Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
Schools Division of Nueva Ecija
GENERAL TINIO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
General Tinio, Nueva Ecija
Name of Learner__________________________________

Grade & section______________________

SUMMATIVE TEST in ENGLISH 9

Quarter 2 Week 5-8

Direction: Read and analyze each sentence then write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each
number.
______1. What is a sonnet?
a. a fourteen-line rhyming poem b. a type of villanelle c. a sixteen- line unrhymed poem d. a longer version of the Haiku
______2. Which of the following is NOT a type of sonnet?
a. English sonnet b. Draconian sonnet c. Italian sonnet d. Petrarchan sonnet
______3. Which of the following is true?
a. Sonnets are a type of ballad b. Villanelles are simple, short poems c. Ballads are often adapted to son d. Villanelles
are a type of sonnet
______4. What is a characteristic of the sonnet?
a. It is iambic pentameter b. it has an octave and sestet c. It rhymes d. All of the above
______5. The vantage point from which a story is told is
a. chronological order b. plot c. point of view d. conflict
_______6. A story that presents events in the time sequence in which they occurred one right after the other is called
a. plot b. conflict c. chronological order d. foreshadowing
_______7. A vignette provides insight about an important element of a story, such as
a, the setting b. an idea c. a character d. all of the above
_______8. A vignette is a/n ________ scene.
a. long b. iconic c. short d. none of the above
_______9. The time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem is called
a. point of view b. climax c. resolution d. setting
______10. The final part of the story in which the conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close is called
a. resolution b. omniscient c. settingd. mood

B. Determine what elements of prose are present in each sentence. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
_________1. The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day.
a. character b. setting c. plot d. point of view
_________2. Bill Hutchinson went over his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand.
a. character b. setting c. plot d. point of view
_________3. The boy wanted to say something else other than “Thank you Ma’am to Mrs. Louela Bates Washington Jones, but he
couldn’t do as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door.
a. plot b. setting c. theme d. point of view
________4. Kindness should be shown to anyone whatever class a person belongs.
a. character b. setting c. plot d. theme

________5. Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remember to use stones.

a. conflict b. setting c. theme d. point of view

C. Identify the different elements of poetry present in the poem A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is death that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou, to art returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

________6. How many lines does a stanza have?

a. 2 b. 8 c. 4 d. 1
________7. How may set of rhyming words are there in stanza 1?
a.2 b. 8 c. 4 d. 1
________8. In the line “Life is but an empty dream!” what figurative language was used?
a. Simile b. metaphor c. personification d. hyperbole
________9. What is the prevailing mood in stanza no. 2?
a. Sad b. encouraging c. happy d. frustrated
________10. What sense was used in the line “For the soul is death that slumbers”?
a. Touch b. sight c. hearing d. smell

D. Tell whether the following statements is a foreshadowing, flashback or in medias res.

____________ 1. It is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

____________ 2. It is a transition in a story to an earlier time that interrupts the normal chronological order of events

____________3. When an author jumps back to a scene or event that happened in the past.

____________ 4. When an author gives hints or clues that suggest what will happen later in the story.

____________5. Often appears at the beginning of a story or a chapter and helps the reader develop expectations about the coming
events in a story.

____________6. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I‘ve been turning over in my mind
ever since. Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, ‖ he told me, ―just remember that all the people in this world
haven ‘t had the advantages that you ‘ve had.

_____________7. Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon
when his father took him to discover ice. At that time Macondo was a village of twenty adobe houses, built on the bank of a river of
clear water that ran along a bed of polished stones, which were white and enormous, like prehistoric eggs. The world was so
recent that many things lacked names, and in order to indicate them it was necessary to point.

____________8. The general eyed me coldly, greeted me without fashion and dismissed me to pay my respects to his sister. It was
clear that from somewhere money had been acquired. It works so well because it immediately immerses us in the world of the
protagonist, begging us to ask questions, to turn the page and find out what is the story is all about.

_____________9. Mike felt confident as ever when he started his boat engine that day. He noticed a few clouds gathering overhead,
but did not worry about them.

_____________10. A scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past.

E. Underline the adverb used in the sentence and identify its kind (time, place, manner, frequency) 2 pts. each number.
__________1. The umbrella was kept there.
__________2. The child slept soundly.
__________3. The angry bear in the forest growled menacingly.
__________4. Ram died two years ago.
__________5. Occasionally, one of those lemons will be examined by the inspectors.
__________6. I am fully prepared in the test.
__________7. He is quite strong compared to his other teammates.
__________8. The content of the graphic materials is entirely wrong.
__________9. I haven’t read anything lately.
__________10. Mario practiced soccer frequently.

Prepared by: Checked: Noted:

KARISSA E. DE GUZMAN JOSEPHINE S. GONZALES ADORA B. DELA CRUZ Master

Teacher I MT II/ OIC ENGLISH School Principal IV