‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬

Wisdom Islamic School, Davao City Inc.

S.Y. 2018-19-1ST Quarter Exams Student’s Name: ____________________________________
Grade: NINE (9) Subject: English
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Only black or blue pens are allowed to use. Strictly no erasures. Do not talk to
your seatmates. If you have question/s just raise your right hand and ask your teacher. Do not cheat. Anyone caught
cheating will automatically marked zero.

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Choose the best answer and encircle the letter of your choice.
1. It is a style of writing that conveys facts and data about a real-event or phenomenon accurately.
a. Formal writing
b. Informal writing
c. Informative writing
2. It is often defined as a series of related symbols or an extended metaphor.
a. Sonnet
b. Sermon
c. Allegory
3. It is a literary device in which language is used in an unusual or "figured" way in order to produce a stylistic
effect.
a. Foul language
b. Figurative language
4. It was used in Greece for public religious ceremonies accompanied by a lyre.
a. Lyric poetry
b. Lyric song
c. None of the above
c. Second language
5. Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels that describes imaginary events and
people.
a. Fiction
b. Friction
c. Poetry
6. Types of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal.
a. Slang
b. Colloquial
c. Mother tongue
7. What is the tone of the poem entitled, "O Captain! My Captain!"?
a. Lonely
b. Melancholy
c. Happy
8. It is the symbol from the poem, which means "the end of civil war and Lincoln's death."
a. Voyage
b. Ship's anchor
c. Anchored ship
9. It is the symbol from the poem, which means "the civil war and Lincoln's life,"
a. Voyage
b. Ship's anchor
c. Anchored ship
10. It is the symbol from the poem, which means "safe and sound."
a. Voyage
b. Ship's anchor
c. Anchored ship
11. It refers to words or expressions used in ordinary language by common people.
a. Slang
b. Colloquial
c. None of the above
12. It is a kind of lyric poem that addresses a person or an object is an exalted manner.
a. Ode
b. Sonnet
c. Elegy
13. It is a reversal of the usual order of words to achieve some kind of emphasis.
a. Inversion
b. Reversion
c. Conversion
14. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922.
a. William Shakespeare
b. William Butler Yeats
c. None of the above
15. The words of a song are called –
a. Refrain
b. Lyrics
c. Sounds
16. The most obvious sound effect used inf songs is the
a. Lyrics
b. Refrain
c. Sounds
17. It helps bring to life social, historical, and cultural ideas and values of a nation or country.
a. Ode
b. Elegy
c. Song
18. It is a form that is composed of tercets or three-line tanzas.
a. Terza rima
b. Tenza rima
c. None of the above
19. It is a kind of lyric poem that is intended to be sung.
a. Ode
b. Song
c. Sonnet
20. It is a kind of lyric poem with the themes of death and mourning.
a. Sonnet
b. Elegy
c. Ballad
21. Are meant to be heard.
a. Elegy
b. Ballad
c. Sermon
 22. New scientific words are often defined in context or through clues in the passage.
a. Graphic Aids
b. Scientific Terms
c. Figures of Speech
23. It has explanatory captions will help you visualize what the author is talking about.
a. Graphic Aids
b. Scientific Terms
c. Figures of Speech
24. Science writers usually show how one event in connected to another.
a. Scientific Terms
b. Figures of Speech
c. Cause-and-Effect Explanations
25. Science writers, just like fiction writers, often use imaginative comparisons, to clarify difficult ideas or to help
you visualize something.
a. Graphic aids
b. Scientific Terms
c. Figures of Speech

TEST II. MATCHING TYPE

Directions: Match column A with the correct answer on column B. Write only the letter on the space provided
before the number.
Column A Column B

____26. I Wandered Lonely as a cloud a. William Shakespeare

____27. The Stolen Child b. James Weldon Johnson
____28. O Captain! My Captain! c. Walt Whitman
____29. The Creation d. William Wordsworth
____30. Ode to the West Wind e. William Butler Yeats
____31. A figure of speech in which a series usually f. Simile
two or more neighboring words have the g. Metaphor
same first consonant sound. h. Alliteration
____32. A figure of speech that makes a comparison i. Personification
showing similarities between two different things. J. paradox
.____33. A figure of speech containing an implied k. Anastrophe
comparison.
____34. A figure of speech in which a statement appears
to contradict itself.
____35. A figure of speech where human qualities are
given to objects or ideas.

TEST III. FILL-IN THE BLANKS

Directions: Read each statement or question below carefully and fill in the blank(s) with the correct answer.

Then God (36) ________ down-

On the side of a (37) ________ where He could think;
By a deep, wide (38) ___________ He sat down
With his head in His hands,
(39) ___________ thought and thought,
Till He thought: I'll make me a (40) _________.

-The Creation
 Thou who didst waken from his (41)__________ dreams
The blue Mediterranean, where he lay,
Lull'd by the (42) ______ of his chrystalline streams.

-Ode to the west wind

TEST IV. IDENTIFICATION

Directions: Identify the correct answer from the choices given in the word bank and write your answer on the space
provided before the number.

WORD BANK

Setting Conflict Tone and voice

Style Characterization Point of view
Plot Dialog
Mood Dialect

_____________________________43. The feelings and emotion the writer wants the reader to experience.
_____________________________44. The conversation between the characters in a story/poem.
_____________________________45. The time and place where a poem/story takes place.
_____________________________46. The distinctive, idiosyncratic way a narration has of telling a poem/story.
_____________________________47. The way a writer uses words to craft a poem/story.
_____________________________48. The person narrating in a story/poem.
_____________________________49. The problem in situation a character or characters face in a story/poem.
_____________________________50. The series of events in a story/poem.
_____________________________51. The development of the characters in a story/poem.
_____________________________52. The particular style of speaking of the narrator and the characters in a
story/poem.

TEST V. ENUMERATION
Directions: Enumerate the 5 structure of informative writing.
53.

54.

55.

56.

57.

Directions: Give atleast 3 of language features of informative writing:

58.

59.

60.
Directions: Give two examples of informative writings:
61.

62.

Directions: Give the 3 purposes of informative writing:

63.

64.

65.

TEST VI. VOCABULARY

Directions: Give the terms from the meaning given below.

66. ___________________________ - the blue of the clear sky.

67. ___________________________ - a song of lamentation; a slow mournful piece of music.
68. ___________________________ - in Greek mythology, one of the maddened women who celebrated the rites of
Dionysus, the god of wine.
69. ___________________________ - brilliantly clear.
70. ___________________________ - marked by impulsive vehemence or temper.
71. ___________________________ - a bay in the south of Italy.
72. ___________________________ - muddy
73. ___________________________ - a mass of leaves (as a plant or forest).
74. ___________________________ - tomb, a burial vault.
75. ___________________________ - narrow ravines.

TEST VII. ESSAY

Directions: Explain your answer brief and concise. (5 pts.)
76. What is all about the poem entitled, The Creation?

Wish you success in your exams. 😊

-Teacher Kham