as a phrase or word having different meanings than its literal meaning?
a. Figures of Speech b. Diction c. Tone d. Denotative
7. In writing, what does “Show, Don’t Tell” mean?
a. verbs b. utilizing punctuation c. rules d. using visual description with your words
8. How does imagery help us understand the story?
a. It doesn’t.
b. By expressing how the author is feeling
c. Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see.
d. By telling the mood
9. Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
a. Sight b. Sound c. Touch d. Taste
10. The aroma of a turkey roasting filled grandmother’s kitchen is an example of:
a. Imagery b. Hyperbole c. Simile d. Metaphor
11. Which literary form expresses an individual’s emotions and ideas often presented figuratively in order to deliver the true
meaning or essence of human emotions?
a. Poetry c. Play
b. Fiction d. Novel
12. In poetry writing, what should be your focus?
a. Bringing characters into life c. Developing a conflict
b. Finding your true literary voice d. Imagining an appropriate setting
13. Hear the mellow wedding bells is an example of poetic device?
a. Alliteration b. Assonance c. Onomatopoeia d. Anaphora
14. When do we consider that a character is a round character?
a. When the character changes over the course of the story.
b. When the character has the same traits at the end of the story as the start.
c. When the character appears only in the climax of the story
d. When the character solves the conflict successfully.
15. This element of fiction is considered as the life-giving elements in the story.
a. Setting c. Plot
b. Characters d. Point of View
16. This type of conflict is shown through a character’s inner struggle. He or she may be torn between varying emotions of
differing plans of action.
a. External Conflict c. Conflict with Nature
b. Internal Conflict d. Conflict with the Society
17. Which of the following is not considered as an essential element of fiction?
a. Plot c. Theme
b. Point of View d. Conflict
18. The doorbell rings, ding-dong, ding-dong.” What figurative language is used in the sentence?
A. Assonance B. Hyperbole C. Onomatopoeia D. Paradox
19. Which of the following situations would most likely developed into a conventional horror story?
A. A couple is at the beach for a summer vacation C. Group of wild teenagers went on a road trip.
B. Babies are being left in the orphanage every month. D. Students and teachers planned for their field trip.
20. Which is NOT true about Creative Nonfiction?
A. It employs the technique of literary writing. C. It presents fictitious and contrived details.
B. It adheres to the veracity of details. D. It considers true stories at its subject.
21. Which of the following pertains to utilization of various techniques, strategies and styles in literary writing?
A. Creative B. Journalism C. Literature D. Nonfiction
22. Which of the following is the goal of Creative Nonfiction?
A. To enthrall the readers with nonfiction stories through the use of literary writing techniques.
B. To excite the readers with creative stories by injecting contrived details and information.
C. To enhance the readers’ abilities in comprehension and in noting details.
D. To challenge the readers’ mind in imagining the characters and setting of the story.
23. How does an author offer his personal presence in the story?
A. By putting into character his characteristics as a person into the story.
B. By presenting the subject of the work based on his perspective and personality.
C. By revealing the scenes through his creative way and veracious information.
D. By telling the readers his reflections and insights on the story written.
24. Creative Nonfiction is basically about the author’s wisdom (Bly, 2001).” Which of the following statements would give
the best interpretation on the aforementioned statement?
A. The author’s life dominates the whole story. C. The writer puts so much intelligence on the text.
B. The author subtly gives insights on the text. D. The writer shows knowledge on given details.
25. How would you differentiate nonfiction to fiction?
A. Nonfiction is academic, fiction is creative. C. Nonfiction is unbalanced, fiction is balanced.
B. Nonfiction is serious, fiction is light. D. Nonfiction is based on truth, fiction is based on imagination.

Read the following lines taken from different literary selections. Tell whether it is a sense of (A) SIGHT, (B) HEARING, (C)
SMELL, (D) TASTE or (E) TOUCH presented in the selected lines. Write only the letter of your choice on your paper.
26. The shadows crisscrossed the rug while my cat stretched languidly in one of the patches of the sun.
27. “…Which has its sounds, familiar, like the roar, of trees and crack of branches, common things, but nothing so like beating
on a box” (From “An Old Man’s Winter Night” by Robert Frost)
28. I was awakened by the strong smell of a fleshly brewed coffee.
29. The bed linens might just as well be ice and the clothes snow. (From “The Witch of Coos” by Robert Frost)
30. Gio’s socks, still soaked with sweat from Tuesday’s P.E. class, filled the classroom with an aroma akin to that of salty,
week-old, rotting fish.
31. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold. (From the poem “This Is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams)
32. Tumbling through the ocean water after being overtaken by the monstrous waves, Mark unintentionally took a gulp of the
briny, bitter mass, causing him to cough and gag.
33. The clay oozed between Jeremy’s fingers as he let out a squeal of pure glee.
34. At the next table a woman stuck her nose in a nove; a college kid pecked at a laptop. Overlaying all this, a soundtrack:
choo-k-choo-k-choo-k-choo-kchoo-k—the metronomic rhythm of an Amtrak train rolling down the line to California, a
sound that called to mind an old camera reel moving frames of images along the linear track, telling a story. (From “Riding
the Rails”)
35. For the life of him, he couldn’t figure why these East Enders called themselves black. He kept looking and looking, and the
colors he found were gingersnap and jight fudge and dark fudge and acorn and butter rum and cinnamon and burnt
orange. But never licorice, which to him, was real black. (From Maniac Magee)
 Read the following poems and answer the questions that follow.

She was the woman, old and wrinkled. When she started washing for us, she was already past seventy. Most
Jewish women of her age were sickly and weak. All the senior women in our street had bent backs and leaned on sticks
when they walked. However, this washwoman, small and thin as she was, possessed a strength that came from
generations of peasant forebears. Mother would count to her a bundle of laundry that had accumulated over several
weeks. She would then lift the bundle, put it on her narrow shoulders, and carry it the long way home. (from the
Washwoman, Isaac Bashevis Singer)

36. What is the relationship between the narrator and the old woman?
A. employer-employee B. landlord-tenant C. mother-daughter D. teacher-student
37. What inference can you make about the old woman’s status now?
A. She’s dead. B. She’s immortal. C. She’s sick. D. She’s millionaire.
38. What form of creative nonfiction the story is?
A. Biography B. Character sketch C. Personal Essay D. Reflection
39. Which of the following categories of traditional fiction can you classify the text?
A. events B. ideas C. lives D. places
40. Does the text conform with facts based on what you have learned about the requisite qualities of creative nonfiction?
A. No, because it doesn’t show statistical data. C. Yes, because the narrator has a clarity of voice.
B. No, because it’s about the author’s opinion. D. Yes, because the argument is well-supported with facts.

Classify the following subgenres. Write A if the given subgenre is categorized as Fiction and B if it is under Non-
fiction on the space provided before the number. (10 points)
____ 41. Mystery ____ 46. Journals
____ 42. Myth ____ 47. Legend
____ 43. Essay ____ 48. Autobiography
____ 44. Fantasy ____ 49. Textbook
____ 45. Commentaries ____ 50. Fairytale

51-60. Write a Poem about your years of stay in San Sebastian Integrated School. It should follow the AABB/ ABAB / ABBA
pattern. The poem should have at least 4 stanzas- 4 lines.

60-70. Choose one symbol/ object associated to you and why do you associate the said symbol/ object with your life experiences.
The said explanation must not be lesser than 50 words.

QUESTIONS ARE EASY. YOU JUST TEND TO COMPLICATE THINGS. FOCUS! GOD BLESS
You are now up for the last quarter in High School  - Sir Willy

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