SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

1ST QUARTER EXAMINATION

SY: 2019-2020 Raw Percentage
Score Score
Subject Title : CREATIVE WRITING (HUMSS)
Type of Subject : SPECIALIZED SUBJECT

Name of Student: _______________________________ Name of Teacher : ______________________

Grade/Section/Strand: __________________________ Date of Examination : ______________________

General Instruction: Read and understand the instructions carefully before starting the test. In case of
confusion, bring your concern to the attention of the proctor, NOT your co-examinee. As per BCT student
manual, cheating and cheaters will NOT be tolerated.

PART 1: For items 1-10, encircle the letter of the line containing the use of imagery that LEAST APPEALS to the
senses.

1. a. The familiar tang of Ma’am Daisy’s sauce reminded him of his time in this school.
b. The foundation day concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
c. After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.
d. His school card is making his mother cry.

2. a. It was dark and dim in the school’s mini-forest.

b. The grade school children were screaming and shouting in the field.
c. He saw the kids whom he gave money to yesterday.
d. The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric.

3. a. The old man took the handful of dust, and sifted it through his fingers.
b. The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful.
c. The sound of a drum in the distance attracted him.
d. He almost stepped on the tacks lying around the floor.

4. a. The chirping of birds heralded spring.

b. The wild gusts of cold wind pierced her body.
c. Her anger signaled the class to observe silence.
d. The stone fell with a splash in the lake.

5. a. The sound of bat hitting the ball was pleasing to his ear.
b. The stone wall was destroyed when the accident happened.
c. The burger, aromatic with spices, made his mouth water in anticipation of the first bite.
d. The silence in the room was unnerving.

6. a. The wild gusts of cold wind pierced her body.

b. The document disappeared after a virus supposedly infected the computer.
c. The people traveled long distances to watch the sunset in the north
d. The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in ethereal light.

7. a. Imagine your writing is slowing readers down.

b. She felt the moist crumbles melt on her tongue.
c. Rough, jagged stones cut into his hands.
d. He threw the ball, which was crusty and worn.

8. a. She screamed a loud cry that echoed through the streets.

b. He threw the ball and all the other equipment.
c. He patted her back roughly, causing her to feel uneasy.
d. She ate sweet, creamy, melted chocolate.

9. a. The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky.
b. Silence was broken by the peal of piano keys as Shannon began practicing her concerto.
c. She went to the countryside to see if her sister was doing okay.
d. After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles.
10. a. I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan.
b. Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.
c. The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves
d. The assignment our teacher gave yesterday has been really stressing me out.

PART 2: For items 11-25, encircle the letter of the figure of speech used in each line.

11. “Two Sunflowers

Move in the Yellow Room.
‘Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,’
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?”
(Two Sunflowers Move in a Yellow Room by William Blake)

a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Personification d. Hyperbole

12. “… impressions poured in upon her of those two men, and to follow her thought was like following
a voice which speaks too quickly to be taken down by one’s pencil… “
(To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf)

a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Personification d. Hyperbole

13. “He cried all night, and dawn found him still there, though his tears had dried and only hard, dry sobs shook
his wooden frame. But these were so loud that they could be heard by the faraway hills …” (The Adventures of
Pinocchio by C. Colloid)

a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Personification d. Hyperbole

14. “It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped,
And whirr when it stood still.
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.”
(The Marvelous Toy by Tom Paxton)

a. Personification b. Apostrophe c. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia

15. “Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and
memory; let me become as naught; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.” (Frankenstein by
Mary Shelley)

a. Personification b. Apostrophe c. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia

16. “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;

A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”
(Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare)

a. Personification b. Apostrophe c. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia

17. “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.”
(Loveliest Of Trees The Cherry Now by A.H. Houseman)

a. Personification b. Apostrophe c. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia

18. “Pearl Button swung on the little gate in front of the House of Boxes. It was the early afternoon of a sunshiny
day with little winds playing hide-and-seek in it.” (How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped by William Shakespeare)

a. Personification b. Apostrophe c. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia

19. “Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,
That with no middle flight intends to soar
Above th’ Aonian Mount”
(Paradise Lost, Book 1 by John Milton)

a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Personification d. Hyperbole

20. “…and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you …”
(i carry your heart with me By E. E. Cummings)

a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Personification d. Hyperbole

21. “O my Luve’s like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly played in tune.”
(Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns)

a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Personification d. Hyperbole

22. “She’s all states, and all princes, I …”

(The Sun Rising by John Donne)

a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Personification d. Alliteration

23. “Death be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so,
For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.”
(Death Be Not Proud by John Donne)

a. Personification b. Apostrophe c. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia

24. 'Because I could not stop for Death,

He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.'
(Because I Could Not Stop For Death by Emily Dickinson)

a. Personification b. Apostrophe c. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia

25. “O holy night! The stars are brightly shining!”

(Christmas carol)

a. Personification b. Apostrophe c. Alliteration d. Onomatopoeia

PART 3: For items 26-40, encircle the letter of the correct answer.

26. Which of the following lines IS NOT an iambic pentameter?

a. “So, thanks to all at once and to each one,”

b. “Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;”
c. “Now had the season returned, when the nights grow colder and longer,”
d. “Until they think warm days will never cease,”

27. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of creative writing?

a. Imaginative and Symbolic

b. Entertaining and Provoking
c. Formal and Objective
d. Arbitrary and Artistic
28. Which of the following is a characteristic of technical writing?

a. Informal b. Literal c. Subjective d. Conversational

29. Which of the following refers to the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line?

a. Alliteration b. Rhyme c. Rhythm d. Assonance

30. Which of the following refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable in poetry?

a. Rhyme b. Meter c. Poetic Refrain b. Line

31. How many quatrain/s and couplet/s are there in an English sonnet?

a. 3 and 2, respectively b. 3 and 1, respectively c. 2 and 3, respectively d. 1 and 3, respectively

32. Which of the following refers to the underlying message or big idea in a literary work?

a. Mood b. Theme c. Moral d. Plot

33. Which of the following refers to a form of verse that is usually humorous and frequently rude?

a. Ode b. Elegy c. Limerick d. Sonnet

34. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about diction?

a. It affects the overall message of a literary work.

b. It reflects the writer’s attitude towards his subject.
c. It helps the writer appeal more to human senses.
d. It enables the writer to properly establish the intended context.

35. Which type of poetry is typically written to address someone or something by expressing emotions?

a. Elegy b. Ode c. Sonnet d. Limerick

36. Which type of poetry is usually regarded as lament for the dead?

a. Elegy b. Ode c. Sonnet d. Limerick

37. What is the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet?

a. abab cdcd effe gg c. abab cdcd efef gg

b. abba cddc effe gg d. abaa cdcc efef gg

38. How many feet are there in anapestic hexameter?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

39. How many unstressed syllables are there in two iambs?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

40. Who is the most famous Elizabethan sonnet writer?

a. Francesco Petrarch
b. William Golding
c. William Shakespeare
d. Elizabeth Dickinson

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