ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY

Echague Main campus

San Fabian, Echague, Isabela
First Quarter in English-GRADE 9
S.Y. 2019-2020

Test I. Direction: Read each question carefully then choose and encircle the best answer.
1. Which of the following is a poem that tells a story?
a. elegy b. sonnet c. ballad d. ode
2. Who writes the poem “The Seven Ages of Man”?
a. E.A Poe b. William Shakespeare c. Emily Dickenson d. Langston Hughes
3. What type of poetry narrates events and tells stories?
a. narrative b. dramatic c. lyrical d. none of the above
4. What do you call a sound device used by poets to suggest actions, movements, and meaning?
a. assonance b. onomatopoeia c. alliteration d. consonance
5. What speaker’s attitude is used towards the subject can be gleamed from the quality of the language the
poet used?
a. mood b. tone c. theme d. symbol
6. Which of the following represents a meaningful musical expression of significant human experiences
where powerful words are used to signify the beauty and grandeur of life?
a. play b. poem c. dance d. all of the above
7. The following are some of the famous legendary epic of the world. Which of the following is an old
English epic about a warrior who fought and defeated a monster named Grendel?
a. Beowulf b. Mahabharata c. Odyssey d. Epic of Gilgamesh
8. What method is accustomed in writing when you put your own words texts that are originally from the
author to keep us from plagiarizing other’s work?
a. summarizing b. revising c. paraphrasing d. both a and c
9. What genre of poem does not follow conventions of any meter or rhyme?
a. Blank verse b. Free verse c. Haiku d. Limerick
10. Which of the following serves as a guide in finding the sense, meaning and clarity in a sentence?
a. Literary devices b. Capitalization c. Punctuation mark d. both b and c
11. Signal words or transition words are used by the author to connect ideas. Which of the following is the
main function of signal words?
a. They help readers predict the main idea.
b. They suggest that the author is not an expert.
c. They alert the reader that the article is about to end.
d. They indicate that the information is from a reliable source.
12. Which of the following is NOT an example of sequence signal?
a. later b. then c. suddenly d. and
13. The following sentences are example of Alliteration “EXCEPT” one.
a. For his shrunk shrank; and his big manly voice.
b. Turning again toward childish treble, pipes; and whistles in his sound.
c. Sighing like furnace, with woeful ballad.
d. Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
14. A repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of the words is called consonance. Which of the
following phrases is an example of Consonance?
a. Into the lean and slippered pantaloon
b. Full of wise saws and modern instances
c. In fair round belly with good capon lined
d. With spectacles on nose and pouch on side
15. Assonance refers to the repetition of vowel sounds within the words. Which of the following is NOT an
example of assonance?
a. And all the men and women merely players
b. And shining morning face, creeping like a snail
c. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut
d. None of the above
16. What expression of disagreement is found in the following sentence?
“I don’t agree that women are not capable of performing jobs in fields such as politics, economics and
military as well as men.”
a. don’t c. are
b. agree d. not
17. What author’s tone is implied when showing an intense, deep concern and affection to the subject?
a. Sympathetic c. Loving
b. Sincere d. Solemn
18. Which of the following words is not an examples of “Kennings”?
a. The shepherd of evil c. Sword storm
b. Battle-sweat d. Claw and shoulder
19. Which statement is TRUE about “kennings”?
I. Kennings are compound, descriptive phrases with metaphorical meanings.
II. Kennings can stand in for ordinary nouns and proper nouns in Old English and Norse poetry
III. Kenning is a name of an object.
IV. Kenning is a name use to replace the existing name of an object.
a. I & II only b. I, II & III only c. I, II & IV only d. I, II, III & IV
20. Why are Kennings used?
a. To add poetic merit and value to rhetoric.
b. To confuse the reader.
c. To enhance the authenticity of the work.
d. All of the above.
21. Which of the following is not a type of imagery?
a. Visual b. Auditory c. Tactile d. Extrasensory
22. Tone: Literary devices; __________: Figures of Speech
a. Pun b. Rhythm c. Pentameter d. Satire
23. What part of the story tell all the loose ends are tied up, wherein the author usually plans to write a
sequel and purposely leaves room for further plot development?
a. Resolution b. Exposition c. Climax d. Denouement
24. How are personification and onomatopoeia related to imagery?
a. Imagery is a type of personification, and personification is a type of onomatopoeia
b. Onomatopoeia describes sound, and personification describes people.
c. Personification and onomatopoeia are used for imagery.
d. Personification describes people, and personification describes people.
25. Squint: __________; Squeeze: Hands
a. Tongue b. Eye c. Nose d. Ear
26. Over the counter medicines is highly prohibited. Where should the dash (-) be placed in the sentence?
a. After the word “over” c. Before the word “medicine”
b. After the word “the” d. After the words “over” and “the”
27. Which sentences makes use of single quotations correctly?
a. The King told Bedivere, “Now put me into garbage.”
b. The King told Bedivere “Now put me into garbage.”
c. “The King told Bedivere, “Now put me into garbage.””
d. The King told Bedivere, “Now put me into garbage”
28. What is the correct way of hyphenating this phrase: “a six or eight cylinder engine”?
a. a six-or-eight cylinder c. a six-or eight-cylinder
b. a six or eight-cylinder d. a six-or eight-cylinder
29. Choose the best place to insert ellipsis points in this passage: “Yet if we could scorn, hate and, pride and
fear: If we were things born not to shed a tear-Percy Bysshe Shelley”
a. Yet if we could scorn, hate and, pride and fear: … If we were things born not to shed a tear.
b. Yet if we could scorn, hate and, pride fear: if we were things born not to shed a tear…
c. Yet if we could… scorn, hate and, pride fear: if we were things born not to shed a tear.
d. Yet if we could scorn, hate and, pride fear: … if we were things born not to shed a tear…
30. Which word in the following lines must be capitalized?
In the common tongue it reads, “One ring to rule them all. one ring to find them. One ring to bring them
all and in the darkness bind them.”
-The Lord of the Rings
a. ring b. bring c. them d. one

31. -35.Determine the types of figurative language used in the following lines:

31. What type of figurative language is used in the following lines:

“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and entrances,” -William Shakespeare
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Synecdoche d. Hyperbole
32. “Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn” –Emily Dickinson
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Synecdoche d. Hyperbole
33. “They fought like dogs and cats”
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Synecdoche d. Hyperbole
34. “Parting is such a sweet sorrow” – W. Shakespeare
a. Metonymy b. Irony c. Litotes d. Oxymoron
35. “Hollywood movies are so entertaining.”
a. Metonymy b. Irony c. Litotes d. Oxymoron
 36. Based on the extracted lines of the poem “A Psalm of Life”, what does the lines below referring to as a
man’s destined end?
“Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow, Finds us rather than to-day.” –Henry Wardsworth Longfellow
a. Death b. Life c. Success d. Hope
37. What is the tone of the poem “A Psalm of Life”?
a. Sorrow b. Ambivalent c. Pessimistic d. Frustrated
38. Fill each blank with a single letter to form an antonym pair: _MBROSIAL- _NSAVORY
a. A and U b. A and A c. I and U d. I and A
39. What is the synonym of the word “slender”.
a. narrow b. wide c. fat d. broad
40. Welcome to our humble abode. The underlined word means?
a. home b. hotel c. apartment d. suite
41. What is the synonymous of the word trick?
a. assent b. illusion c. pulse d. provocation
42. What does “to bow” in Japanese culture signifies?
a. Respect b. Greetings c. showing agreements d. all of the above
Test II. Direction: Identify the function of the underlined infinitive and/or infinitive phrases.
43. To study medicine was his only wish.
a. Subject b. Subject complement c. Direct object d. Predicate noun
44. The homesick camper wanted to go home.
a. Subject b. Subject complement c. Direct object d. adverb
45. The right thing to do isn’t always easy.
a. subject b. subject complement c. direct object d. adjective
Test III. Writing and Composition
46.-47. Using the process of paraphrasing, give your insights about the following lines extracted from the song
entitled “Love Someone”. Minimum of 3-5 sentences for the writing composition. (2pts)
“Cause when you love someone
You open up your heart
When you love someone
You make room
If you love someone
And you’re not afraid to lose them
You’ll probably never love someone like I do
You’ll probably never love someone like I do”
-(Love Someone by Lukas Graham)

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48.-50.Using the given tone below, create a three-stanza free verse poem dealing with the theme of “Life, Love
or Death”. (3pts)

Absurd Narcissistic Outraged

Ardent Philosophical Curious

Optimistic Gullible Subjective

Nostalgic Ironic Mourning

Prepared by:
Frenches Perlas, Rovi Joy Garcia, King Salazar, Jeffrey Aquino & Rizza Otana
(AB-ENGLISH IV)