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Creative Non Fiction Midterms Part 1

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for the successive repetition of the sounds of consonants within a sentence that creates a special mood?

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Dissonance

d)

Onomatopoeia

2.

What is the intentional use of words that create a harsh or clashing sound (no pattern) and a conflicted atmosphere?

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Dissonance

d)

Euphony

3.

Fill in the blank: Onomatopoeia is a sound device that _________?

a)

Imitates sounds being described

b)

Describes emotions in detail

c)

Creates visual imagery

d)

Explains historical events

4.

Fill in the blank: Alliteration is the repetition of sounds of the ________ consonant.

a)

first

b)

last

c)

middle

d)

second

5.

Fill in the blank: Assonance is the repetition of the sounds of ________ in the stressed syllables.

a)

vowels

b)

consonants

c)

syllables

d)

words

6.

Which sound device is meant to borrow the reader’s ears?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Sound devices (general)

7.

Which principle of rhythm involves the repetition of sound-alike words?

a)

Repetition

b)

Rhyming

c)

Euphony

d)

Cacophony

8.

Which principle of rhythm refers to a musical pattern to a stanza?

a)

Rhyming

b)

Repetition

c)

Euphony

d)

Cacophony

9.

Which principle of rhythm describes sounds that flow harmoniously and pleasantly?

a)

Euphony

b)

Cacophony

c)

Rhyming

d)

Repetition

10.

Which principle of rhythm describes sounds that flow harshly and discordantly?

a)

Euphony

b)

Cacophony

c)

Rhyming

d)

Repetition

11.

Fill in the blank: Imagery is an image produced in the mind by ________.

a)

language

b)

music

c)

light

d)

emotion

12.

What type of poetic imagery is described as what people think of when they hear the term imagery, and refers to qualities of how something looks visually in the reader’s head?

a)

Visual Imagery

b)

Auditory Imagery

c)

Olfactory Imagery

d)

Gustatory Imagery

13.

Which type of imagery appeals to a reader's sense of hearing?

a)

Auditory Imagery

b)

Visual Imagery

c)

Olfactory Imagery

d)

Gustatory Imagery

14.

Which type of imagery appeals to a reader's sense of taste?

a)

Gustatory Imagery

b)

Olfactory Imagery

c)

Visual Imagery

d)

Auditory Imagery

15.

Which type of imagery appeals to a reader's sense of smell?

a)

Olfactory Imagery

b)

Visual Imagery

c)

Auditory Imagery

d)

Tactile Imagery

16.

Which type of imagery creates the sensory experience of touch through text?

a)

Tactile Imagery

b)

Visual Imagery

c)

Auditory Imagery

d)

Olfactory Imagery

17.

Which type of imagery appeals to the most primitive sensations in the human experience such as hunger, fatigue, fear, and even emotion?

a)

Organic Imagery

b)

Visual Imagery

c)

Auditory Imagery

d)

Tactile Imagery

18.

Which type of imagery is the sensory experience of motion such as speed, slowness, falling, or even fighting?

a)

Kinesthetic Imagery

b)

Visual Imagery

c)

Olfactory Imagery

d)

Auditory Imagery

19.

Which figure of speech is defined as 'Exaggerating'?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

20.

Which figure of speech is defined as 'Negating the opposite quality'?

a)

Litotes

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Oxymoron

21.

Which figure of speech uses words where the intended meaning is different from the actual meaning?

a)

Irony

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

22.

Which figure of speech is an implied comparison?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

23.

Which figure of speech is an explicit and direct comparison?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

24.

Which figure of speech joins two contradictory words?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

25.

Which figure of speech is a statement that contradicts itself but contains truth?

a)

Paradox

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

26.

Which figure of speech gives an animal, object, or idea human qualities?

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

27.

Which figure of speech replaces the name with something related to that thing?

a)

Metonymy

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopoeia

28.

Which figure of speech uses part of something to represent the whole or the whole to represent a part?

a)

Synecdoche

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

29.

What is an autobiography?

a)

An autobiography is the complete story of the author's life, spanning from birth to the present, written by the author themselves.

b)

An autobiography is a fictional story written by someone else about the author's life.

c)

An autobiography is a collection of poems written by the author.

d)

An autobiography is a biography written by a historian about the author's ancestors.

30.

What does a biography focus on?

a)

The writer's own memories

b)

A life story by another writer

c)

Reporting news events

d)

Personal experiences

31.

Fill in the blank: The French word for 'memory' is _________.

a)

memoir

b)

mémoire

c)

mémoir

d)

memorie

32.

Which of the following is NOT a type of memoir?

a)

Personal

b)

Professional

c)

Public

d)

Fictional

33.

In a memoir, you become the narrator and recount what happened in the past and what it means to you in the now.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

What is the main focus of literary journalism?

a)

Reporting fictional stories

b)

Providing factual information and reporting those in narrative form

c)

Writing poetry

d)

Creating fictional characters

35.

Fill in the blank: A literary journalist takes an ________ look at an event, object, place, or person, mainly for coverage in a newspaper or magazine.

a)

in-depth

b)

casual

c)

brief

d)

superficial

36.

Which form of literary journalism is longer than the usual news and reads more like a stoirette (very short story)?

a)

Reportage

b)

Feature Story

c)

Personality Profile

d)

Biography

37.

Reportage is the French word for 'reporting.'

a)

True

b)

False

38.

What is the main method used in gathering facts for a personality profile?

a)

Writing

b)

Interviewing

c)

Reading

d)

Editing