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First Quarter Examination for Grade 9

Name: ________________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section: _________________ Score: _____________

I-IDENTIFICATION: Identify the parts of each sentence. Underline the subject, double underline the transitive and
intransitive verb and box the indirect and direct object.
_____________1. The teachers, however, stayed
_____________2. Her classmates critiqued her composition
_____________3. Everybody participated.
_____________4. Lana wrote a short story.
_____________5. Jenny brought her mother a special gift
_____________6. She whole heartedly accepted their suggestions.
_____________7. The students gave their teacher a token of appreciation.
_____________8. Brad looks very handsome in his new sweater.
_____________9. The man handed the doctor his chart.
_____________10. All the students left.

II-MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
A. Assonance D. Simile e. Anaphora
B. Onomatopoeia E. Anaphora
C. Alliteration
2. Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
A. Onomatopoeia D. Anaphora
B. Simile E. Assonance
C. Alliteration
3. The hiss sound is made by the snake.
A. Simile D. Onomatopoeia
B. Assonance E. Anaphora
C. Alliteration
4. The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.
A. Assonance D. Simile
B. Onomatopoeia E. Alliteration
C. Anaphora
5. Cheeks like roses.
A. Anaphora D. Assonance
B. Simile E. Onomatopoeia
C. Alliteration
6. The use of words that imitate the sound associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
A. Onomatopoeia D. Simile
B. Alliteration E. Assonance
C. Anaphor
7. Rise high in the bright sky.
A. Simile D. Anaphora
B. Assonance E. Alliteration
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C. onomatopoeia
8. A stated comparison between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
A. Assonance D. Alliteration
B. Simile E. Anaphora
C. Onomatopoeia
9. Sister susie went to see, to see the sea, you see.
A. Anaphora D. Similie
B. Assonance E. onomatopoeia
C. Alliteration
10. Lincoln's " we cannot dedicate- we cannot consecrate- we cannot hallow- this ground.
A. Assonance D. Anaphora
B. Simile E. Alliteration
C. Onomatopoeia
11. Directly addressing a nonexistent person or an inanimate object as though it were a living being.
A. Synecdoche D. Hyperbole
B. Apostrophe E. Metaphor
C. Antithesis
12. They promised freedom and provided slavery.
A. Metaphor D. Antithesis
B. Apostrophe E. Synecdoche
C hyperbole
13. Mile high ice cream cones.
A. Apostrophe D. Synecdoche
B. Antithesis E. Hyperbole
C. Metaphor
14. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balansed phrased.
A. Hyperbole D. Metaphor
B. Apostrophe E. Synecdoche
C. Antithesis
15. An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have something in common.
A. Antithesis D. Apostrophe
B. Synecdoche E. Hyperbole
C. Metaphor
16. A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.
A. Apostrophe D. Synecdoche
B. Antithesis E. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
17. Carlyle's “o liberty, what things are done in thy name!
A. Synecdoche D. Hyperbole
B. Metaphor E. Antithesis
C. Apostrophe
18. The use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis of heightened effect.
A. Hyperbole D. Apostrophe
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B. Metaphor E. Antithesis
C. Synecdoche
19. A creature for a man.
A. Antithesis D. Hyperbole
B. Synecdoche E. Apostrophe
C. Metaphor
20. It’s raining cats and dogs.
A. Apostrophe D. Synecdoche
B. Metaphor E. Antithesis
C. Hyperbole

III-TRUE OR FALSE. Put a circle ( ) on the blank if the line from the poem 7 ages of man is correct and star ( )
if it is not.

_____1. Full of absurb saws, and modern instances

_____2. And all the men and women merely players.
_____3. Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
_____4. His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too partially
_____5. Then, the whining school-boy with his satchel
_____6. Full of weird oaths, and bearded like the pard
_____7. And whistle in his sound. First scene of all.
_____8. For his shrunk shank, and his manly voice.
_____9. They have their in and their outs
_____10. His acts being seven ages. At first the infant.
_____11. That begins this strange evenful history
_____12. Is first childishness and mere oblivion.
_____13. And one man in his time plays many parts
_____14. Willingly to school. And then the mistress
_____15. Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything
_____16. Mewling and puking in the nurse's arm
_____17. Even in the cannon's mouth. And then, the injustice
_____18. And shining morning face, creeping like a snail
_____19. With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut
_____20. Jealous in honor, sudden, and slow in quarrel.

IV-MATCHING TYPE. Match the following statement in column A to the characters of Greek mythology in
column B. write your answer in the space provided.
Column A Column B
____1. She is the queen of heaven and goddess of marriage. A. Aphrodite
____2. He is the messenger of the gods. B. Apollo
____3. He is the god of the sea, rivers and floods. C. Ares
____4. he is the king of the underworld D. Artemis
____5. She is the mother of the titans. E. Athena
____6. He is the father of zeus. F. Demeter
____7. He is the father of the titans. G. Hades
____8. He is the goddess of divine law. H. Hepaestus
____9. he is the god of forethought and creator of mankind I. Hera
____10. The nothingness from which else sprang. J. Hermes
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____11. She is the sister of zeus. K. Hestia
____12. She is the goddess of love. L. Poseidon
____13. She is the goddess of light and sun. M. Zeus
____14. He is the god of war. N. Gaia/Gaea
____15. She is the goddess of wisdom O. Chaos
____16. She is the goddess of agriculture. P. Cronus
____17. She is the mother of zeus, Poseidon, hades, hera, demeter and Hestia. Q. Uranus
____18. She is the goddess of hunt. R. Rhea
____19. He is the god of fire and volcanism. S. Themis
____20. He is the king of the gods. T. Prometheus

V-ESSAY. Explain the following in not less than 5 sentences but not more than
8 sentences. (10 pts. Each)
1. 7ages of man
2. Is Beowulf an ideal hero and king? Is there anything lacking in his character?

Prepared by:
Mr. John Rufo Almariego
Teacher in English