MOUNTAIN RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL,Inc.

“A Close to Nature Haven School”

Mahusay Salaysay, Marilog District, Davao City

Creative Non-Fiction

Semi-final Exam

Name______________________________ Grade& Section: __________ ITEMS: 80

Teacher: Ivy Basia Lumikid

TEST 1- Identification
A- Directions: Identify what figure of speech are the following sentences below. (2 pts. each)
_________1. “I thought they’d killed you. I lost my temper.”
_________2. A big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back.
_________3. Hurry up, gray beard!
_________4. The apartment was on the top floor—a small living-room, a small dining-room, a
small bedroom, and a bath.
_________5. And she said losing love is like a window in your heart; everybody sees you’re blown apart;
everybody sees the wind blow (Paul Simon)
_________6. Her cat is near the computer to keep an eye on the mouse.
_________7. If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.
_________8. Fear gripped the patient waiting for a diagnosis.
_________9. Love, who needs you?
_________10. "Men work together whether they work together or apart." - Robert Frost
_________11. A duck that clucked drove a truck into an aqueduct.
_________12. I think the professor stated his unbiased opinion regarding the student response.
_________13. I went to the doctor five days ago. Yes, last week I went to the hospital.
_________14. The river slushed and rushed, bubbling and gurgling along the rocks.
_________15. She's not sick; she's “under the weather.
_________16. The pen is mightier than the sword.
_________17. I wish he would keep his nose out of the plans.
_______ __18. A man tastes his wife’s delicious home- cooked meal and exclaims, “I shall never eat this
food ever again”.
_________ 19. Our family is a patchwork quilt.
___ ______20. My feelings are not unhurt.

B-Directions:
__________1. It refers to the actual events that take place within the bounds of your narrative.
__________2. This is the emotional register of the story’s language.
__________3. The place where the story takes place.
__________4. It refers to the specific or particular standpoint from which the narrative is told.
__________5. It is a form of social or political critique.
__________6. An extravagant statement.
__________7. A figure of speech in which part is used to represent as a whole.
__________8. It is what is shown in one time and place.
__________9. It refers to an unexpected, paradoxical, or perverse turn of events.
__________10. It is a bitter, cutting, or mocking taunt used to denigrate a particular person, place, or thing.

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Proverbs 2:10

God Bless!

Ma’am Ivy ☺