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I. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer. Put your answer on the blank space provided.

_____1. Is a type of writing where the author is writing about a particular subject that requires
direction?
Instruction or explanation.
A). Technical Writing B). Creative Writing C). Academic Writing
_____2. This writing is also used for publications that are read by teachers and researchers presented at
Conferences.
A). Research B). Academic Writing C). Explication
_____3. On this part, one must grab the reader’s attention and identify the thesis of the paper.
A). Conclusion B). Introduction C). Body
_____4. This is the main part of the work and the paragraphs must be clearly written and arranged in a
logical Order.
A). Body B). Conclusion C). Body
_____5. The _____ consists of one paragraph which shows the final conclusion to the reader.
A). conclusion B). Body C). Introduction
_____6 He was a Filipino fictionist and Essayist, He was born on August 5 1913 In Maasin, Leyte
A) Ambrocio Tiempo B) Anunciation Kainday C) Edilberto Kainday Tiempo
_____7. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in English in 1937. What was the name of school he entered
to get it.
A) Siliman University B) Diliman Univesity C) De la Salle University
_____8. In what year that Edilberto Kainday Tiempo did not finish his graduate studies at the university
of the Philippines
A) 1940 B) 1939 C) 1949
_____9. It is the title of the short story created by Edilberto K. Tiempo.
A) The Raven B) The Witch C) The servant Girl
_____10. It is the word called for the witch in the southern Leyte in the short story of Edilberto K.
Tiempo.
A) Awok B) Minggay C) Minggay Awok
_____11. She was born in San Nicolas,Cebu City on March 27,1917
A) Francisco Arceuana B) H.R. Ocampo C) Estrella D. Alfon
_____12. She was appointed professor of the creative writing at what university here in the Philippines
A) University of the Philippines B) University of Sto.Tomas C) Ateneo De Manila University
_____13. It was a short story won by Estrella D. Alfon in the Common wealth Literary Award
A) Losers Keepers B) Dear Esmeralda C) Strangers
_____14. The main character mentioned in the short story of The Servant Girl
A) Linda B) Lilly C) Rosa
_____15. A short story written by Estrella D. Alfon
A) Servant Girl B) The Young Girl C) The oppressed
_____16.”Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for it to kill your enemy.”- Nelson Mandela,
former South African president, who was previously imprisoned for 30 years for his anti- apartheid
activities; after his release, he negotiated the end apartheid, for which he received the Nobel Peace
Prize
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) Simile
______17.”I Slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted, and
behold, service was joy.”- Rabindranath Tagore, philosopher, author, Nobel laureate (1861-1941)
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) Simile
______18. Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes to work.”- Carl
Sanburg, poet
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) Simile
_____19. English is unrivaled as the most widely- spoken language in the world. It is the sole or joint
language of more nations and territories than any other language.
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) Simile
_____20. “A good example is the best sermon.” Ben Frankin, Founding Father, statesman, author,
inventor
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) Simile
_____21. “Modern English is the Wal-Mart of languages: convenient, huge, hard to avoid, superficially
friendly, and devouring all rivals in its eagerness to expand.” Mark Abley, Journalist (1955)
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) simile
_____22. “Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with harvest.” – Douglas
Jerrold, playwright and humorist (1803-1857)
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) simile
_____23. "The computer had become like the most miraculous sort of technological Swiss Army knife:
each time you thought you knew what it could do, it turned out that it could do more, faster, and more
accurately. -Anna Quindlen, author
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) simile
______24. "Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it
today." -Malcolm X, civil rights: activist and writer
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) simile
_____25. “Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it
today." -Malcolm X, civil rights activist and writer
A) Metaphor B) Metonymy C) personification D) simile

II. A. IDENTIFICATION: Identify the following form of poetry

Choose the correct answer inside the box below. You can use the choices twice.
Limerick Haiku epic Ballad Sonnet

Elegy Ode Descriptive Poem Narrative Poem Lyric Poem

________________1. It is a lyric poem consisting of 14 lines and, in the English version, is usually
written in iambic pentameter. There are two basic kinds of this the Italian (or Petrarchan) and the
Shakespearean (or Elizabethan/English).
___________________2. It is usually a lyric poem of moderate length, with a serious subject, an
elevated style, and an elaborate stanza pattern.
___________________3. it is a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a
legendary or historical hero. It is a narrative poem of great scope; dealing with the founding of a nation
or some other heroic theme requires a dignified theme requires an organic unity requires orderly
progress of the action always has a heroic figure or figures involves supernatural forces.
___________________4. It has an unrhymed verse form having three lines (a tercet) and usually 5, 7, 5
syllables, respectively. It's usually considered a lyric poem.
___________________5. It has a very structured poem, usually humorous & composed of five lines (a
cinquain), in an aabba rhyming pattern; beat must be anapestic (weak, weak, strong) with 3 feet ines
1,2, & 5 and 2 feet in lines 3 & 4. It's usually a Narrative poem based upon a short and often ribald
anecdote.

_______________6. It is any poem with one speaker (not necessarily the poet) who expresses strong
thoughts and feelings. Most poems, especially modern ones,
__________________7. It is a poem that tells a story, its structure resembles the plot line of a story (I.e.
the introduction of conflict and characters, rising action, climax and the denouement)
________________8. It is a poem that describes the world that surrounds the speaker. it uses elaborate
imagery and adjectives. While emotional, it is more "outward-focused" than lyric poetry, which is more
personal and introspective.
_______________9. It is usually a lyric poem of moderate length, with a serious subject, an elevated
style, and an elaborate stanza pattern.
_____________10. It is a lyric poem that mourns the dead. It's not to be confused with a eulogy. it
has no set metric or stanzaic pattern, but it usually begins by reminiscing about the dead person, then
laments the reason for the death, and then resolves the grief by concluding that death leads to
immortality.
II. B. IDENTIFICATION: Identify which figure of speech is used in the following sentences
Choose the correct answer inside the box below. You can use the choices twice.
ALLITERATION ANAPHORA ASSONANCE HYPERBOLE IRONY
METAPHOR SIMILE METONYMY ONOMATOPOEIA PARADOX
PERSONIFICATION PUN SYNECDOCHE UNDERSTATEMENT ANTITHESIS
OXYMORON EUPHEMISM
________________1. “Military intelligence,”
________________2. "Passed away”
________________3. “ABCs” for alphabet, “new set of wheels” for car
_____________4. “I would like to go to Holland someday. Wooden shoe?
________________5. “The sun smiled down on her”
_______________6. “War is peace. Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery.”
__________________7. “hiss” or “ding-dong” or “fizz.”
________________8. “crown” for “royalty” or ‘lab coats” for “scientists”
_______________9. ‘Life is like a box of chocolates
________________10. “My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill’

IV. Essay Type: (5 points)

What urge to you to write?