Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region X-Northern Mindanao
Schools Division of Lanao del Norte
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DIAGNOSTIC TEST in CREATIVE WRITING

Name: __________________________________ Grade & Section: ________

School:__________________________________ Score:__________________

Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is Creative Writing?

A. Any writing that goes with normal professional, journalistic or academic.
B. Any writing that goes with the bounds of normal professional, artistic or
academic.
C. Any writing that goes with the bounds of normal professional, journalistic or
academic.
D. Any writing that goes with the bounds of normal poem, journalistic or
academic

2. Which one is NOT an example in Creative Writing?

A. Short Story B. Biography
C. Case Study D. Essay

3. What is the characteristic of Imaginative Writing?

A. It expresses writer's thoughts and feeling often in scholarly and journalistic
way.
B. It expresses reader's thoughts and feeling often in unique and poetic way.
C. It expresses writer's thoughts and feeling often in unique and poetic way.
D. It expresses facts and real event in formal and journalistic way.

4. Expository Writing is a form of writing that seeks to explain.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

5. One of the main techniques for generating emotion in poetry is through diction.
Diction refers to_______.
A. sounds of words. B. the emotional quality of words.
C. the meanings of words. D. the words being chosen for the poem.

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 6. An author's craft that appeals to a reader's senses is called___________
A. Simile B. Imagery
C. Metaphor D. Hyperbole

7. Imagery is one of the techniques in making our writing colourful.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

8. Imagery is related to our seven senses.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

9. Tactile imagery deals with words that are appealing to our sense of sight.
A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

10. Auditory imagery is used in the statement “The crunchiness and

crispiness of the chicken gets my attention to go back to our table.”
A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

11. Describing sizes and shapes is one way to use visual imagery.
A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

12. Visual imagery is associated with olfactory imagery.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

13. Body odor is an example of fragrance.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

14. Our choice of words can either make us good and bad writer.
A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

15. Our diction will tell what kind of writer we are.

A. True C. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

16. Slang can be used in academic writings.

A. True B. Undecided

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 C. False D. All of the Above

17. Jargons are terms used in different fields of professions.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

18. Only informal diction is applicable in writing novels.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

19. Good selection of words will ruin our writings.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

20. We should consider our readers in our diction.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

21. Diction created mental pictures among readers.

A. True B. Undecided
C. False D. All of the Above

22. Which of the following sentences contains imagery?

A. I opened my eyes and looked around.
B. "It was nice to see you again," Micah said.
C. I told Charlie I had a lot of homework to do.
D. I could hear the waves crashing against the rocks somewhere nearby.

For 26 to 36. Read closely the sentences below then identify the figures of speech
employed in each sentence.

23. “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose. “

A. Simile B. Apostrophe
C. Metonymy D. Alliteration

24. “I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. “

A. Paradox B. Synecdoche
C. Oxymoron D. Metaphor

25. “Seize the throne!”

A. Alliteration B. Metonymy
C. Simile D. Metaphor

26. “Lake Pinatubo is a beautiful disaster. “

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 A. Oxymoron B. Personification
C. Metonymy D. Hyperbole

27. “Pitter, Patter, Pitter, Patter. Softly it falls. Hurry home quickly before
mother calls.”
A. Metaphor B. Alliteration
C. Hyperbole D. Onomatopoeia

28. “Our cat meows and our dog barks loudly when the stranger passes by in
the middle of the night.”
A. Paradox B. Onomatopoeia
C. Apostrophe D. Personification

29. “The trees sway as the strong wind blows.”

A. Oxymoron B. Synecdoche
C. Hyperbole D. Personification

30. What are the four (4) parts of a story?

A. Beginning, Motivation, Climax, End
B. Beginning, Middle, Conclusion, End
C. Beginning, Middle, Climax, End
D. Beginning, Middle, Climax, Protagonist

31. What is meant by flashback?

A. Middle of the narrative
B. Conclusion of the narrative
C. Beginning of the narrative to show what will happen in the future
D. Interruption in the narrative to show quick events from the past which may
help explain what’s occurring in the present.

32. What does the word inanimate mean?

A. alive
B. not alive
C. a human with no soul
D. a monster-like creature in fairy tales

33. What is meant by point of view?

A. How the story ends
B. How the story is told
C. How the story is illustrated
D. How the story is described

34. What is meant by a linear narrative?

A. Stories that start at the end and finish at the beginning

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 B. Stories that happen from one point in time to the next
C. Narratives that jump back and forward in time.
D. Narratives that have more than one narrator

35. What does Climax mean?

A. It is the turning point of the narrative, and it reveals the process involved for
solving the conflicts.
B. It is the end point of the narrative, and it reveals the second character.
C. It is the beginning of the narrative, and it reveals the first process of the story.
D. It is the middle point of the narrative, and it reveals who the protagonist is.

36. What is meant by Flash-forward?

A. Interruption in the narrative showing what is to come in the future that is used
to create tension or excitement.
B. Middle of the narrative showing what just happened
C. A type of symbol that relates to the future
D. Another name for a lead character

37. What is/are dialogue(s)?

A. These are the conversations which occur in one character only.
B. These are the conversations which occurs in the middle of a story.
C. These are the conversations which occur at the beginning of a story.
D. These are the conversations which occurs between two or more characters.

38. What is meant by the hero?

A. The main character in the story who loses.
B. The main character in the story who kills the antagonist.
C. The antagonist in the story who fights against difficulties to prove their worth.
D. The main character in the story who fights against difficulties to prove their
worth.

39. What is meant by the Anti-hero?

A. A central character who lacks conventional heroic characteristics.
B. A central character who lacks faith in themselves.
C. A central character who is against the protagonist.
D. A central character who is evil.

40. What is a protagonist?

A. The leading character in a film
B. The minor character in a play, film, novel
C. The leading character in a play, film or novel
D. The leading character in a play, film or novel who always dies

41. What is foreshadowing?

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 A. It is an advance hint of who will die
B. It is an advance hint of the title of the story.
C. It is a hint of what just happened in the story.
D. It is an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

42. What is meant by the Narrative hook?

A. It draws or ‘hooks’ the reader’s attention to keep them reading.
B. It draws or ‘hooks’ the reader’s attention to stop them reading.
C. It ‘hooks’ the reader’s attention to the protagonist.
D. It ‘hooks’ the reader’s attention at the end.

43. What is meant by conflict?

A. It is the challenge which the main characters need to solve to achieve their
goals.
B. It is the challenge which the main characters fail at.
C. It is the setting that the main characters live in.
D. It is the main character in a horror film.

44. A play that takes place, from beginning to end, in a single act.
A. Short play
B. One-Act Play
C. Normal Act Play
D. All of the Above

45. This may refer to the changes in the play when the location of the action
shifts or when a new character enters.
A. Scene B. Episode
C. Title Card D. Graphical Illustrations

46. It is derived from the Greek ‘dran’, which means to do or to perform.

A. Story B. Song
C. Lyrics D. Drama

47. The writer who writes play.

A. Director B. Playwright
C. Scribe D. Teacher

48. The playwright’s instructions about how the actors are to move and
behave.
A. Floor Manager
B. Stage Directions
C. Post-productions
D. Associate Productions

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 49. From what French word did the word essay come from?
A. Essai B. Esaie
C. Essaye D. Eshay

50. Which one is not a type of essay?

A. Figurative B. Argumentative
C. Narrative D. Expository

Answer Key:

1. C
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. A
11. A
12. C
13. C
14. A
15. A
16. C
17. A
18. C
19. C
20. A
21. C
22. D
23. A
24. D
25. B
26. A
27. B
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. D
32. B
33. B
34. B
35. A
36. A

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 37. B
38. D
39. A
40. C
41. D
42. A
43. A
44. B
45. A
46. D
47. B
48. B
49. A
50. A

Prepared:

ALMA LACOSTALES CALIBO

Teacher III
LANAO DEL NORTE NCHS

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