Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
PANGASINAN SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE II
MALICO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
San Nicolas, Pangasinan
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QUARTERLY EXAMINATION
THIRD QUARTER, S.Y. 2024-2025
Creative Non-Fiction, Grade 12-PEARL
February 7 & 10, 2025

Name: _________________________________________ Score: ___________

Read and analyze each statement. Choose the correct answer from the
given choice. Write the letter of your answer before the item number.

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 character in whose unfortunate condition the story revolves.

A. antagonist B. protagonist

4. A major character who challenges the main character and brings about the story’s main
conflict
A. antagonist B. protagonist

5. In a Creative Non Fiction, what do you call the framework of a particular story?
A. Blueprint B. Plot C. Sequence D. Timeline

6. “God’s faithfulness is evident” is an example of _________.

A. Mood B. Moral C. Theme D. Tone

7. The elements to choose from when writing nonfiction where the subjects in this genre
usually center on events of personal significance to the writer.
A. Reflection B. Accuracy/ Research C. Characterization D. Plot

8. A narrative nonfiction work may follow the structure of a fictional novel, starting with the
element of exposition and moving on to rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
A. Reflection B. Accuracy/ Research C. Characterization D. Plot

9. It is an ongoing process of rethinking the paper, reconsidering your

arguments, reviewing your evidence, refining your purpose and reorganizing your
presentation.
A. drafting B. editing C. planning D. revising

10. It is called as a story within a story.

A. flashback B. frame story C. parallel structure D. histories

11. Who is the narrator of an autobiography?

A. another author B. unknown admirer C. a relative D. the author
12. It is called as a story within a story.
A. flashback B. frame story C. parallel structure D. histories

13. What property of a well-developed writing is achieved when ideas are

logically and accurately arranged?
A. Coherence B. Cohesion C. Organization D. Unity

14. What part of an essay arguments are summed up and provide a final
perspective on a topic?
A. Body B. Conclusion C. Introduction D. Plot

15. The purpose of this is to describe a time or a series of events in the writer’s
life including the writer’s insights.
A. testimony B. memoirs C. journal account D. diary

16. 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

17. 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.

18. What is the difference between poetry and prose?

a. poetry is written in lyrics while prose is in stanza form.
b. poetry is written in lines and stanzas while prose is in paragraph form.
c. poetry is written in paragraph while prose is in lines and stanzas poetry is spoken while
prose is in written form.

19. What is true about creative devices?

A. It helps hold your reader’s interest
B. It makes your writing lively and entertaining.
C. Some examples of creative devices include Alliteration and Assonance
D. All of the above

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. Writing is known to be ___________________.

A. Simple B. Compound C. Complex D. Compound –Complex

23. 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
24. Which is TRUE about theme?
A. It is the central setting of the story.
B. It is the resolution of the story.
C. It is the central message of the story.
D. It is the music that goes with the story.

25. What are the two meanings found within a poem?

A. Concreteness-Particularity C. Form-Stanza
B. Denotation-Connotation D. Rhyme and Rhythm

26. Which of the following summaries could describe an autobiography?

A. A famous writer’s life told by another author.
B. A famous basketball player’s wife sharing memories of her late husband.
C. Michael Jackson’s mother describing his childhood.
D. Helen Keller writing about her difficulties of being blind all her life.

27. Which of the following actions do you need to do before you write?
A. Take a test. C. Eat a good lunch.
B. Read a good book. D. Research your topic.

28. What will you do to analyze a text?

A. Read the text. C. Ask essential questions.
B. Rewrite the text. D. Highlight all highfalutin words.

29. Which of the following is TRUE about Creative Nonfiction?

A. Creative nonfiction texts are written for a singular reason--- to inform.
B. Creative nonfiction writing avoids the application of literary writing methods.
C. In creative nonfiction, the information to be used in writing can be just be
created
D. Nonfiction heavily deals with the truth.

30. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Creative Nonfiction?

A. It could but not strictly present authentic or real events, stories and experiences
B. It is used to recount real encounters, events, and information.
C. It is a written work that is classified to be products of authentic experiences and
events
D. It may or may not be detailed and engaging ( but does need to be funny, or sad,
or controversial)

31. 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

32. 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

33. “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

34. 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
35. “Who is recounting or narrating the story?” This question is answered by_____________.
A. characters B. setting C. point-of-view D. symbol

36. What does a biography describe?

A. The individual’s hobbies and career of an individual
B. The childhood experiences, family, and career of an individual.
C. The mistakes one has made in life.
D. The birth of an individual’s children.

37. What point of view are often told in the Memoirs?

A. First person point of view B. Second person point of view
C. Third person point of view D. No point of view

38. 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 dare to lend us a helping hand.
39. 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
B. Doing it immediately
C. Something is easy or nice
D. Very eager for some thing

40. Assuming 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

41. 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

42. What is the central message or theme of the essay “Sapay Koma”?
A. happiness is a choice
B. love is about sacrificing
C. nothing is impossible with love
D. living your life in a good way

43. In a story about a girl who is afraid of heights, there is a memory of a time when she fell
off of the top of a playground as a young child.
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44. Which of the following statements is a proof that peer critiquing is important to students?
A. Guides in creating a better relationship to peers.
B. Develops good understanding on the part of the learners.
C. Develops critical thinking skills and make evaluative judgements.
D. Transforms learners to differentiate denotation from connotation.
III. Directions: For nos. 45, 48 and 50, read and analyze the text below. Afterwards,
answer the questions that follow.

(1) In our six years together, I can think of more instances in which our separate
worlds collided and caused aftershocks in my marriage. (2) But none of it rivaled what
I thought was the worst affront to me. (3) My mother-in-law is Cancerian, like me, so
her house is a pictorial gallery of her children and their achievements. (4) She had a
wall with enlarged and framed wedding photos of her children. (5) Through the years,
her exhibit grew, and expectedly, I and my husband didn’t have a photo on this
wall. (6) I figured it was because we had not had a church wedding.

(7) In fact, when we told them I was pregnant with our second child, they requested that
we hold a church wedding already. (8) They even offered to share the expense. (9) But I
preferred to save my money for the birth of the baby. (10) However, given my theater
background, I once tried to convince my husband to just rent a gown and tuxedo
and then have our “wedding” photo taken so we’d finally get on “The Wedding
Wall.” (An excerpt taken from Jhoanna Lynn Cruz’ Sapay Koma)

45. What literary element is exemplified in that sentence?

A. Hyperbole B. Metaphor
C. Personification D. Simile

46. Study carefully the texts below. Identify fictional elements in the text.

By spring 1945, the end of the war in Europe seemed near.

Then, on April 12, a phone call brought Eleanor the news that Franklin Roosevelt, who has
gone to Warm Springs, Georgia was dead.”
In December 1945, President Harry S. Truman invited her to begin the work of the United
Nations.”

What creative structure was used in the text?

A. Chronological order
B. Descriptive order
C. Expository order
D. Persuasive order

47. What is/are the way/s that you can do to make a mini critique?

I. Examine how the structure and language of the text convey

its meaning.
II. Give the reader a sense of the writer’s overall purpose and
intent.
III. Make a judgement of the work’s worth or value.
IV. State the significance or importance of each part of the text.

A. I only B. I & II C. II, III, & IV D. I, II, III, & IV

48. Which words are being compared in the text?

A. Aftershocks – marriage
B. Pregnant – second child
C. House – pictorial gallery
D. Photo – wedding wall

49. Dogs and cats make very different types of pets. Before deciding whether to buy or adopt
a dog or a cat, prospective owners need to carefully consider their own lifestyles and
personalities. Dogs may make more affectionate companions, but they require more care and
attention. They must be taken out several times a day and should not be left alone for more
than a few hours.

Larger dogs require significant exercise to remain fit and healthy. Cats are usually more
independent in nature and interact less with their owners. Also, a cat can be left on its own all
day, or even for several days, as long as it has food and clean water to drink. From this
passage, a reader can conclude that _____.

A. owning a cat requires less work than owning a dog

B. people who are away from home during the day should not own a cat
C. people who like to play with their pets should own a cat
D. owning a cat is more responsibility than owning a dog

50. What is referred to by the writer when she mentioned ‘The Wedding Wall’ in
sentence 10?
A. Her house [Link] photo
B. Gown and tuxedo [Link] of pictures

“Everybody is a genius…We are good at a certain thing.”-Albert Einstein

Prepared by: Checked by:

JOVIEJANE T. SEGUNDO IMELDA S. LAZARO,

EdD
Teacher III PSDS,
OIC

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