FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN CREATIVE WRITING

First Semester, SY: 2022-2023

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Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. “I heard the screeching of the door, and the sneaking of the shoes of my father as he arrived from work.” This
sentence is an example of onomatopoeia. What words in the sentence that imitates the sound of the door?
A. screeching B. sneaking C. working D. hearing
2. What is referred as the choice of words in a literary work to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify
themes, and suggest values?
A. specific experiences B. figures of speech C. imagery D. diction
3. What is known as the concrete representation of an idea by using language that can evoke the five senses?
A. specific experience B. figures of speech C. imagery D. diction
4. What technique in appreciating the literary work identifies the experience of the writer which the readers can relate?
A. specific experiences B. figures of speech C. choice of words D. imagery
5. “I already produced buckets of tears in praying for my brother.” What figure of speech is being used in this
sentence?
A. hyperbole B. paradox C. irony D. pun
6. What is known as the short literary piece that focuses on one scene giving description about the character, idea, or
setting?
A. flash fiction B. synopsis C. vignette D. précis
7. What is referred as the linguistic technique that produces special effect when reading a literary piece?
A. rhetorical device B. literary device C. poetic device D. images
8. What kind of diction uses familiar and casual words in conversation in a relaxed from of language?
A. colloquial B. informal C. formal D. slang
9. What is the figure of speech that uses the words “like, than or as” in comparing things having common qualities?
A. personification B. synecdoche C. metaphor D. simile
10. “Who does not want to have high grades?” What figure of speech is used in this statement?
A. rhetorical question B. rhetorical device C. onomatopoeia D. assonance
11. What type of diction does not allow contractions and first-person pronouns?
A. colloquial B. informal C. formal D. slang
12. What is the type of imagery that tickles the reader’s sense of touch?
A. gustatory B. olfactory C. auditory D. tactile
13. What figure of speech gives human qualities to inanimate objects?
A. personification B. metonymy C. allusion D. irony
14. What is the type of imagery that appeals to the sense of smell?
A. gustatory B. olfactory C. tactile D. visual
15. Which of the following sentences has the olfactory imagery?
A. Ivy has soft, smooth, fair, and radiant skin.
B. Her sakura like scent still lingers on me.
C. Mario is tall, dark, and handsome.
D. The cake is sandy and bittersweet.
16. What is the form of poetry where the writer does not follow the rhyme scheme?
A. blank verse B. free verse C. sonnet D. haiku
17. What poem follows iambic pentameter but does not rhyme?
A. blank verse B. free verse C. limerick D. cinquain
18. What is a five-line poem that follows a rhyme scheme of ABABB, ABAAB, or ABCCB?
A. limerick B. cinquain C. tanka D. haiku
19. What is a three-liner poem where the first and third lines have five syllables and the second line has seven
syllables?
A. cinquain B. sonnet C. tanka D. haiku
20. What literary element is made up of the topic plus the idea about it?
A. structure B. setting C. theme D. mood
21. What is the repeated sequence of rhythm comprised of two or more stressed and unstressed syllables?
A. rhyme scheme B. poetic foot C. scansion D. meter
22. What aspect of literature can be helpful in interpreting and analyzing literary texts?
A. transitional devices B. rhetorical devices C. cohesive devices D. literary devices
23. What type of literature uses rhyme and meter?
A. literary device B. literature C. poetry D. prose
24. What is described as the rules on the number and arrangement of syllables per line usually employed by the classic
writers?
A. rhyme scheme B. pentameter C. syllable D. meter
25. Which of the following statements is NOT a visual imagery in the quote of William Shakespeare?
All that glitters is not gold Hell is empty and all the devils are here. These violent delights have violent ends…
A. glitters is not gold B. devils are here C. hell is empty D. violent ends
26. What figure of speech is employed in this phrase: violent delights?
A. personification B. metaphor C. oxymoron D. litotes
27. What word device is used in this line? Shelley’s shell washed away from the shore.
A. onomatopoeia B. consonance C. alliteration D. assonance
28. What word sound is employed in this phrase “turned down to tell the truth”?
A. onomatopoeia B. consonance C. alliteration D. assonance
29. What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza from “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
A. ABBA B. ABAB C. ABBA D. BAAB
30. “Where words fail, music speaks.” What figurative language is being used in this line by Hans Christian Andersen?
A. personification B. hyperbole C. metaphor D. simile
31. What element of fiction includes time, period, place, historical milieu, as well as social, political and perhaps even
spiritual realities mirrored in a story?
A. plot B. setting C. symbols D. characters
32. Which of the following refers to an expression of contradiction between the actual from the expected outcome and
to mean the opposite of what one says?
A. Idiom B. Irony C. Metaphor D. Oxymoron
33. Which of the following refers to the atmosphere of feeling that the writer creates for a reader or how the reader
feels?
A. tone B. mood C. expressive D. emotional landscape
34. Which of the following refers to the central idea or message in a work of literature?
A. theme B. imagery C. illusion D. allusion
35. Which of the following is the result of competing desires or the presence of obstacles that need to overcome; a
clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills?
A. irony B. theme C. setting D. conflict
36. Which of the following refers to the casual relationship between and among events of a story?
A. plot B. denouement C. complication D. rising action
37. What device allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the current
event in fiction?
A. flashback B. point-of-view C. foreshadowing D. action sequence
38. Which point of view is the least used by writers?
 A. First person B. Third person C. Second person D. Third-person Limited
39. After coming home late from a party, Mae’s father questioned her. She wanted to tell him that she was studying at a
friend’s place and lost track of time, but she told him the truth instead. What character trait does Mae demonstrate?
A. wise B. innocent C. trustworthy D. inconsiderate
40. Which statement does NOT describe the nature of figurative language?
A. explicit expression B. suggestive and attributive
C. use of foreign symbols and images D. highly artistic means of expression
41. What type of setting can be created in the following sentences? “Think of a lost child wandering in the woods. The
tall trees block out the sun, animals make eerie sounds in the distance, and the wind rustles the leaves”
A. creepy and nervous B. happy and romantic
C. dreary and brooding D. suspense and ominous
42. Which statement below best defines Man vs Nature?
A. When a character disagrees with the values, laws or beliefs of a group
B. When a character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land
C. When a character has an argument or disagreement with another character.
D. When a character develops an internal struggle between his thoughts and ideas
43. Which of the following statements describes point of view?
A. It refers to as how a story is told or narrated.
B. It explains the artistic means of expressions.
C. It describes the tangling series of events in the story.
D. It is the vantage point from which the story unfolds through the eyes of an authoritative narrator.
44. Which of the following is an example of verbal irony?
A. I see you’ve cleaned you room!
B. When a reporter gets caught in an expected storm
C. When a person exaggerates the character of something
D. Romeo believes Juliet is dead, but the audience knows that she has only been given a potion to sleep.
45. Which of the following is the best definition for “local color”?
A. Stories must use foreign symbols and images.
B. It is anchored to the idea that literature is an imitation of life.
C. Stories must be written using the native language or dialect to preserve cultural identity.
D. It refers to the technique of copying the lifestyle, custom, beliefs, practices and inclusion of local symbols and
images peculiar to region or locale.
46. What element of fiction challenges a character’s conviction and brings out his or her weaknesses or strengths?
A. theme B. setting C. conflict D. characterization
47. In this point of view, the author, when speaking of the main character, uses pronouns like you and yours.
A. first person B. second person C. third-person limited D. third-person omniscient
48. I said, “I need to stay at home so I can avoid the COVID-19 infection. I am not going with him to the mall.” This is an
example of what point of view?
A. first person B. second person C. third-person limited D. third-person omniscient
49. Helene describes the events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of the book she just read. This means
that Helene is describing what?
A. plot B. theme C. setting D. conflict
50. When the characters have different and opposing views, what kind of conflict is this?
A. man vs. man B. man vs. nature C. man vs. society D. man vs. himself

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BILLY JASPER C. DOMINGO EMERZON C. GUILLERMO, EdD RIZALINA T. MANZANO, EdD

JHS Teacher I Master Teacher I School Principal IV
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