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Grading Period: Third Quarter

Subject and Year Level: Creative Writing/Grade 12

Directions: Understand the statement 3. What element of poetry is

given. Then write the letter of the implied in the sentence, “There
correct answer on your answer sheet. is a thing beneath the stair with
slimy face and oily hair”?
1. Which of the following A. idiom
statements best demonstrates B. imagery
the difference between creative C. metaphor
writing from technical writing? D. rhythm
A. Creative writing is objective
while technical writing is 4. Which of the following sentence
subjective. uses Onomatopoeia?
B. Creative writing uses formal A. That test was murder
language while technical B. Hope is a thing with
uses informal. feathers.
C. Creative writing is fictional C. Pen is mightier than a
and imaginative while sword.
technical writing is factual. D. The whoosh of the sea is a
D. Creative writing is beautiful music to my ear.
journalistic and uses a wide
array of jargon, unlike 5. Which form of writing uses
technical writing. imagination and figurative
language?
2. Which of the following a. academic
statement is TRUE about b. creative
diction? c. expository
d. technical
I. It is the word choice
the author uses to convey 6. Which of the following
a particular tone. statements is NOT TRUE about
II. It includes the formality IMAGERY?
of the language, the A. Imagery is often found in
emotional content, and pieces of literature.
the sounds of words. B. Imagery is a literary device
III. It is the combination of used in creative writing.
denotation, connotation, C. Imagery shapes language to
concrete and abstract create sensory experiences.
words, and sound D. Imagery requires the use of
devices. figurative language to
achieve its aim.
A. I
B. II 7. What imagery is used in the
C. I, II sentence, “The deep blue sea
D. I, II & III sparkled in the sun.”?
a. auditory imagery
B. gustatory imagery
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C. kinesthetic imagery D. A character has an

D. visual imagery agreement or disagreement
with another character.
8. Which of the following
statements BEST DESCRIBES 11. Which of the following
narrative poetry? literary devices is used in the
A. Narrative poetry is composed phrase “The tree’s dark fingers
of sequences of events or a reached out for him”?
plot. A. Alliteration
B. Narrative poetry is based on B. Metaphor
memories or recollections of C. Personification
the past. D. Simile
C. Narrative poetry aims to be
performed on stage or For items 12 to 17, read the
through actors. poem and answer the questions
D. Narrative poetry exclusively that follow.
deals with heightening “There was a young lady of
emotions and feelings. station
‘I love man’ was her sole
9. Which of the following exclamation;
statements is a description of But when men cried: ‘You
lyric poetry? flatter,’
A. Lyric poetry expresses She replied, ‘Oh! no matter
attitudes and opinions. Isle of Man is the true
B. Lyric poetry commemorates explanation.'”.
the value of an important - “To Miss Vera
event. Beringer” by Lewis Carroll
C. Lyric poetry records the
legendary adventures of folk 12. What type of stanza is
heroes. displayed in the poem?
D. Lyric poetry utilizes the A. cinquain
stage as a platform for B. couplet
communication. C. octave
D. septet
10. Which sentence below is an
example of the conflict of Man 13. The following rhyming words
vs society? can be seen in the poem
A. A character develops a EXCEPT?
struggle between his A. matter – fatter
thoughts and ideas. B. flatter – matter
B. A character disagrees with C. exclamation – station
the values, laws or beliefs of D. station – explanation
a group.
C. A character has a problem 14. What rhyme scheme is
with outside forces like applied in the poem?
weather or land. A. AABAA

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B. AABBA 19. What literary element is

C. ABBAA suggested with the words joyful,
D. ABCAB sadness, mysterious?
A. Foreshadowing
15. What specific type of poetry is B. Mood
used in the poem? C. Motif
A. haiku D. Symbolism
B. limerick
C. ode 20. What mode of fiction refers to
D. sonnet the details the narrator gives
about a character?
16. What is the tone used in the A. Action
statement below? B. Description
“The sun was bright and the sky C. Dialogue and thought
was clear. Joan jogged down D. Exposition
the path with Rex at
her side and smiled about last 21. What mode is used in the
night's victory.” statement “With a glance back
A. Cheerful at the gorgeous day outside, he
B. Depressing almost –almost regretted
C. Determined coming here today.”?
D. Suspenseful A. Action
B. Description
17. Which is TRUE about the C. Dialogue
function of FREE VERSE D. Thought
POEM?
A. It follows its metrical lines. 22. What does the statement
B. It follows five-five-five “The sun glared down at me
syllables. from the sky.” mean?
C. It has exact poetic rhyme A. a metaphor that compares
scheme. the sun and sky
D. It gives a greater freedom for B. a hyperbole which means the
choosing words, and sky is looking down
conveying their meanings to C. personification which means
the audience. the sun is too hot
D.personification which means
18. What is the initial step in the sun is bright
developing a free verse poem?
A. Read the rough poem aloud 23. Which of the following is NOT
B. Choose your subject and a characteristic of Imagery?
write about it. A. It is considered as figures of
C. Move through your poem speech.
with an editor’s pen. B. It consists of descriptive
D. Check your rough poem to language.
see if anything is missing. C. It draws on the five senses.
D. It is a literary device.

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A. It is for the purpose of art

24. Multiple sensory images and aesthetics.
might be created in a sentence B. It makes conveyance of
or line. Which of the following meaning more
utilizes both visual and understandable.
auditory senses? C. It makes readers more
A. I hear the sound, yes that confused on what they are
sound, the sound that reading.
reminds me I am not alone. D.It functions as the other way
B. Why does the sea sob so, of expression to impress
mother, as it breaks on the readers.
rocky shore?
C. The world could die and 28. The use of quoted speech or
everything may lie, still you direct statements in the text is
shan’t cry. an example of a literary
D.Why do birds suddenly technique. What specific
appear every time you are literary technique is this?
near? A. Conversation
B. Dialogue
25. Which of the statements C. Flashback
describes the use of symbolism D. Foreshadowing
in fiction?
A. Symbols determine the time 29. What is the central idea or
and place of the events. message in which the story or
B. Symbols provide an text revolves?
alternative narration to the A. Character
story. B. Point of View
C. Symbols create the C. Symbols
necessary conflict for D. Theme
character development.
D.Symbols contribute to the
reinforcement of the story’s 30. Hamlet wants to kill his
theme or message. father’s murderer, Claudius,
but he also looks for proof to
26. What figure of speech is justify his action. What kind of
employed in this line conflict is present?
” O Wild west wind, thou A. Man vs. Man
breathe of Autumn’s being.”? B. Man vs. Nature
A. Apostrophe C. Man vs. Self
B. Metaphor D. Man vs. Society
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Personification 31. “She accepted it as the kind
cruelty of the surgeon’s knife.”
27. Why do writers use figurative What does the sentence
language as one of the exemplify?
techniques in writing a text? A. Hyperbole

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B. Irony understand the texts.

C. Oxymoron C. The ability to read,
D. Paradox understand and analyze the
texts.
32. What literary technique is D.The ability to read,
applied in the statement, “It understand, and analyze
was a cold stormy night that both the texts and the
would introduce her to eternal elements of the story.
darkness, forever changing the
course of her life.”? 36. How do you analyze the
A. Euphemism different figurative languages in
B. Exposition the story?
C. Flashback A. Interpret them at their
D. Foreshadowing surface level.
B. Read them as if you are
33. Faustus thinks honestly reading them normally.
about repenting, acting upon C. Read them in their deeper
the advice of ‘the good angel,’ sense and see their
but ‘the bad angel’ distracts relationship with the story.
him by saying it is all too late. D.List the different figurative
What kind of conflict is present languages that you can see
in the given situation? and identify what kind they
A. Man vs. Man are.
B. Man vs. Nature
C. Man vs. Self 37. How do you analyze the
D. Man vs. Society symbolism present in a story?
A. Look at the object on a literal
34. Which of the following level.
guidelines should be taken into B. Try to compare the object
consideration in analyzing the with another object of its
Point of View used in the story? kind.
A. The important dialogues. C. Look for the deeper meaning
B. The characters’ speech of the object and connect it
based on their attitude. with how it is valued or
C. The author of the story given importance in the
should point out the overall story.
meaning of the story. D.Figure out what’s in the
D.The narrator of the story and object which cannot be
the pronouns he/she uses. found in another object for
you to unveil its symbolism
35. What are the MOST essential in the story.
skills in analyzing the elements
in a story? 38. “I can hear the loud and
A. The ability to read and endless cries of our people
reread the text. because of this pandemic.”
B. The ability to read and

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What kind of figurative D. Sense of Touch

language is exemplified?
A. Apostrophe 42. What figure of speech is
B. Hyperbole used in the following sentence?
C. Onomatopoeia “Lightning danced across the
D. Personification sky.”
A. Simile
39. “I know that today, you will B. Irony
rock it on! You will definitely get C. Hyperbole
a high score in your exams! D. Personification
Why? Because you are great
and mommy too! Good luck 43. What figure of speech is
baby!” used in the following sentence?
“The beautiful bouquet
What is the theme that can be blossomed in the bright sun.”
drawn from the statements A. Assonance
above? B. Onomatopoeia
A. Love and support of a mother C. Alliteration
B. The Power of Optimism D. Consonance
C. The Importance of Love and
Care Consider the following examples and
D. Love conquers all. identify what type of imagery is being
given.
40. What is the mood
demonstrated in the lines 44. “The moonlight shone
below? over the lake and reflected in her
"The little house stood in the big, dark eyes.”
twilight with its gate ajar, A. Visual Imagery
creaking as the wind B. Auditory Imagery
blew. A shutter slammed C. Olfactory Imagery
against the house, and a D. Gustatory Imagery
curtain fluttered in the breeze."
A. Depressed 45. “She awoke to the
B. Happiness chirping of birds and the soft
C. Sadness whisper of a breeze as it passed
D. Suspense through her window.”
A. Visual Imagery
B. Auditory Imagery
41. What sense is used in the C. Olfactory Imagery
following sentence to convey D. Gustatory Imagery
imagery?
“The rough cloth prickled my 46. What part of the plot is the
skin.” highest point of the story during
A. Sense of Sight which the readers know how the
B. Sense of Smell conflict will be resolved?
C. Sense of Taste A. Exposition

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B. Rising Action A. Foreshadowing

C. Climax B. Flashback
D. Denouement C. Symbolism
D. Figurative Language
47. What literary element is
referred to as the struggle
between two entities. In story
writing the main character, also
known as the protagonist,
encounters mishap with the
antagonist, which is an
adversary.
A. Setting
B. Character
C. Conflict
D. Point of View

48. The narrator goes back in

time for a specific scene giving
more context to the story. What
technique did the writer use to
emphasize this?
A. Foreshadowing
B. Flashback
C. Symbolism
D. Figurative Language

49. What literary device is

used in the statement below?
“In the novel series Harry Potter
by JK Rowling, Harry’s scar is
symbolic of his
bravery, like a badge of honor.”
A. Foreshadowing
B. Flashback
C. Symbolism
D. Figurative Language

50. What literary technique is

used in the excerpt below?
“In Shakespeare’s Romeo and
Juliet, Romeo says he prefers to
die sooner than live without
Juliet’s love: Life were better
ended by their hate, than death
prorogues, wanting of the love.”

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