MATACON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Matacon, Polangui, Albay

CREATIVE WRITING
FINAL EXAMINATION

Name Date Score

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The time and location in which a story takes place

a. Plot b. Setting c. conflict d. Characterization

2. The underlying meaning or main idea of a story is called the .

a. theme b.mood c. plot d. Setting

3. Don't judge a book by its cover is an example of ___________.

a. mood b. Theme c. conflict d. Setting

4. The angle from which the story is told.

a. camera view b. character view c. point of view d. none of the above

5. The central, main character of a story is called the ____________.

a. antagonist b. Protagonist c. Antagonizer d. Instigator

6. The opposition of forces, essential to the plot is called__________?

a. setting b. Conflict c. character d. Climax

7. What is a person or animal which takes part in the action of a story called?
a. setting b. Conflict c. character d. Narrator

8. The most exciting part of the story is called the _________.

a. setting b. Exposition c. climax d. rising action

9. What is the sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict called?
a. Setting b. Plot c. character d. Conflict

10. The character who opposes the main character is called the __________.
a. protagonist b. Antagonist c. dynamic character d. static character

11. All events leading up to the climax?

a. exposition b. Resolution c. falling action d. rising action

12. All events after the climax and leading to the___________.

a. exposition b. Resolution c. rising action d. falling action

13. What type of character does not change?

a. Dynamicb. Round c. Flat d. Static

14. What type of character changes point of view and develops throughout the story?
A. Simple b. Dynamic c. Static d. Round

15. End of the central conflict?

a. Falling Action b. Resolution c. Climax d. Rising Action

16. When the author gives some background or needed details to the story, this is known as what term?
a. Characterization b. Point of view c. Exposition d. Foreshadowing

17. What is the purpose of the short story’s title?

a. To create curiosity c. To infrom readers of story content
b. b. To indicate main idea d. All of these aforementioned

18. What is another word for any hints of future plot occurrences?
A. Falling action b. Exposition c. Foreshadowing d. Setting

19. The person who tells the story is:

a. The main character b. The character with the most scenes c. The narrator d. The author

20. “It was the day of the Christmas program, and Teacher Helen was not feeling well at all.” As the first sentence of a story, this is a
part of the:
a. Denouement b. Complication c. Rising action d. Exposition

21. “Youth must triumph... Now. Love must triumph... Now. Afterwards... It will be life.” This passage from Jose Garcia Villa’s
story “Footnote to Youth” uses which of the following elements of fiction?
a. Dialogue b. Symbolism c. Theme d. Point of view

22. “It is ten to eleven. Mrs. Vera Perez is very late, the morning almost gone. The hours tumble into the next, the days dissolve into
other days. I am not sure what day it is today. Only that we have to cook my chicken and prepare for the next cooking demonstration
at the mall in North EDSA. Tomorrow, we test Lasagna Verde with Bechamel Sauce. The day after that, Pork Barbecue in Hoisin
Sauce.” this passage from Alessandra G.L. Gonzale’s story “Breathe,” uses which of the following points of view?
a. First-person b. Third-person omniscient c. Second-person d. Third-person objective

23. Minor characters are necessary in a story because:

a. They aid the main character.
b. They help shape our interpretation of the main character
c. They add color to the story
d. They represent a major threat or obstacle to the main character by their very existence.

24. Daedalus and Icarus is an example of:

a. Myth b. Legend c. Folktalesd. Fairy Tales

25. A work of at least 2000 words but under 7500 words (5-25 pages).
a. Novel b. Novella c. Short Story d. Script

II. FICTION/NONFICTION
Direction: Read the descriptions of the texts. Identify the genre whether it is Fiction or Nonfiction.

1. Intermediate Math Problems for Students by M. Colwell

This workbook text explains how to perform basic mathematical operations, like double-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division. It also explains fractions and decimals.

2. "If a Tree Falls" adapted by Stan Tanner

This is the very short story of a buck that was admiring his horns in the water's reflection and feeling bad about his skinny legs. When
a hunter tries to kill him, his big horns get stuck in some tree branches, but his skinny legs manage to pull him free. The moral is that
what is truly valuable is often unappreciated.

3. Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

The story of a German professor who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and
their guide Hans climb down a crater and have many wild adventures, encountering dinosaurs and prehistoric man. They eventually
return to surface again in southern Italy.

4. The Reign of Attila the Hun by Ed Reaves

Attila the Hun was the scourge of both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires in the 440s and 450s. . He invaded and conquered
territory in what would now be considered France and Italy, terrorizing the countryside along the way. This text tells the story of
Attila's life.
5. No Way In by Patty Slate

High school student Darren Banks is sick of being a viewed as a nerd. Darren enlists the help of his older cousin Tyrone to help him
learn to dress, walk, and talk. With Tyrone's help, Darren soon climbs to the peak of high school popularity, but in his quest to become
someone else, will Darren forget who he was? Find out in this exciting novel.

6. The Big Book of Science, Grades 5-6 by Mortini School Publishing

This science book for grades 5 and 6 puts the "fun" in "fundamental." Students complete a variety of exercises to develop their science
skills using materials that can be found at home. This version contains over 62 practice activities.

7. The Reading Times published by the Mortini Group

This periodical contains strategies for teachers and students about how to improve reading comprehension skills.

8. The Most Exciting Moment of My Life by Mr. Morton

Mr. Morton, in a five paragraph narrative, tells the true story of the most exciting moment in his life: when he went to a reading
workshop near downtown Chicago.
9. Diary Wanted by Gail Labors

Katie Oaks is one of the most trusted girls in her class. Maybe they like how Katie listens, or maybe they just feel comfortable around
her, but all of the other girls tell their secrets to Katie. When Katie gets a diary for her birthday, she can't help but to write down the
secrets that she learns, but when her diary goes missing, Katie finds herself in a tight corner.

10. Science is Fun by Allan Mallon

This exciting science text teaches you to conduct scientific experiments using common household items.

III. POINT OF VIEW

Direction: Read the following passages and determine the narrative perspective/Point of view.
(First-person, Second-Person, Third-person Objective, Third-Person limited, Third-Person Omniscient)

1. The Skull of Truth: A Magic Shop Book by Bruce Coville, Gary A. Lippincott

To his astonishment, Charlie found himself standing next to his bicycle, back where he had entered the swamp. That was bizarre and
upsetting�but not as bad as the realization that he was still holding the skull. He thought he had dropped it before he raced out the
door. He certainly hadn't intended to steal the thing. He didn't even really want it!

2. White Fang by Jack London

They spoke no more until camp was made. Henry was bending over and adding ice to the bubbling pot of beans when he was startled
by the sound of a sharp snarling cry of pain from among the dogs. Henry grunted with a tone that was not sympathy, and for a quarter
of an hour they sat on in silence, Henry staring at the fire, and Bill at the circle of eyes that burned in the darkness just beyond the
firelight.

3. Ask a Ninja Presents: The Ninja Handbook by the International Order of Ninjas

Remember, any tool that you can use against an enemy may also be used against you. Therefore it is highly recommended that you
build a course with your clan to practice keeping your wits about you when something is trying to set you off course. Ninjas train on
special courses that really mess with their perception of space, but that doesn't mean you can't make your own mini gauntlet to increase
your skills in your own backyard (78).

4. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

We lived on the main residential street in town �Atticus, Jem and I, plus Calpurnia our cook. Jem and I found our father satisfactory:
he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment... Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence.
She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state legislature (6).

5. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Siddhartha sat and watched him and remembered how once he had considered this man his friend. He gratefully accepted Vasudeva's
invitation. When they reached the river bank, he helped him to secure the boat. Later, when the sun was beginning to set, they sat on
the tree trunk and Siddhartha told him about his origin and his life. The story lasted late into the night. Vasudeva listened with great
attention. It was one of Vasudeva's greatest virtues that, like few people, he knew how to listen. He never thought to interrupt the
speaker with praise nor blame�he only listened. Siddhartha felt how wonderful it was to have such a listener who could be absorbed
in another person's life, his strife, his sorrows (104).

6. The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

Travelling light is essential to your journey. Before packing anything, ask yourself, "Do I really need this?" Once you've compiled
your gear, go down the list and ask that question again. Of course, traveling light does not mean just holstering a .45, grabbing some
beef jerky and a water bottle, and heading down the road. Equipment will be vital, more so than in any other scenario where you are
holed up in a place�a prison, a school, your own home�where supplies are in abundance. The equipment you take with you may be
all you have (101).

7. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

We crossed the road to a white house inside a walled garden, and found some food �two loaves of bread, and uncooked steak, and half
of a ham. We also found several bottles of beer, a sack of beans, and a dozen or so cans of soup, salmon and vegetables. We sat in the
kitchen in the dark�not daring to strike a light�and ate bread and ham and drank beer out of the same bottle. The priest wanted to
keep going instead of resting and eating. I was urging him to eat and keep up his strength when, all of a sudden, disaster struck! (134)

8. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shinning
that he felt he had said something quite wonderful. But he knew his mouth had only moved to say hello. "Do you mind if I ask? How
long've you worked at being a fireman?" the girl asked. "Since I was twenty, ten years ago," said Montag. They walked farther and the
girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" "No," Montag replied, "houses have always been
fireproof, take my word for it," but the girl knew this was not true (8)

9. The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell

Dear Diary, Tonight I just finished one of the books for our read-a-thon, called The Wave. This story is about a school experiment that
shows how peer pressure can get out of hand. One of the main characters was a guy by the name of Robert Billing. He pressured and
bullied other teenagers into acting like modern-day Nazis. The teenagers were like sheep blindly following a leader. After reading
this book, I realized how teens are very gullible; getting tricked into doing things to fit in or be popular (68-69).

10. A Sleepy Story by Elisabeth Burrowes

Once there was a little girl. It was time to go to sleep. She hopped into bed a covered herself up to her chin with her big red blanket.
She said to her mother, "Tell me a story." So her mother said: "Once upon a time there was a giraffe, a little giraffe with a long, long
neck. It was time to go to sleep. He said to his mother �Tell me a story.' So his mother said, "Once upon a time there was fox, a
little red fox with a big, bushy tail. It was time to go to sleep. He said to his mother, "Tell me a story" (2-8).

IV. THEME
Direction: Choose inside the box the theme of the following passages.Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. Mr. Pig and Mr. Dog were hanging out at the food court of the animal shopping mall. Mr. Pig was eating a huge feast of pizza
and drinking a large jug of fruit punch and Mr. Dog was watching him eat. “Hey, Mr. Pig. If you give me a slice of your pizza, I’ll
let you have the next bone I find.” Mr. Pig declined, even though it hurt his stomach to eat the last three slices of pizza. “I’m
sorry, Mr. Dog,” Mr. Pig said, “but I paid for this pizza and it’s all mine.” Mr. Dog sighed and waited for Mr. Pig to finish, and
then they left the animal mall together. On the way out, a hunter spotted them and gave chase. Mr. Pig normally could have
escaped the hunter but since he was weighed down by such a large meal, Mr. Pig collapsed and the hunter killed him. Mr. Dog
easily escaped. Later that night while returning to the scene, Mr. Dog caught the scent of something delicious and began digging
around a trash can. He found a large ham bone with lots of meat and marrow still stuck to the bone. Mr. Dog happily ate.

2. In his sophomore year of high school, Michael Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team at Laney High School in
Wilmington, North Carolina. But at five feet and eleven inches tall, the coach believed that Jordan was too short to play at that
level, so Jordan was cut from the team. Jordan didn’t let this obstacle defeat him. In fact, it pushed him to work even harder. He
trained vigorously and grew another four inches the following summer. When he finally made the varsity squad, Jordan averaged
25 points a game and went on to become one of the greatest basketball players in history.

3. Kyle liked Lucy more than any other girl in the school, but he had an odd way of showing it. When she walked ahead of him in
line, he kicked at her shoe. When she passed him on the school yard, he called her “lame Lucy.” He even wrote a mean word on
her homework during the bus ride to school. But what puzzled Lucy the most was receiving an invitation to Kyle’s birthday party.
Figuring that he was just planning a mean trick on her, Lucy decided not to go, and while Kyle eagerly awaited Lucy’s arrival,
Lucy talked on the phone to Jacob. When Kyle finally realized that Lucy was not coming to his party, he was crushed.

4. The little grey mouse that lived in my wall prospered for many days on nibbles of my lunch. I’d pack a meal before bed and,
while I slept, he would take small bites of my lunch, which I left on the counter. He’d take a cracker crumble here, and a bread crumb
there, but he wouldn’t take too much and he’d always clean up after himself. Things were going quite well for him and I didn’t even
know he existed, until he got sloppy. One night while I slept, he ate all of my chips and left behind a big mess. When I awoke to
this sight, I knew what had happened to my chips. So the next night when he returned for another snack, he found a nice, delicious
piece of cheese… lightly balanced on a mouse trap. Now I don’t have to share my chips anymore.

5. Ulysses spent all of his free time reading books and felt that he was very intelligent.
One day a nice student from his class asked
him if he wanted to go sledding and Ulysses responded, “I’ve read about sledding in books, and it sounds miserable. No, thank
you.” On another day, a different friendly student asked Ulysses if he wanted to go out for hotdogs after school. Ulysses responded,
“I’ve read that hotdogs are filled with rat parts and pig bellies. No, thank you.” Nobody asked Ulysses to hang out again, but he did
read about friends in his books.

A. Learning from books is no substitute for real life experience

B. It is better to share
C. Never give up
D. Share your true feelings, if you like someone then tell them, every action has a reaction
E. You can sheer a sheep many times but you can only skin it once,dont be greedy, dont be sloppy, clean up
after yourself
F. It is better to do things right the first time
V. MATCHING TYPE
Direction: Match Column A with column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.
A. B.
1. Story lines that are spoken by the characters in a play. A. Historical Drama
B. Spectacle
2. Reason for the creation of the play.
C. Characters
3. Clothing and accessories. D. Make up
E. Props
4. The force that influences the behavior of the character.
F. Dialogue
5. How you relate to the experience of other people. G. Tragedy
H. Character motivation
6. Everything that you see while watching the performance.
I. Plot
7. The use of body, face & voice to portray a certain role or character. J. Audience
K. Musical drama
8. Everything that is happening on the play.
L. Theme
9. The main idea of the play. M. Melodrama
N. Set
10. These are people & sometimes be animals or ideas that are
O. Music/rhythm
portrayed by actors in the play. P. Lights
Q Costumes
11. Dramatic & amusing at the same time.
R. Character analysis
12. It showcases magic, pseudo-science, horror and other themes that S. Fantasy
T. Greece
only exist in the human mind.
U. Drama
13. Utilize music to draw emotion & appeal to the feelings of the V. Empathy
W. Acting
audience.
X. Sympathy
14. Any movable objects that appear on stage. Y. Comedy
Z. Sound
15. Technical equipment such as curtains, flats, backdrops, etc.
16. Cosmetics & prosthetic used to enhance/change a person’s image.
17. The sound of the dialogue, musicality, pace, etc.
18. The effect that audience hears which provide context,
communicate character and establish the environment.
19. Based on stories of famous people in the history.
20. Depicts sadness, a human suffering and misfortune.
21. Instead of pure dialogue and acting, it makes use of dancing &
singing to tell a story.
22. Choice of light colors, intensity & placement of lights.
23. The process used in evaluating how the elements in drama/play
used to create impact to the audience.
24. Origin of the first forms of drama.
25. It is a literary work that’s intended to be presented on a stage in
front of an audience.