FINAL EXAMINATION

Creative Writing
GRADE 12

TEST I. Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer. Write the letter on the space provided.

__________ 1. It is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc,
performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.
A. Drama B. Story C. Poem D. Essay

__________ 2. A composition in verse.

A. Drama B. Story C. Poem D. Essay

__________ 3. An analytic or interpretative literary composition usually dealing with its subject from a limited or
personal point of view
A. Drama B. Story C. Poem D. Essay

__________ 4. It is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained
incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood.
A. Drama B. Story C. Poem D. Essay

__________ 5. It is a form of art in which the skillful choice and arrangement of words achieves a desired
emotional effect.
A. Drama B. Story C. Poem D. Essay

__________ 6. It is an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and
aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot.
A. Drama B. Story C. Poem D. Essay

__________ 7. It is a composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually
involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical
performance.
A. Drama B. Story C. Poem D. Essay

__________ 8. A piece of writing that gives the author's own argument

A. Drama B. Story C. Poem D. Essay

__________ 9. Creative writing is anything where the purpose is to express thoughts, feelings and emotions
rather than to simply convey information.
A. True B. False C. Maybe

__________ 10. Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic,
academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character
development, and with various traditions of poetry and poetics.
A. True B. False C. Maybe

TEST II. Matching Type

Answer Description Elements of Drama

1. It refers to its central idea. A. characters
2. The order of events occurring in a play B. theme
3. The personalities involve. C. setting
 4. The time and place where a story D. dialogue
5. The words used, the accent, tone, pattern of speech, E. plot
and even the pauses in speech.

TEST III. Multiple Choice: The questions are about the story The Necklace. Choose the best answer.
Write the letter on the space provided.

__________ 1. What is the main characters name?

A. Madame Mathilde B. Madame Virginia
C. Madame Froestie D. Madame Elizabeth

__________ 2. What is most likely the reason that the main character isn't satisfied with her life?
A. Her husband is always working
B. Everyone uses her strictly for money
C. Her mother died at a really young age
D. She feels as if every luxury in the world should be hers

__________ 3. The main character receives a(n) _______ in the mail

A. Invitation
B. Letter from her father
C. Box containing a diamond necklace
D. Envelope containing 400 francs

__________ 4. The necklace that is worn by the main character in the story is an example of...
A. Characterization B. Symbolism C. Irony D. All of the above

__________ 5. What happened to the main character at the ball?

A. She is shunned B. Everyone loved her C. Nobody noticed her
D. All of the above

__________ 6. What happened to the original necklace?

A. The main character lost the necklace
B. The main character decided to keep it
C. It was broken
D. The gem fell out of the necklace

__________ 7. How much did the main character pay for the new necklace?
A. 500 Francs B. 2 Franc C. 34,000 Francs D. 36,000 Francs

__________ 8. How long was the main character and her husband in debt?
A. 2 months B. 5 years C. About 10 years D. 50+ years

__________ 9. Who said "It was worth 500 francs at the most."?
A. Madame Forestier B. The first jeweller C. The second jeweler
D. Madame Mathtilde

_________10. What type of irony does the conclusion show?

A. Dramatic Irony B. Situational Irony C. Verbal Irony D. No irony at all
TEST III FILL IN THE BLANKS

Trees
By Joyce Kilmer

Stanza 1 Stanza 2 Stanza 3

 I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a _______________.
A tree whose hungry
_______________ is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing
__________;
A tree that looks at _______________
all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to
_______________;
A tree that may in _______________
wear
A _______________ of robins in her
hair;
Upon whose bosom _______________
has lain;
Who intimately lives with
_______________.
_______________ are made by fools
like me,
But only God can make a tree.

TEST V Write your own example of figures of speech as described.

1. Alliteration is the repetition of the beginning sounds of neighbouring words.

Example: Nick needed new notebooks.

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2. Anaphora is a technique where several phrases (or verses in a poem) begin with the same word or
words.
Example: I came, I saw, I conquered - Julius Caesar

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3. Hyperbole uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

Example: I've told you a hundred times

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4. Metaphor compares two unlike things or ideas.

Example: Heart of stone

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5. Oxymoron is two contradictory terms used together.

Examples: Peaceful chaos

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6. Personification is giving human qualities to non-living things or ideas.

Example: The flowers nodded

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7. Simile is a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
Examples: As slippery as an eel

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TEST VI Matching Type

Answer Phrase or Sentence Figure of Speech

1. It's just a scratch - referring to a large dent A. Anaphora
2. Fred fried frogs. B. Metaphor
3. Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! C. Hyperbole
4. Small crowd D. Personification
5. The world is a stage E. Simile
6. As wise as an owl F. Understatement
7. I could do this forever G. Oxymoron
8. Thunder grumbled H. Alliteration

TEST VII CREATIVE WRITING

Write an essay about the significant people in your life. Describe their characters using figures of speech. Be as
creative as you can.

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