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MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN CREATIVE WRITING Grade 12 HUMSS B & C

1st Quarter (1st Semester)
S.Y. 2019- 2020
Direction: Multiple Choice. Read the statement / question carefully. Choose the letter of the best
answer. Write your answer on the line provided for each number.
_____ 1. Which of the following is the type of writing where the author is writing about a particular
subject that requires direction, instruction, or explanation?
A. Creative Writing C. Technical Writing
B. Academic Writing D. Narrative Writing
_____ 2. Which form of writing expresses ideas or thoughts in an imaginative way?
A. Academic Writing C. Descriptive Writing
B. Creative Writing D. Technical Writing
_____ 3. Which form of writing is done to fulfil a requirement of a college or university?
A. Creative Writing C. Academic Writing
B. Technical Writing D. Narrative Writing
_____ 4. Novels, poems, epics, short stories, screenplays, songs, and television scripts are examples of
________________ ?
A. Creative Writing C. Expository Writing
B. Technical Writing D. Academic Writing
_____ 5. User manuals, software installation guide, service level agreement, request for proposal, and
company documents are examples of _____________________?
A. Academic Writing C. Descriptive Writing
B. Creative Writing D. Technical Writing
_____ 6. Research paper, term papers, and thesis are some of the examples of ___________________?
A. Creative Writing C. Descriptive Writing
B. Technical Writing D. Academic Writing
_____ 7. It is defined as the aggregate of words composing of system of communication between
persons in speech or writing. What is it?
A. Diction C. Dialect
B. Language D. Poetry
_____ 8. It is visually descriptive or figurative language used in literary works. It appeals to the five (5)
senses to create word pictures. What is it?
A. Figure of Speech C. Diction
B. Imagery D. Language
_____ 9. It is a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect. What is it?
A. Imagery C. Figure of Speech
B. Figurative Language D. Diction
_____ 10. It is the choice of words and phrases in speech or writing. What is it?
A. Language C. Figure of Speech
B. Diction D. Figurative Language
_____ 11. It is an implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something in
common. What figure of speech is it?
A. Simile C. Oxymoron
B. Metaphor D. Hyperbole
For numbers 12-15, categorize the given examples of figure of speech to their correct type. Write only
the letter of the correct answer.
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Oxymoron D. Hyperbole E. Cliché’
_______12. Roberto was white as a sheet after he walked out of the horror movie.
_______13. Her singing was enough to raise the living dead.
______ 14. Time is money.
_______15. I’ve told you to stop a thousand times.
_______16. Which of the following sentences is written in slang diction?
A. Hello, young man. It is a true pleasure to make your acquaintance. How are you feeling
today?
B. That guy told his dad secrets on the down-low.
C. Her terrible temper won't endear her to many if she refuses to control her outbursts.
D. Hey, what's up, man? Lookin' cool in those shades you're wearin'!
______17. It is a single row of words in a poem.
A. Stanza C. Rhyme
B. Line D. Rhythm
______18. It is a truth, lesson, or message about life that the poet wants to convey to the readers.
A. Mood C. Theme
B. Meter D. Rhyme
Please refer to the poem below in answering numbers 19-22.
It’s the One Person I Love
by: Vanessa Burke

There’s family and riches,

there’s money and fame.
but for all you horrid bitches,
this is no game.

The ones who cheat,

the ones who lie.
are the ones who will be beat
and will surely die.

Love is not as rare

as people say,
but it’s people who are madly in love
that make my day.

People claim
they adore someone,
but when they are gone
they are merely lame.

It’s the one person I love that moved away

left me here until one day,
when will I see him again? nobody knows
just keep thinking of him as I put on the shows.

Love him, hate him

it’s all the same
but it’s the one person
I’ll never forget, forgive or reclaim.

________19. What kind of poem (based on the number of lines) is “It’s the One Person I love”?
A. Sestet C. Quatrain
B. Tercet D. Cinquain
_____20. What is the Rhyme Scheme of the poem?
A. a a b b C. a a a a
B. a b a b D. a b b a
_____ 21. What is the mood of the poem?
A. sadness because she misses her only love
B. madness because she was betrayed by the one she loves
C. excited because she wanted to see him again
D. bitterness because the person she loves moved away
_____ 22. What is the theme of the poem?
A. Love him, or hate him is all the same. He is the only person the girl loves.
B. Forget those people who leave us.
C. Be happy and move forward.
D. None of these
______23. It is a literary device that uses characters and plot to exemplify abstract ideas and themes. It
aims to teach a lesson.
A. Allegory C. Anaphora
B. Alliteration D. Allusion
_____ 24. This literary device is describes as repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning or series of
sentences.
A. Anastrophe C. Allusion
B. Anaphora D. Irony
______ 25. Series of words in quick succession that all start with the same letter or sound.
A. Anastrophe C. Allusion
B. Alliteration D. Allegory
______ 26. Creates contrast between how things seem and how they really are beneath the surface.
A. Irony C. Anastrophe
B. Allegory D. Anaphora
______ 27. Traditional sentence structure is reversed.
A. Anastrophe C. Allusion
B. Irony D. Allegory
______ 28. Which of the following imagery used the sense of sight to create word pictures in mind?
A. My dear, we're slow dancing in a burnin' room.
B. Wake me with the morning sun.
C. The lake was left shivering by the touch of morning wind.
D. He felt like the flowers were waving hello.
______ 29. Which of the following sentences used Allusion?
A. She sells sea shells by the seashore.
B. If it doesn’t stop raining, I’m going to build an ark.
C. Break a leg.
D. People of the world, look at Berlin.
Look at Berlin, when Germans and Americans..
Look at Berlin, where the determination..
Look at the Berlin, look where the bullets holes..
People of the world, look at the Berlin!
-Barack Obama, Berlin Speech, 2008
_____ 30. Which of the following type of irony tells that the readers already know what will happen
before characters do?
A. Dramatic Irony C. Verbal Irony
B. Situational Irony D. None of these
_____ 31. It is the type of irony wherein the intended meaning of a statement is the opposite of what was
said. What type of irony is it?
A. Situational Irony C. Dramatic Irony
B. Verbal Irony D. None of these
For numbers 32-36, arrange the narrative stages of plot in Freytag’s Pyramid. Write A, B, C, D, and E
on the line provided for each number.
_____ 32. Denouement
_____ 33. Rising Action
_____ 34. Exposition
_____ 35. Falling Action
_____ 36. Climax
For numbers 37-41 please refer to the passage from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
Read the story and answer the questions. In her journey through Wonderland, Alice has become very small.
She knows she needs to become her normal size again, but she’s not sure how to do that.

from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and simply arranged; the only difficulty was, that
she had not the smallest idea how to set about it; and while she was peering about anxiously among the
trees, a little sharp bark just over her head made her look up in a great hurry.
An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw,
trying to touch her. ‘Poor little thing!’ said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it; but
she was terribly frightened all the time at the thought that it might be hungry, in which case it would be very
likely to eat her up in spite of all her coaxing.
Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon
the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made
believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the
moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over
heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-
horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy
began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back,
and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out
of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.
This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape; so she set off at once, and ran till she
was quite tired and out of breath, and till the puppy’s bark sounded quite faint in the distance.
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____ 37. Who are the characters in the passage?

A. Alice and the horse C. Alice and the puppy
B. Alice and the kitten D. Alice alone
____ 38. Where do you think the story happened?
A. Outside, during the day C. Inside a playground
B. Inside a house D. None of these
____ 39. What is the problem Alice faces?
A. Alice wanted to play with the dog but she doesn’t know how to.
B. She’s afraid that the puppy might hurt her because she is so small.
C. Alice is very hungry but she doesn’t know where to get food.
D. None of these
_____ 40. How does Alice solve the problem?
A. She forced the dog to play with her using the stick.
B. She gives the puppy a stick to play with, and it runs off.
C. She runs out looking for food everywhere.
D. None of these
_____ 41. What point of view is used by the narrator in telling the story?
A. First Person Point of View C. Second Person Point of View
B. Third Person Point of View D. All of these
____42. It is a technique used in writing a fiction in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to
tell an incident of an earlier time (goes back in time).
A. Foreshadowing C. Flashback
B. Symbolism D. Conflict
____43. It is a writer’s technique in which the author provides clues or hints as to what is going to
happen later in the story.
A. Flashback C. Foreshadowing
B. Irony D. Symbolism
____44. It is the type of irony used by a writer in a fiction story wherein there is a contrast between what
happened and what was expected to happen.
A. Situational Irony C. Verbal Irony
B. Dramatic Irony D. Symbolism
____45. It is a technique used by a writer wherein he includes single word that represents idea, quality,
or concept larger than itself.
A. Symbolism C. Conflict
B. Irony D. Foreshadowing
____46. It is a conflict between characters or between the characters and his/her society.
A. Internal Conflict C. Physical Conflict
B. Social Conflict D. Personal Conflict
____47. It is a conflict between the different attitudes of beliefs in the character’s mind.
A. Internal Conflict C. Physical Conflict
B. Social Conflict D. Personal Conflict
____48. It is a conflict between a character and nature or the physical world.
A. Personal Conflict C. Psychological Conflict
B. Social Conflict D. Physical Conflict
____49. Which of the following symbolism is NOT true?
A. A journey can symbolize life. C. A lion can be a symbol of cowardice.
B. A red rose can symbolize love. D. Water may represent cleanliness.
____ 50. Which of the following symbolizes separation?
A. a ladder C. a broken mirror
B. a flag D. a dove

Character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success.

-John Hays Hammond

Good luck and God bless.   

Prepared by:
Mrs. Jennifer D. Fortu
Teacher I
Noted by:
Mrs. Hedelyn F. Ferriol
Principal III
 MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN CREATIVE WRITING Grade 12 HUMSS B & C
1st Quarter (1st Semester)
S.Y. 2019- 2020

KEY TO CORRECTION
1. C 26. A
2. B. 27. A
3. C 28. B
4. A 29. A
5. D 30. A
6. D 31. B
7. B 32. E.
8. B 33. B
9. C 34. A
10. B 35. D
11. B 36. C
12. A 37. C
13. C 38. A
14. B 39. B
15. D 40. B
16. D 41. B
17. B 42. C
18. C 43. C
19. C 44. A
20. B 45. A
21. A 46. B
22. A 47. A
23. A 48. D
24. B 49. C
25. B 50.C

Prepared by:
Mrs. Jennifer D. Fortu
Teacher I
Noted by:
Mrs. Hedelyn F. Ferriol
Principal III
 Table of Specifications
Test Questions
Key to Corrections
for

CREATIVE WRITING and

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL
PURPOSES
S.Y. 2019-2020

Submitted by:

Mrs. Jennifer D. Fortu

SHS-Teacher I

Submitted to:

Mrs. Hedelyn F. Ferriol

Principal III