ACLC College of Ormoc

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QUARTER EXAM IN CREATIVE WRITING

Name: _______________________________________ Grade/Section:____________________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Read each item comprehensively. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to: “The afternoon sun penetrated my upturned face.”

A. taste C. feel
B. smell D. sound

2. The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs

Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried
noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took
the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle. At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he
paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the
front door. The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.....
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sight.

A. “squeaky mouse scurried noisily C. “At the foot of the stairs, the match went out”
B. “clicking of the clock” D. “striking one”

3. “All the world’s a stage. And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances;” - William
Shakespeare: As You Like It. What is the figure of speech used?

A. Simile C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Apostrophe

4. “Death! Where is thy sting? O Grave! Where is thy victory?” What figure of speech is used?

A. Simile C. Apostrophe
B. Hyperbole D. Personification

5. After hurtling over the handlebars of his mountain bike, the racer tumbled down a rocky hillside, only to land in a bed of
cactus. He then rolled over and said, "Boy, am I having a good time!" This illustrates what figure of speech?

A. Hyperbole C. Verbal Irony

B. Understatement D. Situational Irony

6. “How do I look with this red dress?” she asked me. “Hmm. Not bad,” I replied. What figure of speech is used?

A. Synecdoche C. Oxymoron
B. Litotes D. Sarcasm

7. This allows the poet to deviate from the standard forms of grammar and structure in poetry.

A. Poetic lisence C. Poetic liecince

B. Poetic licence D. Poetry license

8. This is a type of poetry that focuses on the feelings of the author and is structured in a song-like form.

A. Lyric C. Narrative
B. Iambic D. Dramatic

9. Poetry: ______________ as Prose: paragraph

A. line C. stanza
B. Meter D. rhyme scheme

10. “All hands on deck!” What figure of speech is illustrated?

A. Synecdoche C. Alliteration
B. Litotes D. Assonance
TEST II. ESSAY
Directions: Provide your insight on the following quotations about poetry and creative writing. Write it in 5 sentences at the
back of the paper.

1. “Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge.

Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
― Kamand Kojouri

2. “Write until it becomes as natural as breathing. Write until not writing makes you anxious.”
3. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” -Maya Angelou
4.   “Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by
art.” — Thomas Hardy

TEST III. POETRY ANALYSIS

Directions: Analyze the poems in terms of their vocabulary, imagery, figures of speech, speaker, tone, mood. Then, make
an overall interpretation of the poem.

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

~Emily Dickinson~

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -

And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -

And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.