MACALPI-AY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

PASTRANA, LEYTE

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Creative Writing
Name: _____________________________________ Grade & Sec: _____________ Date: _____________Score: ______________

MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

Directions: Read the questions carefully and ENCIRCLE the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is creative writing?

A. It is an artistic expression through written word.
B. It expresses the writer’s ideas and emotions in an artistic manner.
C. It uses language that aims to entertain and captivate the audience.
D. All of the above
2. Which of the following is the objective of a creative writing?
A. It shows facts. C. It aims to entertain the readers.
B. It aims to instruct and inform. D. It has a specific target audience.
3. Which of the following is the content of a creative writing?
A. It shows facts. C. It aims to entertain the readers.
B. It aims to instruct and inform. D. It reflects the writer’s imagination.
4. Which of the following is a form/sample of a creative writing?
A. poetry B. guidelines C. proposals D. research journals
5. Which of the following is the structure of a creative writing?
A. artistic B. formal C. informal D. systematic
6. Which of the following is NOT a necessity in order to create an effective piece of writing?
A. It spices up the reading experience.
B. It gives a clear mental picture to the reader.
C. It uses words that are too flowery and sophisticated
D. It makes the reader imagine and feel what is being read.
7. Which of the following is NOT an importance of sensory details in creative writing?
A. It adds power to writing.
B. It gives a concrete sensory experience.
C. It gives a clear mental picture to the reader.
D. It captures the mind and shows level of formality of the creative piece.
8. It refers to the language and word choice of the writer. What important ingredient of creative writing is being
described?
A. diction B. mood C. figures of speech D. sensory details
9. These are words or phrases that describe the content of the text vividly. What important ingredient of creative
writing is being described?
A. diction B. mood C. figures of speech D. sensory details
10. These are literary devices that are used to create images that would deepen the reader’s comprehension of a
text. What important ingredient of creative writing is being described?
A. diction B. mood C. figures of speech D. sensory details

For items 11-15, identify the figures of speech used in the following lines from some famous literary pieces.

11. “Then she burst into view, a girl lovely as morning and just as fair…”
A. simile b. metaphor C. alliteration D. personification
12. “Everything that exists, aromas, light, metals, were little boats that sail toward the isles of yours that wait for me…”
A. simile b. metaphor C. alliteration D. personification
13. “Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me…”
A. simile b. metaphor C. alliteration D. personification
14. “Leap up, like that, like that, and land so lightly.”
A. simile b. metaphor C. alliteration D. onomatopoeia
15. “Boy, I rang the doorbell fast when I got to old Spencer’s house.”
A. simile b. metaphor C. alliteration D. onomatopoeia
16. It is the summarized statement containing the main thought or meaning of the poem. What element of poetry was
described?
A. tone B. mood C. theme D. rhythm
17. It refers to the attitude and mood of the poem. It is the overall atmosphere which influences the emotional
response of the reader. What element of poetry was described?
A. tone B. mood C. theme D. rhythm
18. Which of the following a characteristic of a descriptive poem?
A. It tells a story. C. It expresses feelings and thoughts of the poet.
B. It focuses on details. D. It uses words that are too flowery and sophisticated.
19. Which of the following a characteristic of a narrative poem?
A. It tells a story. C. It expresses feelings and thoughts of the poet.
B. It focuses on details. D. It uses words that are too flowery and sophisticated.

20. Which of the following a characteristic of a lyric poem?

 A. It tells a story. C. It expresses feelings and thoughts of the poet.
B. It focuses on details. D. It uses words that are too flowery and sophisticated.
21. Which of the following is the definition of a true rhyme?
A. Rhyme that occurs on the words
B. Rhyme that occurs within the lines
C. Not a true rhyme but the sound of the words are alike
D. The first, second, and fifth words and third and last words sound alike
22. Which of the following is the definition of an internal rhyme?
A. Rhyme that occurs on the words
B. Rhyme that occurs within the lines
C. Not a true rhyme but the sound of the words are alike
D. The first, second, and fifth words and third and last words sound alike
23. Which of the following is the definition of an off/slant rhyme?
A. Rhyme that occurs on the words
B. Rhyme that occurs within the lines
C. Not a true rhyme but the sound of the words are alike
D. The first, second, and fifth words and third and last words sound alike
24. Lines have the same number of stresses and varied count of syllables. What metrical pattern is being described?
A. Free Verse B. Accentual meter C. Syllabic meter D. Accentual-syllabic meter
25. Lines have the same number of syllables and varied count of stresses. What metrical pattern is being described?
A. Free Verse B. Accentual meter C. Syllabic meter D. Accentual-syllabic meter
26. Lines have the same number of syllables, both stressed and non-stressed; arranged in fixed order. What metrical
pattern is being described?
A. Free Verse B. Accentual meter C. Syllabic meter D. Accentual-syllabic meter
27. Lines have irregular number of stresses and syllables. What metrical pattern is being described?
A. Free Verse B. Accentual meter C. Syllabic meter D. Accentual-syllabic meter
28. Which of the following is a characteristic of a Blank Verse?
A. A narrative poem about a hero
B. A poem without standard rhyme patterns, line length
C. A brief Japanese verse poem consisting 5-7-5 syllables
D. A poem of consistent length and meter but do not employ rhyme
29. Which of the following is a characteristic of a Haiku?
A. A narrative poem about a hero
B. A poem without standard rhyme patterns, line length
C. A brief Japanese verse poem consisting 5-7-5 syllables
D. A poem of consistent length and meter but do not employ rhyme
30. Which of the following is a characteristic of an epic?
A. A narrative poem about a hero
B. A poem without standard rhyme patterns, line length
C. A brief Japanese verse poem consisting 5-7-5 syllables
D. A poem of consistent length and meter but do not employ rhyme
31. Which of the following is a characteristic of a Free Verse?
A. A narrative poem about a hero
B. A poem without standard rhyme patterns, line length
C. A brief Japanese verse poem consisting 5-7-5 syllables
D. A poem of consistent length and meter but do not employ rhyme
32. Which of the following is a characteristic of a limerick?
A. A narrative poem about a hero
B. A poem without standard rhyme patterns, line length
C. A poem consisting of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter
D. A poem of consisting of five lines wherein lines 1,2, and 5 and lines 3 and 4 are rhyming
33. Which of the following is a characteristic of a sonnet?
A. A narrative poem about a hero
B. A poem without standard rhyme patterns, line length
C. A poem consisting of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter
D. A poem of consisting of five lines wherein lines 1,2, and 5 and lines 3 and 4 are rhyming
34. Which of the following number of lines consist a quatrain?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
35. Which of the following number of lines consist a tercet?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
36. Which of the following number of lines consist a sestet?
A. 4 B.5 C. 6 D. 7
37. Which of the following number of lines consist an octave?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
38. Which of the following number of lines consist a couplet?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
39. Which of the following number of lines consist a quintet?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
40. Which of the following number of lines consist a septet?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

Prepared by: Teacher Shai

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