PRE-TEST IN CREATIVE NON-FICTION

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Directions: Read and analyze the questions below. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter of
your choice on your paper.
___1. Which of the following ideas refers to the specific and deliberate use of language to convey meaning and
is considered as a device?
A. Literary Device B. Literary Technique C. Poetic License
___2. What is the central idea or message which the story or text revolves in?
A. Character B. Point of View C. Theme
___3. The use of quoted speech or direct statements in the text is an example of literary technique. What specific
literary technique is this?
A. Conversation B. Dialogue C. Foreshadowing
___4. Which of the following items does NOT belong to the group?
A. Characters B. Figures of Speech C. Symbolism
___5. Which of the following items does NOT belong to the group?
A. Love B. Heroism C. Flashback
___6. What is the basic pre-requisite of analyzing techniques used in a text?
A. considerable comprehension level
B. knowledge about literary techniques
C. both A and B
___7. What aspect is deemed necessary in order for the reader to connect and relate with the text?
A. Experience B. Knowledge C. Love for Reading
___8. Why do writers use figurative language as one of the techniques in writing a text?
A. It is for the purpose of art and aesthetics.
B. It makes conveyance of meaning more understandable.
C. It functions as the other way of expression to impress readers.
___9. What literary technique is employed when you encounter statements in a text such as, I remember one
occasion in the year 2018, during Christmas eve…?
A. Flashback B. Foreshadowing C. Representation
___10. What literary technique is employed when you encounter statements in a text such as, This house if shall
pass will be fruitful ‘til the end of its might…?
A. Dialogue B. Parallelism C. Symbolism
___11. “I see all his stars- his stars of success!” What figure of speech is used in this statement if the star is used
to replace potentials?
A. Metaphor B. Metonymy C. Synecdoche
___12. “I experience a lot of heartaches from the community I belong. Because I am a black man, I was rejected
by few if
A. Discrimination B. Poverty C. Religiosity
___13. “I know that today, you will rock it on! You will definitely get a high score in your exams! Why?
Because you are great and mommy too! Good luck baby!” If this statement is part if the text, what is its theme?
A. Love and support of a Mother
B. The Power of Optimism
C. The Importance of Love and Care
___14. Which of the following statements best shows Heroism as a theme?
A. I never thought I could do that. I ran away from the killer!
B. To save one’s life is not a choice. It is a duty to God and to fellowmen. I saved the boy even if I risk my
life.
C. Looking back to our life status before, we are compared to a stray dog with no permanent refuge, no food
to eat, no any single penny and no one dares to lend us a helping hand.
___15. A theme is not only limited to one word or phrases. It could also be a complete statement, universal and
debatable. Which of the given themes passes this standard?
A. Money is the root of all evil.
B. Life in America is not at all a bed of roses.
C. God is supreme and the greatest of all who came from nowhere.
___16. When Achilles thought that he is completely invincible, he manifested .
 A. Tragic figure C. Tragic hero B. Tragic flaw D. Tragic weakness
___17. In Elie Wiesel’s Night, the setting from the lines below is .
“And then, one day all foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet. And Moishe the Beadle was a foreigner.
Crammed into cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently. Standing on the station platform, we too
were crying. The train disappeared over the horizon; all that was left was thick, dirty smoke. Behind me,
someone said, sighing, ‘What do you expect? That’s war.”
A. 1940s, Hungary C. 1950s, Hungary
B. 1940s, station platform at Sighet D. 1950s, station platform at Sighet
___18. Hamlet wants to kill his father’s murderer, Claudius, but he also looks for proof to justify his action. This
is a conflict.
A. Man vs. Man C. Man vs. Self
B. Man vs. Nature D. Man vs. Society
___19. Faustus thinks honestly about repenting, acting upon the advice of ‘the good angel,’ but ‘the bad angel’
distracts him by saying it is all too late. This is a conflict.
A. Man vs. Man C. Man vs. Self
B. Man vs. Nature D. Man vs. Society
___20. In Arguilla’s How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife, the lines below exemplify .
“The sky was wide and deep and very blue above us; but at the saw-tooth rim of the Katayagan Hills to the
southwest flamed huge masses of clouds. Before us, the fields swam in a golden haze through which floated big
purple and red and yellow bubbles when I looked at the sinking sun.”
A. Anthropomorphism C. Metaphor
B. Imagery D. Personification
___21. When the mother said “Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair,” in Langston
Hughes’ Mother to Son, she used . A. Allusion C. Metaphor B. Hyperbole D. Symbolism
___22. The underlined phrase in the sentence “I would take your part in the play tonight at the drop of a hat!”
means. A. Behaving inappropriately C. Something is easy or nice
B. Doing it immediately D. Very eager for something
___23. The sentence “Death lays his icy hands on kings.” employs .
A. Imagery C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Symbolism
___24. 9. The sentence “She accepted it as the kind cruelty of the surgeon’s knife.” exemplifies.
A. Hyperbole C. Oxymoron
B. Irony D. Paradox
___25. The sentence “It was a cold stormy night that would introduce her to eternal darkness, forever changing
the course of her life.” applies.
A. Euphemism C. Flashback
B. Exposition D. Foreshadowing
___26. In a Creative Non Fiction, what do you call the framework of a particular story?
A. Blueprint B. Plot C. Sequence D. Timeline
___27. “Maria is very anxious about her current situation. She doesn’t know what to do.” Granting that this is
told by a narrator, what point of view (POV) is being applied?
A. 1st Person POV B. 2nd Person POV C. 3rd Person POV D. 4th Person POV
___28. What is the most appropriate question that should be asked in order to analyze the characters and their
characterizations in the story?
A. What are the names of the characters?
B. What are the dialogues that they uttered?
C. How many characters are there in the story?
D. How did the characters exemplify their roles in the story?
___29. Which of the following guidelines should be taken into consideration when you need to analyze the Point
of View used in the story.
A. The important dialogues should be considered.
B. The characters’ speech should be analyzed based on their attitude.
C. The narrator of the story and the pronouns he/she uses should be considered.
D. The author of the story should point out the over-all meaning of the story.
___30. What level of thinking is best applied when you ask this question: “How did the conflict affect the
succeeding events in the story?”
A. Literal Level B. Interpretive Level C. Lower Order Thinking Skills D. Higher Order
Thinking Skills
___31. “God’s faithfulness is evident” is an example of _________.
A. Mood B. Moral C. Theme D. Tone
___32. Granting that you are reading a CNF story and you came across with this sentence: “I can hear the loud
and endless cries of our people because of this pandemic.” What kind of figurative language is exemplified?
A. Apostrophe B. Hyperbole C. Onomatopoeia D. Personification
___33. How do you analyze the symbolisms present in a CNF story?
A. Look at the object in a literal level.
B. Try to compare the object with another object of its kind.
C. Look for the deeper meaning of the object and connect it with how it is valued or given importance in
the story.
D. Figure out what’s in the object which cannot be found in another object for you to unveil its
symbolism in the story.
___34. How do you analyze the different figurative languages in the story?
A. Interpret them in its surface level.
B. Read them as if you are reading them normally.
C. Read them in their deeper sense and see their relationship with the story.
D. List the different figurative languages that you can see and identify what kind they are.
___35. What are the most essential skills in analyzing the elements in a CNF story?
A. The ability to read the text.
B. The ability to read and understand the texts.
C. The ability to read, understand and analyze the texts.
D. The ability to read, understand, and analyze both the texts and the elements of the story.
___36. Writing is a process that uses symbols to ______________________.
A. Communicate thoughts and ideas to give confusion
B. Communicate thoughts and ideas to damage one’s morale
C. Communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form
D. Communicate thoughts and ideas in a confusing form
___37. Writing is known to be ___________________________.
A. Simple B. Compound C. Complex D. Compound –Complex
___38. What is being utilized for the expression of one’s creativity?
A. Beauty and Creativity
B. Beauty and Dynamism
C. Beauty and Flexibility
D. Beauty and Intelligence
___39. What is provided to readers when ideas are permanently marked
through writing?
A. Amusement in reading
B. Amusement and enjoyment in reading
C. Understanding of facts and valid pieces of information
D. Both A and B
___40. What writing stage where there is the elucidation of details and ideas?
A. Pre – Writing
B. During the Writing / Drafting Stage
C. Post Writing
D. Revision
___41. What must be checked and corrected in the post – writing stage?
A. The explored topics and ideas
B. The elucidated details and ideas
C. The consistencies of the content and mechanics
D. The inconsistencies of the content and the mechanics
___42. How outlining could help in forming a narrative like travelogue for
example?
A. By giving confusion and a lot of work to do for the writer
B. By organizing the thoughts to be written especially if the narrative
is full of subtopics
C. By arranging what comes first in the narrative
D. Both B and C
___43 Which of these could help a writer focus to do his draft?
 A. Content B. Mechanics C. Structure D. Both A and C
___44 The ________________ is the one that will orient the reader to what
follows within the paragraph.
A. Text Sentence
B. Thesis Statement
C. Topic Sentence
D. Supporting Sentence
___45 What happens when a writer will focus on the mechanics rather
than content during the drafting stage?
A. The whole narrative will become perfect in terms of grammar and
spelling.
B. The thought and ideas will not be logically developed as it would
give confusion to readers
C. The flow of the narrative will not become effective
D. There will be no revision to be done
___46 Of the 138 million acres of land that Native Americans owned in 1887, 90 million acres were taken away
by whites by 1932.
A. Native Americans owned 138 million acres of land in 1887, whereas
whites had only 90M acres.
B. In 1932 alone, the white settlers took 90 million acres of land that
belonged to Native Americans.
C. By 1932, Native Americans had lost almost all of their land.
D. Native Americans owned in 1932 a little more than half of the land
they had owned in 1887.
___47 Martha thinks that the issue of adolescent problems is important to write
about.
A. Martha believes that the dream of most adolescents is to write
something important.
B. Martha thinks that adolescents like to write about their problems
C. Martha feels that writing about adolescent problems is worthwhile.
D. Martha thinks that adolescents can write about their problems.
___48 Research data suggest that girls who witnessed maternal abuse may tolerate
abuse as adults more than girls who did not.
A. Women who witnessed the abuse of their mother as teens are more
likely to become abusive adults.
B. Women who observed the abuse of their mothers when they were
young are more likely to endure abuse themselves.
C. Girls who testify about maternal abuse tolerate abuse as adults more
readily.
D. Women who were abused as children are more likely to abuse their
own children.
___49 A woman who was nominated by the president to head the department was
quickly approved by the board of trustees.
A. The board of trustees agreed with the president to appoint a woman
head of the department.
B. The president quickly approved the decision of the board of trustees.
C. The woman and the president approved the decision of the board of
trustees.
E. The board of trustees approved the woman's interest in being head of
the Department.
___50 Which of these could help a writer focus to do his draft?
A. Content B. Mechanics C. Structure D. Both A and C