MIDTERM EXAMINATION

SCORE:
CREATIVE WRITING _______
S.Y. 2019-2020
Name: _________________________________
Section: _______________________________ Date: ____________

Directions: Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which among the following is NOT an example of technical writing?
a. Journals b. Informal essay c. Proposals d. Research
2. What is the typical structure of technical writing?
a. artistic b. formal c. informal d. systematic
3.. Listed below are objectives of creative writing EXCEPT;
a. it aims to entertain the readers
b. it allows the readers for realization
c. it allows the readers to reflect on writer’s imagination
d. it aims to instruct and inform the readers
4. Which among the following is the BEST factor that help the writers to create best master pieces?
a. conscience b. experience c, influence d. intelligence
5. As a writer, what will you consider the most in writing a literary piece?
a. forms b. samples c. structure d. content
6. Angel was chosen to compose a song to honor the Filipino soldiers who fought in Marawi against ISIS,
what should be the theme of her song?
a. sacrifices of the Filipino soldiers c. Success of Filipino soldiers
b. Unity of Filipinos d. Agony of People in Marawi
7. If you are expressing sentiments to your co-workers, what language is more applicable to use?
a. casual words b. formal diction c. informal diction d. slang diction
8. President Duterte has been known for his “straight-forward” and vulgar words, do you think it is proper
at all times? Why?
a. yes, because he is the president of our country.
b. yes, because it shows authority whenever he speaks
c. no, because there are innocent young ones who might emulate him
d. no, because he can euphemize words and be selective with his words
9. How will you start writing your poem that would hook the attention of your readers?
a. I will use common language in my introduction
b. I will create a unique title
c. I will use words that can express what I feel
d. I will use sound devices and idiomatic expression

For items no. 10-14, identify the figures of speech used in each item below.

a. Metonymy b. Litotes c. Oxymoron d. Paradox e. Hyperbole

f. Allusion g. Synecdoche h. Apostrophe

10. Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wander what you are?
11. Shaira’s Achilles’s heel was her mathematics subject.
12. I have almost forgotten our bittersweet memories but I realized I could not start over again.
13. Aldrin started constructing his pillars for his family’s future.
14. The moment I let you free was the time I let myself be convicted with pain and heartaches.
For items no. 15-17, analyze the sentences below and identify the sensory details embedded in each
item.
15. I hear the lashing of water that complements with the chirping of birds.
a. Auditory b. Gustatory c. olfactory d. Tactile
16. The sea breeze gently embraces my body and pulling me out of the bed to watch the beautiful sunrise.
a. Auditory b. Gustatory c. Tactile d. Visual
17. I thank God for he allows me to taste the goodness of my endeavors, so I strive harder and let my
knuckles to punch better.
a. Auditory b. Gustatory c. Tactile d. Visual
18. What element of poetry is associated with the attitude of the writers towards the poem?
a. mood b. rhyme c. theme d. tone
19. This element of poetry is the link of music and poetry, it evokes the reading pleasure of readers.
a. line b. meter c. metrical patterns d. rhyme
20. Which among the genre of poetry is best described of focusing on details and it is didactic in forms?
a. Descriptive poem b. Lyric poem c. Narrative poem d. Performance
poem
21. Which among the elements of poetry sets the emotion of the poem?
a. Diction b. Mood c. Theme d. Tone
22. This element of poetry sets the difference of writer to other writers.
a. Diction d. Structure c. Style d. Uniqueness
23. Which should be considered if a writer will be using accentual meter?
a. lines should have the same number of stresses and varied count syllables
b. lines should have the same number of syllables and varied count of stress
c. lines should have the same number of syllables, both stressed and non-stressed
d. lines should have irregular number of stresses and syllables
24. What type of rhyme can best describe the pattern ABAB-ABAB?
a. Internal rhyme b. Off rhyme c. True rhyme d. Slant rhyme
25. Which among the following is a characteristic of a Blank verse poetry?
a. it is a narrative poem
b. this poem is consist of five lines wherein lines 1,2and 5 are rhymed
c. it has no standard rhyme patterns, line length
d. it has consistent length and meter but do not employ rhyme
26. Your English teacher asks you to compose a poem about a Japanese hero, what form of poetry is the
best for your task?
a. diona b.epic c. haiku d. tanaga
27. You are assigned to recite the sonnet written by Elizabeth Barret Browning, How Do I Love Thee?,
what poetic feet is appropriate to the poem?
a. anapestic b. dactylic c. iambic d. trochaic
28. What element of poetry is more helpful to a writer in improving his command of language?
a. figures of speech b. idiomatic expression c. language devices d. style
29. Which among the elements of poetry is more applicable in composing a jingle?
a. line and meter b. metrical patterns c. rhyme d. syllabication and stress
30. What is the systematic arrangement of lines in the poem that sets the ideas of poem in groups?
a. bars b. line and meter c. metrical patterns d. stanza
31. The rhymes of Andrei’s poem can be found within the lines of each line, what type of rhyme is best
described on his poem?
a. Internal rhyme b. Off rhyme c. True rhyme d. slant rhyme
32. What element of poetry is given more emphasis in the song “Anak ng Pasig”?
a. emotion b. mood c. tone d. theme
33. What kind of experimental texts does “Flip-top battle” can be classified?
a. genre-crossing b. performance poetry
c. shape poetry d. spoken-word poetry
34. You teacher in Creative writing has given you a task to compose a poem which could show your
interest about a certain object, what typography can best use to do the task?
a. a. genre-crossing b. performance poetry
c. shape poetry d. spoken-word poetry
35. Wilma will be delivering her spoken-word poetry entitled “If I were a boy”, what do you think is the
best way to introduce her poem?
a. she has to give distinctions on both gender
b. she has to compare herself with boys
c. she needs a through illustrations on with the difference of boys and girls.
d. she just need to be true to herself and be confident.
36. Alfred is writing a poem for Mica, he almost exaggerates his ideas just impress Mica, what element of
poetry is used by Alfred?
a. diction b. style c. theme d. tone
37. You will be writing a long descriptive poem which will be delivered as spoken-word poetry, which
between blank verse and free verse is more appropriate?
a. blank verse, because it has consistent length and meter but does not employ rhyme
b blank verse, because the poem to be writer is descriptive.
c. free verse, because it is lengthy and it doesn’t not follow a standard rhyme pattern
d. free verse, because, spoken word poetry is sometimes free from rhymes and metrical standards.
38. What form of fiction is also called short-short because of its limited amount of words which runs from
250-1000 words only?
a. flash fiction b. novella c. novels d. short stories
39. What form of fiction is best described by the story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant?
a. flash fiction b. novella c. novels d. short stories
40. Dr. Jose Rizal wrote the book “Noli Me Tangere, in which forms of fiction this book can be
classified?
a. flash fiction b. novella c. novels d. short stories
41. Your professor in Speech and Stage arts tasked you to picture out the attic where Cinderella used to
stay, what type of setting can be revealed upon doing the activity?
a. atmospheric c. physical world
b. characters revealed by setting d. settings revealed by characters
42. This element of fiction is the mode of fictional writing that allows the readers to see the story in a
particular view or angle and this serves as the lens of the story provided by the author as ?
a. Plot b. Point of view c. Settings d. Characters
43. What kind of point of view is best described when the narrator tells the story form his perspective and
uses pro noun I?
a. First Person b. Second Person c. Third Person d. Third Person -Omniscient
44. What kind of point of view is used by J.K. Rowling on her best-selling book “Harry Potter”?
a. First Person b. Second Person c. Third Person d. Third Person -Omniscient
45. Stories in wattpads are best examples of what forms of fiction?
a. flash fiction, because it has only limited characters
b. short stories, because development of characters is limited
c. Novels, because it is frequently written in trilogy and tetralogy.
d. all of the above, because stories in wattpad might vary depending on their length.
46. In writing fantasy, what settings can best be used to vividly describe the attributes of the setting?
a. atmospheric c. physical world
b. characters revealed by setting d. settings revealed by characters
47. If you were to write a short story about a “Magic Eyeglasses” in which you have used its power in a
wrong way and ruined your entire life. What kind of plot is best to be used for this story?
a. Man in a hole b. Man in a tub c. Man in a roadd. Man on a hill
48. You were given super powers to fight against the evil forces, from a skinny garbage collector you
become a well chiseled superhero. What kind of characters is best associated to your role?
a. dramatized characters, because the condition of a skinny garbage collector is pitiful.
b. Flat characters, because the original character is skinny
c. Rounded characters, because there’s a development in the side of the character.
d. Static characters, because it does not change for a longer period of time.
49. What literary device is used in presenting the movie Titanic, where Rose tells the how the story is
developed?
a. Flashback, because it shows what happened in the past
b. Foreshadowing, because Rose is telling the story wherein she is in present time
c. Medias Res, because it starts from the present going back to the past and ends in the present.
d. All of the above, because the director uses variety of techniques that swivel the plot.
50. Jessica has written a story about “Ang Gintong Bayabas” where characters are extraordinary, how
can she make this story more effective?
a. she must use flat characters, because the language to be used is Filipino
b. she must use rounded characters to show varied type of personalities
c. she must use all kinds of characters to make the interaction exciting
d. she must limit her characters to let the protagonist be developed as main character