1. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
NORTHERN SAMAR COLLEGES, INC
CORNER ANNUNCIATION ST, BRGY.J.P.
CATARMAN NORTHERN SAMAR
PRELIM EXAM IN CREATIVE NON-FICTION HUMSS 12
SY 2023-2024
Name: ________________________________ Teacher: _______________________
Grade: ________________________________ Date: _______________________
I. IDENTIFICATION
______________________1. It is literature in the form of prose.
______________________2. It follows no metrical structure.
______________________3. Are the people whom with whom the story revolves around.
______________________4. It is how a character is described.
______________________5. Means “divine intervention” in English
______________________6. It explains the perspective that the story is coming from
______________________7.the author chooses to start the story in the middle of a situation.
______________________8. The author shares to the reader an event that has happened in the past.
______________________9. Are plots that still function as conventional plots, but they come in series.
______________________10. It is where the action falls off
______________________11. Turning point, a moment of greatest tension that fixes the outcome.
______________________12. It is the moment of great tension
______________________13. It provides background information needed to make sense of the action
______________________14. Is usually referred to as the “flow” of the story.
______________________15. It is where a story takes place
______________________16. This character is uncomplicated and remains the same throughout the story.
______________________17. This character is complex, because he or she undergoes a significant change.
______________________18. major division of drama
______________________19. This character is often easier to build.
______________________20. Is the one in conflict with the protagonist.
______________________21. Is the one who comes out with a loss or victorious at the end of a story.
______________________22. Was an Ilocano writer in English, patriot and martyr
______________________23. A 7-year-old boy, the younger of the two siblings
______________________24. The father of the two boys
______________________25. A 10-year-old boy, the elder of the two siblings
II. Enumeration IV. MULTIPLE CHOICES (ENRICLE YOUR ANSWER)
5 key elements of a short story
26. 29.
27. 30.
28.
5 elements of plot
31. 34.
32. 35.
33.
Literary Elements of Drama
36. 40.
37. 41.
38. 42.
39. 43.
Different types of Conflict
44. 46.
45. 47.
3 types of Setting
48.
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50.
III. IDENTIFY THE CHARACTER, WRITE
STATIC,
DYNAMIC, FLAT, OR ROUND CHARACTER
IF THEY BELONG TO THAT GROUP.
_______________51. Fin
_______________52. Scar
_______________53. Olaf
_______________54. Gollum
_______________55. Beast
56. someone was describing something as stinky, smelly, o
unpleasant, which sense were they using?
a) taste c) sound
b) touch d) smell
57. Which of the following in NOT one of the five senses?
a) smell c) laughing
b) touch d) taste
58. What senses are you using when you are in the
movie theater watching a movie? (Not eating any popcorn!)
a) taste and touch c) hearing and touch
b) touch and smell d) hearing and sight
59. This word can be used to describe the sense of hearing.
a) loud c) furry
b) pretty d) happy
5. 60. When someone is blind, they do not have which sense?
a) hearing c) smell
b) sight d) touch
V. FILL IN THE BLANKS (SELECT YOUR ANSWER FROM THE BOX)
61. When someone is deaf, they are unable to
____________________
62. ____________________ in the skin detect and tell us how
hot, cold, soft, rough, or painful a touch can be.
63. We use our ____________________ to taste and detect
flavor or substance.
64. Hearing is ability to perceive sounds by detecting
___________________ through the ear.
65. In order to smell, you breathe or sniff air to move it past
Small receptors in the upper part of your __________________.
taste hear nerves tongue vibrations nose sight
2. VI. Multiple Choice
Direction: Read and analyze the statements below then, answer the question that follows or complete the
statement. Encircle the letter of the best answer.
66. What do you call the literary genre which focuses on characters and plots than the sounds and pattern?
A. poetry B. prose C. nonfiction D. drama
67. Which standard of good literature deals with being timeless and timely of a written work?
A. artistry B. permanence C. spiritual Value D. universality
68. Which of the following refers to the creative, imaginative and enduring expression of significant human
experience in words well-chosen and arranged?
A. literature B. experience C. culture D. emotion
69. What is the composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story and dialogue
designed for theatrical performance?
A. prose B. poetry C. drama D. act
70. Which of the following is a writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in
language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm?
A. drama B. poetry C.prose D. fiction
71. Why do we need to study literature?
A. To inform . B. To entertain. C. To preserve history D.All of the above
72. Which is true about a short story and a novel?
A. These literary works are both classified as fictional works. C. Both are imaginative prose works.
B. They differ from each other in length and complexity. D. All of the preceding
73. Nonfiction means __________________.
A. true B. false C. fake D.humorous
74. Nonfiction has two major types that function to “tell a story” or “to give an information”.
A. narrative and informative C. expository an narrative
B. narrative and realistic D. expository and persuasive
75. Which of the following pertains to any work drawn from the experience of the writer?
A. essay B. fiction C. novel D. nonfiction
76. What type of non-fiction is a diary ?
A. autobiography B. exposition C. biography D. essay
77. Which of the following is not a question you should ask to find the main idea?
A. What is the author's purpose? B. What point is the author trying to make?
C. What is the selection mainly about? D. When did the author write the selection?
78. What do you call the series of events or arrangement of events that develops ideas in a drama or a story?
A. conflict B. plot C. setting D. exposition
79. The main character of a story is called______________________.
A. antagonist B. protagonist C. antigonist D. protogonist
80. A/an _____________ is also known as the “first person narrator”
A. limited Narrator B. 1st person C. objective point of view D. omniscient point of view
81. Which of the following refers to the time and place of a story?
A. imagery B. setting C. plot D. point of view
82. What do you call the prevailing feeling or atmosphere in a literature?
A. theme B. conflict C. mood D. connotation
83. The line, glowing colors appear, appeals to the sense of ______________.
A. sight B.taste C. smell D. touch
84. What term refers to a story within a story?
A. flashback B. frame story C. parallel structure D. histories
85. Your creative nonfiction piece should not confuse people. This refers to what element?
A. emotions B. tone C. form D. none of the above
86. Which group of words exemplifies onomatopoeia as a sound device?
A. hold, told, mold, gold C. wicked and wan
. hiss, buzz, whoosh, boom D. die, sky fly pie
87. What is the primary purpose of using imagery in a poem?
A. To enhance rhyming scheme. C. To help create visual ideas through words.
B. To create sounds in every line of the stanzas D. All of the above
88. ____________ are used to effectively unify a narrative and pertain to associations beyond literal meaning.
A. Symbols B. Journey C. Subplot D. None of the above
89. Why do you need to use literary elements in creative nonfiction?
A. Literary elements is used to connect with the reader.
B. It beautifies the written output and makes it more interesting.
C. It is the starting points for analyzing and discussing the literature students read.
D. All of the above.
90. “My teacher is a very kind lady. She understands the students and she never get angry.”
A. 1st person point of view C. omniscient point of view
B. third person limited point of view D. objective point of view
91. The Internet is a good source of famous works of literature and non-fiction, which are often available free in fully
downloadable or full-text online formats.
A. always true B. sometimes true C. false D. both A and B
92. The primary purpose of an expository piece is to do which of the following?
A. to persuade you to change your mind. C. to help reader to understand main idea
B. to give out factual information. D. to entertain the reader.
93. When an author tries to change your opinion about something, then the author's purpose is to _____________.
A. inform B. persuade C. entertain D. express
94. When the author gives you factual information, the author's purpose is to ____________.
A. inform B. persuade C. entertain D. express
95. The makes a story humorous and funny because he wants to __________________.
A. inform B. persuade C. entertain D. express
VII. Matching: Match each vocabulary word to its definition.
______96. The dark hole at the center of the eye that changes size A. odor
to control the amount of light that passes through.
______97. A region in the body that responds to a stimulus and B. receptor
sends a signal to the brain.
______98. A distinctive smell. C. reaction
______99. A continuing sound, usually someone’s voice that is
unchanging in pitch and without expression. D. monotone
______100. An action or a feeling experienced in response to a
stimulus. E. pupil
F. flavor
3. PREPARED BY:
MARK CESAR R. VILLANUEVA
Subject teacher
NOTED BY:
HAYDITO P. BUENAVENTE
Assistant School Principal
APPROVED BY:
MADAAM LEAH MOORE-MANGADA, PhD
School President
