DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

KORONADAL NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1ST SUMMATIVE TEST
CREATIVE WRITING
S.Y. 2021- 2022

Name: _______________________________ Date: ______________

Section: _____________________ Score: _____________

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read and follow the instruction stated in each part of the test. Review your answers
before you submit your paper.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Write the letter of your choice on the blank provided.

____1. Which of the following statements defines Creative Writing?

A. It reveals knowledge and expects a response from the reader.
B. It is guided more by the writer’s need to express feelings and ideas.
C. It depends on emotional appeal and aims to change the attitude of the reader.
D. It conveys specific information about a technical subject to a specific audience for a specific purpose.

____2. In the ROAD NOT TAKEN, Robert Frost used the line “and my little horse must
think it queer…” Which of the following figures of speech is used by the poet?

A. Hyperbole B. Litotes C. Metaphor C. Personification

____3. Which of the lines below is a Simile?

A. Mike is a teddy bear.
B. The willow tree shook her long hair.
C. The Palace declared that we are at war with Mars.
D. They melted together as two eagles on one prey come rushing down together from the cloud.

_____4. Below is an excerpt from a poem.What figure of speech does it use?

When he’s happy, he is a butterfly.

When relaxing, he’s a lazy crocodile.
When angered, he’s a lion running wild.

A. Alliteration B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Synecdoche

____5. Which of the lines below is an example of Alliteration?

A. My shoes are killing me!
B. The rain went drip, drip, drip on the roof.
C. The roses wept for their smashed friends.
D. Stooping to the ground, Sarah smelled the sweet, scarlet flower.

For # 6 - 8. On Imagery. Analyze the texts below and identify to what sense they appeal.

TEXT 1
A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
- I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

_____6. A. Hearing B. Smell C. Sight D. Touch

TEXT 2
I visited the kitchen and there was popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan. .
.

_____7. A. Hearing B. Smell C. Taste D. Touch

TEXT 3
After the glaring lights are out and the people have gone to bed, you will find a veritable treasure of
popcorn fragments, frozen custard dribblings, candied apples abandoned by tired children, sugar fluff
crystals, salted almonds, popsicles, partially gnawed ice cream cones and wooden sticks of lollipops.

_____8. Hearing B. Sight C. Taste D. Touch

____9. A verse that does NOT conform to a fixed pattern is called:

A. Elegy B. Epic C. Free Verse D. Sonnet

____10. What is the theme of the poem below?

Oh, when I was in love with you,

Then I was clean and brave,
And miles around the wonder grow
How well did I behave.
And now the fancy passes by,
And nothing will remain
And miles around they’ll say that I
Am quite myself again.

A. Unreciprocated love B. Romantic love C. Separation D. Brotherly love

____11. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem in number 17?

A. ABAB- CDCD B. AABB- CCDD C. AAAA-BBBB D. AACC-BBDD

____12.What does the passage say about LIFE?

Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets. And is heard no more.

A. Life is eternal. B. Life has its end. C. Life is passing. D. Life goes through stages.

___13. What is the theme of the following?

Nothing that happens in this world ever happens by chance; it is all part of a grand design.

A. Ambition B. Destiny C. Dream D.Luck

___14. Respect is due for the snowy hair

Life they lived is beyond compare.

The example above is a:

A. Allusion B. Couplet C. Haiku D. Sonnet

___15. What type of Tagalog poem is the example given below:

Kahit buhay ay payak

Ako ay magsisikap
Kahit pa mapahamak
Maahon lang sa hirap.

A. Dalit B. Diona C. Soneto D. Tanaga

___16. What rhyme scheme is used in the poem in number 22?

A. Isahan B. Inipitan C. Salitan D. Sunuran

For # 17
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate;
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.

___17. How many iambs are there in each line in the poem above?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 10

____18. Sand scatters the beach

Waves crash on the sandy shore
Blue water shimmer.

The poem above is an example of:

A. Couplet B. Haiku C. Limerick D. Sonnet

For # 19- 20. Read the stanza and answer the questions that follow:
Forgive these words that love impart,
And pleading, bare the poet’s breast;
And if a rose with thorns thou art,
Yet on my breast that rose may rest.
- Fernando Maramag, “Rural Maid”

____19. What iambic meter is used in the poem above?

A. Iambic Hexameter B. Iambic Pentameter C. Iambic Octameter D. Iambic Tetrameter

____20. What rhyme scheme is used in the poem above?

A. ABAB B. ABBA C. AABB D. AAAA
End of Test