Caraga Administrative Region

Division of Butuan City

Mahay Integrated Secondary School
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Periodical Test
CREATIVE WRITING
(1st Semester S.Y. 2022 – 2023)
First Quarter

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________________________

Teacher: ___________________________________________________ Score: ____________________________

I. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of your answer before the number.

1. This kind of writing is inspired, artistic, and entertains the reader.

a. Technical writing b. Academic writing c. Novel writing d. Creative writing

2. This type of writing uses specific and technical terms to convey information
a. Technical writing b. Academic writing c. Novel writing d. Creative writing

3. This type of writing are usually found in newspapers and some journal entries.
a. Technical writing b. Academic writing c. Novel writing d. Creative writing

4. The following are sensory details that are used to describe something except one, which is it?
a. memories b. sight c. touch d. taste

5. Which of the following statement is true?

a. Creative writing is not useful when we look for jobs
b. Creative writing both entertains and share human experience
c. Technical writing uses generalized vocabulary
d. Poetry is not part of creative writing

6. Which of the following statement is false?

a. Creative writing is used to invoke human emotions
b. Academic writing is enjoyable to read
c. Technical writing is informative, instructional or persuasive
d. Creative writing is self-created

7. Create a sentence that invokes human emotion (love, hate, hunger, desire)
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8-10. Write a 3-sentence paragraph about your experience that has some strong emotional value.
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11-13. Write a 3-sentence paragraph that uses at least three sensory detail.

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14. Contrast between what is said and what is meant a. synecdoche
15. Compares two unlike things or ideas b. hyperbole
16. A word that sounds like what it is describing c. simile
17. Two contradictory terms used together d. metaphor
18. When a part represents the whole or the whole is e. oxymoron
represented by a part
19. Giving human qualities to non-living things or ideas f. personification
20. Comparison between two unlike things using “like” or g. apostrophe
“as”
21. Uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect h. pun
22. Directly addressing a nonexistent person or object i. onomatopoeia
23. A play on words j. irony

24. It is a poem that tells a story; its structure resembles the plot line of a story
a. Lyric Poetry c. Ode
b. Narrative Poetry d. Elegy

25. It is a narrative poem that has a musical rhythm and can be sung
a. Epic c. Ballad
b. Sonnet d. Ode

26. It has a very structured poem, usually humorous & composed of five lines.
a. Limerick c. Ballad
b. Elegy d. Sonnet

27. What is the rhyme scheme of this one stanza from the poem, “To a Terrific Dad”
To a dad who is terrific,
To a dad who’s real neat.
To a dad who makes the best of things
Even when they’re not so sweet!

a. AABC c. ABBA
b. ABCD d. ABCB

28. It is a metrical foot with two weak syllables followed by a strong syllable.
a. Anapest c. Iamb
b. Dactyl d. Trochee

29. What beat pattern does Iamb have?

a. Unstressed, Stressed c. Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed
b. Stressed, Unstressed d. Unstressed, Stressed, Stressed, Stressed

30. It has an unrhymed verse form having three lines (a tercet) and usually 5,7,5 syllables,
respectively.
a. Limerick c. Haiku
b. Epic d. Sonnet

31. It is a poem that describes the world that surrounds the speaker.
a. Lyric Poetry c. Descriptive Poetry
b. Narrative Poetry d. Ode

32. It is a lyric poem that mourns the dead

a. Ode c. Sonnet
b. Elegy d. Epic

33. It is a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or
historical hero.
a. Ode c. Sonnet
b. Elegy d. Epic
34-35. Write a couplet with end rhyme scheme.

36. What is the rhyme scheme of this one stanza from the poem, “To a Beautiful Mom”
To a mom who is beautiful,
To a mom who’s real fanciful.
To a mom who makes the best of things
Even when they’re not so sweet!

a. AABC c. ABBA
b. ABCD d. ABCB

37. Consider the following lines from the poem: - “The Rabbit” by Elizabeth Maddox Roberts
“When they said the time to hide was mine,”
Underline which lines signify internal rhymes.

38 – 40. Apply the correct way of putting stress by underlining the syllable according to the type of feet indicated
inside the parentheses.

38: Never/ never/ never/ never/ never (Trochee: stressed-unstressed)

39. And his co/horts were gleam/ing in purp/le and gold. (Anapest” unstressed-unstressed-stressed)
40. What if a/ much of a/ which of a/ (Dactyl: stressed-unstressed-unstressed)

41. The underlined words is an example of which unit of meter? All whom/ war, death,/ age, ag/ues, tyr/annies,
a. Spondee c. Iamb
b. Dactyl d. Trochee

42. The words which are not underlined signifies unstressed-unstressed unit of meter or pyrrhic. Analyze which is
pyrrhic in the line: All whom/ war, death,/ age, ag/ues, tyr/annies,
a. war, death c. All whom
b. tyrannies d. age, agues

43. What type of stanza is used in the following:

“I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them Sam I am
a. Septet c. Monostich
b. Octave d. Couplet

44. – 50. Create a haiku about the following category: Weather.

Prepared by:

SHEENA T. BALAIS
SST-I

Checked by:

PETERSON A. OROPA
School Head, HT - II
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1. d
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. b
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14. J
15. D
16. I
17. E
18. A
19. F
20. C
21. B
22. G
23. H
24. b
25. c
26. a
27. d
28. a
29. a
30. c
31. c
32. b
33. d
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 Caraga Administrative Region
Division of Butuan City
Mahay Integrated Secondary School
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Periodical Test in
CREATIVE WRITING
(Finals, 1st Semester S.Y. 2019 – 2020)

Name: ______________________________________________________________ Date:

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Teacher: ____________________________________________________________ Score:
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Items 1-15 . The following are Dramatic elements, match them to the correct column.

Column A Column B
1. It is the character or situation that stands against a. discovery
the protagonist
2. It is an actor’s speech delivery in the presence of b. deus ex machina
other characters who do not speak but listen
3. It is what is achieved when the main character finally c. inciting incident
realizes the reality of the situation
4. It pertains to the events happened in the past d. foreshadowing
5. It pertains to the problem caused by the opposing e. antagonist
objectives of the protagonist and the antagonist
6. It refers to the Greek practice of physically lowering f. backstory
a “god” to the stage at the end of the play to solve all
the problems
7. It refers to the event that launches the protagonist g. monologue
and gets the plot going
8. It is the use of the hints at the future in order to build h. aside
anticipation in the audience
9. It refers to the opening scene in the middle of the i. flashback
action
10. When the actor directly speaks to the audience j. in medias res
11. It refers to the description or enactment of past k. conflict
events in order to clarify situation
12. It happens when the main character fails or l. soliloquy
succeeds
13. It consists of events that creates a sense of m. reversal
uncertainty concerning what will happen to the
characters
14. It is a speech delivered by an actor when he or she n. protagonist
is alone in the express thoughts
15. It is the main character of the story o. suspense

16-23. Name all the tragedies and define them:

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17-31. Name all the comedies and define them:

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32-40. Name all the types of setting and define them:
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Match the following abstract ideas in Column A with the most appropriate concrete objects in Column B.

41. beauty a. The breaking of dawn

42. death b. Weeping eyes
43. Friendship c. A throbbing heart
44. Hope d. The sunset in manila bay
45. Justice e. An olive branch
46. Peace f. A firm handshake
47. Love g. Marching soldiers
48. Oppression h. A jail cell
49. Sorrow i. The grim reaper
50. war j. A pair of weighing scales
Prepared by: Checked by:

SHEENA T. BALAIS PETERSON A. OROPA

SST-I HT-I, School Head
 Caraga Administrative Region
Division of Butuan City
MAHAY INTEGRATED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Periodical Test in
CREATIVE WRITING
(Finals, 1st Semester S.Y. 2018-2019)

Name: ______________________________________________________________ Date: _____________________________

Teacher: ____________________________________________________________ Score: ____________________________

I. Matching Type. Match Column A with the answers in Column B.

Column A Column B
32. The background knowledge that you need to understand the story a. main conflict
33. The main struggle between opposing forces b. resolution
34. The phase where the writer builds suspense c. exposition
35. It matches with the main conflict d. falling action
36. The part where nothing much happens after the climax e. rising action
37. The outcome of the characters and the society after the events f. climax

II. Fill in the blanks according to the structure of Freytag’s Triangle

8.8

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7. 10.

11-15. Enumerate five stories and identify its main character.

Movie/Novel/Story Main Character
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III. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of your answer before the number. Deduction of points to those not
following instructions.

16. Character conflicts between heroes and villains

a. person vs. person b. person vs. supernatural c. person vs. technology d. person vs. nature

17. A character is victimized by society

a. person vs. person b. person vs. society c. person vs. person d. person vs. nature

18. The main protagonist are the natural calamities and disasters
a. person vs. person b. person vs. supernatural c. person vs. technology d. person vs. nature

19. Characters face ominous results of science moving beyond control

a. person vs. person b. person vs. supernatural c. person vs. technology d. person vs. nature

20. Conflict between a character and their inner struggle

a. person vs. nature b. person vs. supernatural c. person vs. technology d. person vs. self

21. The source of conflict is supernatural.

a. person vs. nature b. person vs. supernatural c. person vs. technology d. person vs. self

IV. Identification. Identify what is asked in the following statements.

38. The author of Freytag’s Triangle
39. This plot structure was made Joseph Campbell.
40. The feature that made kishotenketsu different from Freytag’s Triangle
 41. The kind of structure that has repetitive tension and release all throughout the
plot

VI. Supply the following what is asked based from the picture below. (25pts)

Character Sketch
Setting Dialogue
Father Son

Prepared by: Checked by:

SHEENA T. BALAIS MERLINDA L. BOLLOZOS

SST-I HT-IV, School Head