Immanuel School of Davao

First Periodical Test

Creative Writing Grade 12

Name: ________________________________________ Date: ____________

Section: __________ Score: ____________

I. Read carefully each item then encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by

negating its opposite.
a. alliteration b. litotes c. metaphor d. oxymoron

2. The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.

a. alliteration b. litotes c. metaphor d. oxymoron

3. It is the comparison between two things that are apart from each other but have some
characteristics common between them.
a. alliteration b. litotes c. metaphor d. oxymoron

4. Figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.

a. alliteration b. litotes c. metaphor d. oxymoron

5. Directly comparing two unlike things, introduced with the word like or as.
a. chiasmus b. hyperbole c. simile d. personification

6. The words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order.

a. chiasmus b. hyperbole c. simile d. personification

7. Human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or object.

a. chiasmus b. hyperbole c. simile d. personification

8. Uses exaggeration to create emphasis or effect.

a. chiasmus b. hyperbole c. simile d. personification

9. A figurative language which quickly stimulates different ideas and associations using only
a couple of words; making indirect reference.
a. litotes b. allusion c. hyperbole d. apostrophe

10.A speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or quality or idea.
a. litotes b. allusion c. hyperbole d. apostrophe

II. Fill in the blanks by writing the correct answer. Refer your answers from the word box.
superior climax circular plot minor setting
chronological major props same place environment
1. A __________ character is usually given much development, more conflicts to resolve.
2-3. Myth is a story mode where the hero is a divine being with an ability that is __________
in kind to the other people and to the ___________.
4. A __________ character is not as developed and explored.
5. In foreshadowing you put something in, you get something out of it, you
____________.
6-7. The ____________ is a kind of plot in which characters in the story end up in the
_____________.
8. Story is the ___________ telling of events.
9-10. In creating a __________ one should consider the placement of the _________.

III. Enumerate what are the things that are asked by the following items.

1-4. What are the four most common kinds of conflict?

______________________________________________________________________________
5-9. What are the five types of plots?
______________________________________________________________________________
10-14. Give the five parts of plots:
______________________________________________________________________________
15-17. Enumerate the three kinds of point of view:
______________________________________________________________________________
18-20. What are the three kinds of diction?
______________________________________________________________________________
IV. Write a sentence for each given figure of speech.
Rubrics: 2 pts- Appropriate usage of figure of speech and grammatically correct.
1 pt- Tried to answer but incorrect.
1. Simile- ___________________________________________________________
2. Metaphor- ___________________________________________________________
3. Hyperbole- ___________________________________________________________
4. Personification- ___________________________________________________________
5. Allusion- ___________________________________________________________