Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III- Central Luzon
Schools Division of Tarlac Province
TARLAC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - ANNEX
San Miguel, Tarlac City

FIRST QUARTER EXAM IN 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE

I. Direction: Read and understand the sentences. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.

1. It is define as a piece of printed work related to the ideas and feelings of the
people that may be true or just a product of the writer’s imagination.
a. News b. Epic c. Dramatic poetry d. Literature e. Play
2. It uses rhyme and rhytmical arrangement of words.
a. Poetry b. Prose c. Epic d. Play e. Short story
3. This is a love poem which consists of 14 lines and a certaine pattern of rhyme
and rhythm.
a. Elegy b. Sonnet c. Dramatic poetry
d. Metrical Romance e. Ballad
4. This is a short Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines.
a. Ode b. Elegy c. Sonnet d. Ballad e. Haiku
5. The word literature is derived from the latin word which means letter.
a. Latera b. Leterra c. Litera d. Lutera e. Literal
6. The story entitled “The Monkey and the Turtle” is a example of a .
a. legend b. fable c. anecdotes d. fairy tale e. folk tale
7. This is a sequence of events in a story.
a. Plot b. Setting c. Theme d. Point of view e. Conflict
8. This is a lyric poetry which expresses feelings of grief and malancholy, and the
theme is death.
a. Sonnets b. Elegy c. Ode d. Folksong e. Psalms
9. This is the end of a story, novel or script includes the last plot element.
a. Resolution b. Falling action c. Climax
d. Rising action e.Exposition
10. This is a literary technique of writing a narrative in third person, in which the
Narrator knows the feeling and thoughts of every character in the story
a. Feminist Critic b. Ferminist Critism c. Omniscient
d. Point of view e. Characterization
II. Identify what figure of speech is employed in the following sentences/lines or phrases.
Choose from the box below.
1. The leaves danced in the breeze.
2. Life is like a journey.
3. Meow meow meow.
4. She is the apple of my eye.
5. Bitter sweet.
6. I’m so hungry I could eat horse.
7. It’s raining cat and dogs.
8. It was dark and dim in the forest.
9. Dove means “PEACE”
10. Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore
11. He heard the sound of the fire, like wire striking air.