Name:_____________________________________________ Score:_________________________

21st Century Literature from Philippines and the World

FINAL EXAM

TEST I. Identification. Read each sentence and identify whether it is SIMILE, METAPHOR or PERSONIFICATION. Write
your answer after the statement.

1. My heart is like an open highway.

2. Its late night but still I’ve been working like a dog.
3. The hungry chainsaw growled loudly.
4. My cat is a bolt of lightning.
5. The lonely train whistle cried out in the night.
6. She is as fast as a cheetah.
7. The angry clouds marched across the sky.
8. The stubborn dense frog swallowed us.
9. She is as black as coal.
10. This test is a piece of cake.
11. He is like a rocket on his bike.
12. The fired roared to life.
13. The leaves fell like rain.
14. The glasses danced on the shelf during the earthquake.
15. The clock is the keeper of time.
16. The water called invitingly to the hot children.
17. The rusty door hinge screamed every time the door opened.
18. The wind was like a piercing arrow.
19. The stage was the canvass upon which the play was painted.
20. The train screamed down the tracks.

Direction: Fill in the missing piece. Write the correct word. (2points each)

Third World Geography

By Cirilo F. Baustista

A country without miracles

Sits heavy on the map
Thinking of banana tress rotting
In the ____________
The man who watches over it
Has _____________________ all hopes
Placed them in a _______
And tied its loose end.
He goes around carrying it
On his back
When asked what is inside
He say, “Just a handful of feathers,
Just a handful of feathers.”
That’s how light the burden
Of ______________ is in peace time,
Any tyrant can turn it into a ___________
You _________ on the parched earth
And pray for the rice. Only the wind
Hears your ___________ words.
The country ___________ miracles
Tries to get up from the page
But the _________ ink and sharp ____________
Hold it down.

Methapor sack sunlight government useless bold

Commandeered kneel without colors