ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

1ST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Creative Writing Fiction

Name: ____________________________ Date: ___________________

Grade & Section: ____________________ Teacher: ________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTIONS: On your answer sheet, write the letter of the best answer. Do not write anything on the test paper.

1. What are sensory details?

A. Details that involve your sight C. Details that require common sense
B. Details that involve you five senses D. Details that involve sense and sensibility

2. Which of the following statements best defines denotation?

A. It is a specialized terminology used in various technical fields.
B. It is the root from which a word is derived.
C. It is a word's literal or dictionary meaning.
D. It is a word's meaning based on its usage.

3. Which of the following sentences contains a hyperbole?

A. March is the cruelest month.
B. I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails.
C. If I hear that one more time, I'mWhhgoing to die.
D. Jen inched over her own thoughts like a measuring worm.

4. How does imagery help us understand the story?

A. By telling the image
B. By telling the mood
C. By expressing how the author is feeling
D. Helps us to see, touch, taste, smell and feel what the characters feel and see.

5. The moon asked the stars to dance. What type of figurative language is used?
A. Hyperbole B. Metaphor C. Onomatopoeia D. Personification

6. What literary device reveals a kind of truth which seems contradictory?

A. Alliteration B. Hyperbole C. Paradox D. Personification

7. Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SIGHT?
A. appetizing, bitter, bland C. bellow, blare, buzz
B. balmy, biting, bristly D. bleary, blurred, brilliant

8. Sensory details are used in the following:

A. Films C. Video games
B. Literary works D. All of the options are correct

9. Why is using sensory details important in your writing?

A. It engages the reader. C. It’s essential to your writing.
B. It’s important for analysis. D. It’s an important aspect to any great story.

10. Which sentence is the best example of sensory details in action?

A. The dog was cute, young, and energetic.
B. The dog was white and brown and liked running around the yard.
C. The white and brown dog was a Pug and was about five months old.
D. The white and brown dog ran in circles around the yard, kicking up dust, and barking with a high
pitched yelp.

11. Creative writing is writing that tries to share…

A. Facts B. History C. Human experiences D. Other famous writers

12. Which of the following is an example of creative writing?

A. Biography B. News article C. Play D. Research paper

13. Unlike novels and plays, poems do not have to rely on…
A. Immediacy B. Metaphors & similes C. Narrative structure D. Rhyming
 14. Zest of life. What sensory imagery is used in this sentence?

A. Auditory B. Gustatory C. Olfactory D. Tactile

15. Imagery in poetry appeals to the following senses:

A. Sight B. Sound C. Taste D. All of the above

16. What primary objective do poets hope to accomplish through the use of imagery? Please choose the BEST
answer below.

A. Encourage the reader to keep reading.

B. Create mental snapshots in the reader's minds.

C. Entice the reader to start writing poetry.

D. Launch the readers into an experience where they emotionally connect with the poem.

17. What is the proper term for a situation where images reference multiple experiences?

A. Conflation B. Metaphor C. Metonymy D. Personifocation

18. The only trees are two old oaks on the eastern edge of the lake. A hammock is stretched between the two
trees, and a log cabin stands behind that. Think about what sense the writer is trying to appeal to in the excerpt?

A. Hearing B. Seeing C. Smelling D. Touching

19. The wise old man is long in the truth. What figure of speech is this?

A. Hyperbole B. Metaphor C. Pun D. Understatement

20. All are examples of figures of speech except:

A. Character B. Oxymoron C. Simile D. Understatement

Test ll: IDENTIFICATION (FORMS OF WRITING)

DIRECTIONS: Identify which type of writing is being described.

______________ 21. A story about the time you got lost at Disneyland.

______________ 22. A web page telling how to create a web page.

______________ 23. The Harry Potter books.

______________ 24. A letter to the governor explaining why the tax increase is a bad idea.

______________ 25. Writing in which you record details of a trip taken.

______________ 26. An essay discussing a theme from Romeo and Juliet.

______________ 27. An article attempting to convince readers to boycott a store chain.

______________ 28. A poem about the sights and sounds of rainfall.

______________ 29. A paper about the horrible treatment of the people in Darfur.

______________ 30. The cover story in the morning newspaper.

______________ 31. A brochure advertising a luxury hotel and resort.

______________ 32. A paper discussing the after effects of a war.