Creative Writing

10. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase

I. Read each item carefully then answer literally denoting one kind of object or idea is
the following questions by selecting the used in placed of another to suggest likeness
letter of the correct answer among the or analogy.
choices given. A. Metaphor
B. Paradox
1. A writing that formulates a concentrated C. Personification
imaginative awareness of experience in D. Simile
language chosen and arranged to create a
specific emotional response through 11. A speaker directly addresses an absent or
meaning, sound and rhythm. dead person, inanimate object or an abstract
A. Creative Non-fiction quality as if it were present or living.
B. Drama A. Apostrophe
C. Fiction B. Metonymy
D. Poetry C. Paradox
D. Synecdoche
2. A form of prose that depicts imaginary
events and people. 12. A figure of speech consisting of the use of
A. Creative Non-fiction the name of one thing for that of another of
B. Drama which it is an attribute or with which it is
C. Fiction associated.
D. Poetry A. Irony
B. Metonymy
3. It uses a literary technique to write about C. Paradox
facts, actual events and people. D. Synecdoche
A. Creative non-fiction
B. Drama 13. A figure of speech by which a part is put for
C. Fiction the whole or the whole for the part.
D. Poetry A. Irony
B. Metonymy
4. This refers to the writer’s choice of words or C. Paradox
phrases may it be in writing or speech. D. Synecdoche
A. Diction
B. Intonation 14. A composition in prose or verse designed for
C. Pronunciation stage performance through mime and
D. Spelling dialogue
A. Drama
5. This refer to words that affect the auditory, B. Novel
tactile, olfactory and gustatory part of our C. Short Story
selves. D. Ballad
A. Diction
B. Imagery 15. It is considered as the central message of
C. Tone the story.
D. All of the above A. Character
B. Point of View
6. This figure of speech substitutes negative C. Setting
description for a milder and less harsh way D. Theme
of stating.
A. Euphemism 16. This pertains to the vantage point where the
B. Hyperbole story is narrated.
C. Metonymy A. Character
D. Simile B. Point of View
C. Setting
7. This figure of speech gross exaggerates to D. Theme
achieve an effect usually for humor or
emphasis. 17. It is the series of events knit together
A. Euphemism A. Plot
B. Hyperbole B. Setting
C. Paradox C. Theme
D. Personification D. Tone

8. This figure of speech gives human attributes 18. It is considered as the soul of the plot, and it
or characteristics to inanimate objects. is the tension between opposing forces.
A. Euphemism A. Character
B. Hyperbole B. Conflict
C. Paradox C. Plot
D. Personification D. Point of View

9. This figure of speech compares two unlike 19. This serves as the background of the story,
objects with the use of phrases “like”, “such may it be physical, mental or spiritual.
as” and “seems.” A. Character
A. Metaphor B. Plot
a. Paradox C. Point of View
b. Personification D. Setting
c. Simile
 20. What do we call a tradition Japanese poem
with three lines (5,7,5 syllables) 30. “The sun is looking down on me”
A. Elegy A. Hyperbole
B. Free Verse B. Metaphor
C. Haiku C. Personification
D. Sonnet D. Simile

II. Read each item carefully then answer III. Read each item carefully and identify
the following questions by selecting the what is being described or represented
letter of the correct answer among the by each of the item.
choices given.

21. “The moan of the doves in immemorial elms,

31. It is the poet’s attitude and opinion about the
And murmuring of innumerable bees… “
subject.
(Come Down, O Maid 1847 line 30-31)
A. Metonymy
B. Onomatopoeia 32. “True ease in writing comes from art, not
C. Personification chance,
D. Synecdoche As those move easiest who have learn’d to
dance.”
22. “Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day”
(Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare 33. Snow
A. Simile Lovely, white
B. Metaphor Falling, dancing, drifting
C. Hyperbole Covering everything it touches
D. Irony Blanket

23. “ I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you 34. It is one of the major forms of poetry with one
Till China and Africa meet” speaker (not necessarily the poet) who
A. Simile expresses strong thoughts and feelings.
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole 35. It is a type of narrative poem with ABCB rhyme
D. Irony scheme which tells a story common to a
folktale.
24. “And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street” 36. It is a type of a lyric poem with a single theme,
A. Metaphor used for praising or honoring a person, event or
B. Paradox thing.
C. Personification
D. Simile 37. It is a pre-Hispanic rhyming poem of three lines
with seven syllables in each line expressing a
25. “I wandered lonely as a cloud complete thought.
That floats on high o’er vales and hills”
A. Hyperbole 38. It is a five-line witty poem with a distinctive
B. Metaphor rhythm with the rhyme scheme AABBA.
C. Rhetorical Question
D. Simile 39. Shakesperean sonnet follows the
_________________________ rhyme scheme.
26. The unsinkable Titanic.
40. Haiku has ___ lines, with a total of ___
A. Irony
syllables.
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Synecdoche

27. “"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder

what you are. 41-45. Write an Acrostic poem about yourself, using
Up above the world so high, your first name.
Like a diamond in the sky."
A. Synecdoche 46-50. Write a Tanaga about a Filipino Value that you
B. Metaphor think your family values so much.
C. Apostrophe
D. Personification

28. "We have always remained loyal to the

crown."
A. Irony
B. Metaphor
C. Paradox
D. Metonymy

29. “The face who launched a thousand ships”

A. Hyperbole
B. Metonymy
C. Paradox
D. Synecdoche