Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of Tarlac Province
VICTORIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH
Victoria, Tarlac
SY 2017 – 2018

Name: __________________________________________ Score: _____________

Grade & Section: _______________________________ Date: ______________

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Creative Writing

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Identify the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided
before each number.(30 pts.)

____1. Written in prose format and published as a book and considered to be a long piece of creative fiction
that is believed to be possessing, demanding, and complex.
a. narrative poetry c. novel e. theater play
b. drama d. short story
____2. The following are all basic types of writing except –
a. expository c. creative e. documentary
b. expressive d. technical
____3. It is a poem that demonstrates grief and melancholy to the dead.
a. elegy c. corrido e. song
b. ode d. psalm
____4. Short poems that are tainted with love, hope, joy, grief, sadness, or sorrow as common themes
a. corridos c. songs e. sonnets
b. psalms d. folksongs
____5. A stanza with five lines is called
a. cinquain c. septet e. sexian
b. quatrain d. tercet
____6. A poem that provides an amusing and a happy ending.
a. farce c. tragedy e. social poem
b. melodrama d. comedy
____7. It employs contradictory statements or situations to show reality dissimilar from truth.
a. paradox c. metonymy e. allegory
b. irony d. synecdoche
____8. ________________ is the central idea or concept of the storyline
a. denouement c. falling action e. point of view
b. theme d. conflict
____9. Exposes a topic analytically and objectively, like a news report.
a. Expository writing c. Creative writing e. Technical writing
b. Expressive writing d. Persuasive writing
____10. “The Witch” by -
a. Layeta P. Bucoy c. Jessica Hagerdorn e. Merlie Alunan
b. Edilberto K. Tiempo d. Miguel Syjuco
____11. This brings the readers as where the story happens which is illustrated through scenery, landscape,
building, weather, or even season.
a. plot c. setting e. mood
b. climax d. character
____12. Plays, short stories, plays, and novels are under
a. Expository writing c. Creative writing e. Technical writing
b. Expressive writing d. Persuasive writing
____13. An element of a story that leads the central conflict by building a series of events in the
character’s life.
a. theme c. plot e. antagonist
b. mood d. protagonist

____14. Refers to a segment/part of something that is replaced to represent in for a whole or vice versa.

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 a. symbolism c. paradox e. synecdoche
b. allegory d. metonymy
____15. Neither a plot nor a full narrative description, but a carefully crafted verbal sketch that might
be part of some larger work, or a complete description in itself.
a. short story c. sonnet e. vignette
b. novel d. poem
____16. Uses contradictory statements but in a closer examination turns out to make sense
a. metaphor c. allegory e. paradox
b. irony d. symbolism
____17. The pattern in which end rhyme occurs.
a. onomatopoeia c. assonance e. rhyme scheme
b. alliteration d. consonance
____18. The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way. This is an example of -
a. alliteration c. assonance e. onomatopoeia
b. consonance d. rhyme scheme
____19. Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and
steadfastness will see you to the very top. What literary device is used in the given sentence?
b. simile c. allegory e. symbolism
b. metaphor d. personification
____20. Give the rhyme scheme of the given lines.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
c. aabbcc c. ababaa e. ababcc
b. bcbcaa d. ababab
____21. What is imagery?
a. the use of language appealing to one or more of the five senses
b. a joke
c. It's nothing, you just made it up
d. a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual
words.
e. a literary practice wherein the writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it in
order to increase its worth and understandability
____22. This refers to the use of the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.
a. symbolism c. connotation e. diction
b. allegory d. denotation
____23. When we use the name “Washington D.C” we are talking about the U.S’ political hot seat by
referring to the political capital of the United States because all the significant political institutions
such as the White House, Supreme Court, the U.S. Capitol and many more are located her. The phrase
“Washington D.C.” is ________________ for the government of the U.S. in this case.
a. metonymy c. irony e. metaphor
b. synecdoche d. paradox
____24. “A long song”is an example of
a. metaphor c. alliteration e. assonance
b. onomatopoeia d. consonance
____25."They ate food."Is this an example of imagery?
a. yes c. neither way e. both a and b
b. no d. not sure
____26.Sheanne tried hard to convince herself that her Hollywood dreams were worth the struggle but her
parents, and her inner voice of reason, failed to agree.
a. theme c. conflict e. denouement
b. Central idea d. climax
____27.“We were the first that ever burst”, a line taken from the poem Ancient Mariner, is considered to
be an example of
a. eye rhyme c. external rhyme e. rich rhyme
b. internal rhyme d. end rhyme
____28.The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house. What type of imagery is present in this given line?
a. olfactory c. visual e. kinetic
b. auditory d. tactile

____29. It is a literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and
overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.

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 a. irony c. paradox e. synecdoche
b. hyperbole d. personification
____30. The manner in which a story is narrated or depicted and who it is that tells the story is called
a. point of view c. falling action e. persona
b. conflict d. theme

II. TRUE OR FALSE

Direction: Write CREATIVE if the statement is correct and if the statement is false, write WRITING.
(10pts.)

W________________31. Prose takes its form in a metered style and uses rhyme than natural speech.
C________________32.“The Witch” is a short story which is considered to be shorter than a novel.
C________________33. A character in a short story can either be a person or an animal taking the action of
the story.
W________________34. Absurd play combines dialogues, songs, and dance numbers and accredited to Broadway
for blending vaudeville, revue, melodrama, as well as operetta in its presentation.
W________________35. Conflict is called the central idea or concept of the storyline.
C________________36. There is usually a pattern, unintended or intentional, that threads the plot together.
C________________37.“I'm not feeling bad”is an example of litotes.
C________________38. In literature, the word ‘setting’ is used to identify and establish the time, place
and mood of the events of the story.
C________________39. The rhyme scheme is the practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in a
prose or poetry.
C________________40. Films can be taken from the written word of a large work such as novels and
autobiography.

III. MATCHING TYPE

Direction: Match Column A with Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer. (5 pts.)

Column A Column B

l. 41. ode a. dramatic

a. 42. farce b. poetry
c. 43. novel c. prose
d. 44. metrical tale d. narrative
e.45. The Adapted Healthy Baby e. drama
k. novel
l. lyric

IV. WRITING
Direction: Using a Venn Diagram, give the differences and similarities of irony and paradox. (5 pts.)

Irony employs Paradox uses

Contradictory contradictory
statements or statements but in a
situations closer examination turns
to show reality out to make sense.
dissimilar e.g. You can save money
from truth. by spending it.
e.g. unmailed letter

“If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail!”

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SHS T - III

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