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Kagawaran ng Edukasyon
REHIYON V-BIKOL
SANGAY NG MGA PAARALAN NG LUNSOD NAGA
PAMBANSANG MATAAS NA PAARALAN NG CAROLINA

CREATIVE WRITING
SUMMATIVE TEST
1ST Semester, S/Y 2023-2024

Name: __________________________________________ Grade and Section: ____________ Score: _____________

TEST I

A. Go over with the following texts given below. Write CW if the writing is an example of Creative Writing and write TW if
it is an example of Technical Writing.

1. “Let me not to the marriage of true minds, Admit impediments, Love is not love “ - Sonnet 116 by William
Shakespeare
2. “He could not have been bigger than this,” the frog said. But the little Frogs all declared that the monster was much,
much bigger… “
3. “It isn’t a new problem. Addiction is an ugly foe that ruins lives.” - - EDITORIAL entitled “Drug Addiction: A Public
Health Crisis “
4. “Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible,
without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.” - Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
5. “According to the Indian census, carried out in 2011, the population of India was exactly 1,210,193,422, which
means India has crossed the 1-billion mark.” - News Overpopulation in India
6. All creatures great and small; all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all “ All Things Bright &
Beautiful by Cecil Frances Alexander
7. “The little prince “tells the story of a pilot stranded in the desert fixing his airplane, until one day he meets a little boy
– the Little Prince. “ - Book Review: The Little Prince
8. School absenteeism is an alarming problem for administrators, teachers, parents, society in general, and pupils in
particular. Unaccepted absences have a negative effect on peer relationships, which can cause further absences.
Action Research on Student and Pupil Absenteeism in School
9. The Intruder is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed by Deon Taylor and written by David Loughery.
The film stars Michael Ealy and Meagan Good as a couple who buy a house in the country, only to realize its
previous owner refuses to let it go. - The Intruder Movie
10. Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth Would care to know my name, Would care to feel my hurt? - Who am I by
Casting Crowns

B. Arrange the following terms into their proper type of writing. Write the correct word in either Creative
Writing or Technical Writing.

personal research formal inform story serious

entertaining instructional conversational informal

Creative Writing Technical Writing

11. 16.
12. 17.
13. 18.
14. 19.
15. 20.
TEST II
A. Circle the letter of the CORRECT answer.

21. A segment of a poem that is divided into groups of lines is called a _________.
A. paragraph B. verse C. stanza D. sentence
22. The voice of a poem is the _____.
A. tone B. speaker C. mood D. theme
23. The moral or message of the poem is _____.
A. mood B. speaker C. tone D. theme
24. What do you call a picture created with words in a poem?
A. image B. theme C. tone D. rhyme
25. A language used in poetry that appeals to the senses is called _____.
A. metaphor B. simile C. imagery D. dialect
26. "The little house stood in the twilight with its gate ajar, creaking as the wind blew. A shutter slammed against the
house, and a curtain fluttered in the breeze." What's the mood?
A. Happiness B. Suspense C.Sadness D. Depressed
27. I'm a fine head of lettuce A handsome romaine. But I haven't a cranium Made for a brain. I am simple and shy I
remain on my own... I am known in the garden” Who/What is the speaker?
A. Mother making dinner C. Dad cooking on the grill
B. Farmer in the garden D. Head of lettuce
28. “What do I do/what do I do What do I do to tie my shoe Cross it over pull it tight Loop it together well, I think that's
right.” Who is the speaker?
A. Kindergarten Teacher C. Parent of a student
B. High School Teacher D. Kindergarten student
29. “The sun was bright and the sky was clear. Joan jogged down the path with Rex at her side and smiled about last
night's victory.” What's the tone?
A. Cheerful B.Depressing C. Determined D. suspenseful
30. Which of the following lines would most likely be included in a free verse poem?
A. The clouds are blue and you are too
B. Now it’s time to give a shout Our team caught it; you are out!
C. Red, orange Color of the sun Angry rays are everywhere
D. Math is so very fun because I know 1 + 1
31. What figure of speech is used in the statement, the story was as dull as ditch water?
A. Simile B. personification C. Metaphor D. hyperbole
32. Which of the following is an example of Personification?
A. The fire station burned down last night. C. She was a tower of strength in their trouble.
B . Let the flood clap their hands. D. The shopping cost me a million dollars.
33. Which of the following is NOT the language of creative writing?
A. Imagery B. diction C. figures of speech D. symbols
34. To which sense does this sentence appeal, a field of bright yellow flowers lay beautifully in front of me?
A. sight B. hearing C. smell D. touch
35. It is a type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in striking and
imaginative ways
A. lines B. rhymes C. poetry D. imagery
36. It is a description that appeal to the five senses.
A. refrain B. imagery C. variations D. meter
37. It is a literary device that involves sound patterning.
A. rhythm B. rhymes C. meter D. imagery
38. It refers to the repetition of sounds in a poem.
A. rhythm B. rhymes C. meter D. imagery
39. It is a grouped set of lines within a poem.
A. stanza B. rhyme C. rhythm D. imagery
40. It refers to the particular rhythm or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
A. meter B. typography C. theme D. rhyme
TEST III
Read the short poem below. Answer the questions that follow based from the symbols presented in the poem.

The Sick Rose

by William Blake

The sick rose

O Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy,
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
41. The Sick Rose is a poem of —
A. six lines. B. two lines. C. eight lines. D. twelve lines.
42. The Sick Rose has a note of —
A. joy. B. sadness. C. anger. D. passion.
43. The poem The Sick Rose begins with an/a —
A. address. B. exclamation. C. prologue. D. question
44. In the poem The Sick Rose 'sick' implies —
A. a sense of loss. B. disease. C. a state of destruction. D. mental delirium.
45. The worm that eats the rose into vitals remains —
A. invisible. B. flying. C. restless. D. visible.
46. The worm in the poem The Sick Rose is invisible because —
A. the night at dark. C. of dark night and howling storm.
B. The flower shelters it inside. D. it is very tiny.
47. The worm in the poem The Sick Rose stands for —
A. dark secret love. B. experience. C. frustration. D. benign force.
48. The invisible worm in the poem The Sick Rose flies —
A. at nights. B. in the day time. C. day and night. D. in the morning.
49. The 'invisible worm' in the poem The Sick Rose flies at night when —
A. it rains violently. B. the snow falls. C. it rages with a violent wind. D. none of the above.
50. The storm howls because —
A. the worm enters into the rose. C. the rose refuses the worm.
B. God is angry with the rose. D. the rose dies.
51. The ‘invisible worm’ in the poem The Sick Rose has managed to found out —
A. the rose. B. bed of the rose. C. petals of the rose. D. seeds of the flower.
52. “Has found out thy bed” — The 'bed' implies —
A. the outer part of the rose. C. the heart of the rose.
B. the soil wherefrom the rose grows. D. the petals of the rose.
53. In the poem, it symbolizes perfection and stands for joy and peace. It always seen as feminine and sometimes
represents life, spring, passion and blood.
A. storm B. rose C. night D. typhoon
54. It symbolizes death. It is connected with lowness, vileness and contempt.
A. worm B. cross C. bed D. rose
55. A symbol of chaos, confusion, fear, wildness, destruction and change. It can also be seen as blowing away the old
and frail and giving the new room to expand.
A. night B. worm C. storm D. rose

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