First Periodical Examination in Creative Writing

SY 2022 – 2023

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PART I. SOLO Taxonomy Questions

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on your
answer sheet.
1. One way of writing in the formal diction is by means of being specific and proper.
Which of the following statements is written in formal diction?
A. I would be very pleased to snag a job at HCD's development and corporate
office.
B. The mighty knights rode thru the forest with their swords drawn.
C. We shouldn’t have to eat this kind of junk, anyway!
D. Juan and Carlos will be out of town this weekend.

2. A writer integrates imagery in his work by providing descriptions that will engage
the reader's senses. Which of the following sets of words is most likely to engage
the sense of smell?
A. thin, tender, rough C. giggling, buzzing, cracking
B. slimy, hairy, dry D. zingy, pungent, flowery
3. The setting sun was licking the hard bright machine like some great invisible
beast on its knees. In the preceding statement, what figures of speech are present?
A. Personification and Alliteration C. Metaphor and Alliteration
B. Personification and Assonance D. Metaphor and Assonance
4. Haiku is one of the traditional forms of poetry originating in Japan. Which of the
following statements best describes a haiku?
A. It is a traditional form of poetry with varying rhyme scheme.
B. It has no particular metric pattern, rhyme scheme or any specific structure.
C. It is a brief monorhyming three-line poem.
D. It is a traditional poem that discusses nature and seasons.
5. One of the advantages of a linear plot is that the readers would at least know
where he is in the point of the story. What do you call the beginning point of a
linear plot?
A. conflict B. exposition C. rising action D. falling action
6. Read the following excerpt:
I didn't know this at the time, but Mom's kind was special. She breathed into them so
that they shared her breath, and thus moved with her life. This was her magic.
(from Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu)
The text presents characterization of one of the characters through direct
presentation. What is direct presentation in terms of characterization?
A. The author arranges the events in a logical and organized pattern.
B. The author makes explicit or outright statements or explanations about the
character.
C. The author immerses the reader in the character's surrounding through
vivid descriptions.
D. The author reveals the characters through exchange of conversation with
another characters.
7. Identifying the theme in fiction involves taking into consideration the elements
present in the craft. What is the best way in identifying the theme in a short story?
A. By addressing the general emotional weather of the text
B. By identifying the subject/s emphasized in the entire text
C. By looking for meaningful and repeated elements in the text
D. By examining the characters' thoughts and dialogue in the text
8. Setting in fiction is not only limited to the when and where of a specific point in a
story. Which of the following questions also determine the setting in a story?
A. Where does the main character live? C. What is the daily life of the
characters like?
B. Who are the characters in the story? D. What time did the villain arrive at
the party?
9. Characters in fiction may refer to the person or representation of person in the
story or it may also refer to the characteristics of that specific character. Which of
the following statements best describes a dynamic character?
A. He is a multi-dimensional or a complex character.
B. He is a character having only a single trait or quality.
C. He is one whose attitudes and values are affected by the events in the story.
D. He is one whose personality, attitudes, and beliefs remain fixed, no matter
what kinds of situations he encounters.
10. You are tasked to write a story with a man-versus-society type of conflict.
Which of the following story concepts best fit the prompt?
A. A story of a father and his gambling addiction
B. A story of a student trying to fight back against a bully
C. A story of a politician and her plight for good governance
D. A story of a bunch of friends and their trip to an abandoned forest
PART II. NON-SOLO Questions
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on your
answer sheet.

1. It is a kind of plot where the story starts with an introduction of the characters
and setting and involves the development of the story.
A. Modular/episodic B. Verbal C. Linear D. Dramatic
2. The following line is an example of what figure of speech? “Death! Where is thy
sting? O Grave! Where is thy victory?”
A. Allusion B. Apostrophe C. Hyperbole D. Simile
3. Repeating a single word, line, or group of lines.
A. Imagery B. Repetition C. Meter D. Form

4. It is a poetic foot that has a pattern of weak syllable followed by strong syllable
with five pairs.
 A. Iamb B. Dactyl C. Anapest D. Trochee
For questions number 5-7.
“The whole world seemed to have been turned off when Sara went into the Weicek’s
house. His ticking watch is his pleasure as he listens to it and watches the red
second hand sweep around the dial.”
- The Summer of Swans
5. What point of view is used in the passage?
A. Limited B. Objective C. Omniscient D. Limited-Omniscient
6. The underlined phrase in the passage shows what sensory imagery?
A. Auditory B. Visual C. Olfactory D. Gustatory
7. What is the tone implied in the passage?
A. Depressing B. Doubtful C. Humorous D. Sarcastic
8. These are the person in a narrative work of art.
A. Characters B. Narrator C. Protagonist D. Writer
9. A plot device that distracts the reader’s attention from the plot twist. It is used to
maintain tension and uncertainty is _
A. Flashing arrow B. Red Herring C. Deathtrap D. In medias res

10. In the film “The How’s of Us”, a young couple, Primo and George, dreams of
growing old together. However, as their feelings go deep for each other, they have to
deal the struggles of being in a long-term relationship and the harsh reality of life.
What fictional genre is used in the story?
A. Fantasy B. Realistic Fiction C. Historical Fiction D.
Mystery
11. It is a very informal language or specific words used by a particular group of
people.
A. Colloquial Diction B. Formal Diction C. Slang Diction D. Poetic Diction
12. This type of writing is written to educate and entertain.
A. Creative Writing B. Technical Writing C. Academic Writing D. None
of the above
13. It is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in a
distinctive way.
A. Diction B. Sensory Imagery C. Figure of Speech D.
Literary Techniques
14. Which statement best describe a tanaga?
A. Tanaga is a poem composed of four lines, 7 syllables, and has end rhyme
B. Tanaga is a written in four lines
C. Tanaga is a traditional poem that follows 7-7-7-7 syllabic verse
D. Tanaga is a type of Japanese Drama
For questions number 15-18.
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
William Wordsworth
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love:
A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
—Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
 She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!

15. What is the meaning of the word untrodden in the first line of the poem?
A. Pathless B. Road C. Track D. Accessible
16.The underline verse in the second stanza uses what kind of figure of speech?
A. Hyperbole B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Simile
17. What form of stanza is used in the poem?
A. Quatrain B. Quintet C. Sestet D. Tercet
18.What rhyming pattern is used in the poem?
A. AABB B. ABAB C. AAAA D. BABA
19. Which of the following is done in the “revising” stage.
A. Submitting final manuscripts to editors of print and online journals and
magazines, newspapers, or publishing companies.
B. Check the larger problems such as content and organization and the smaller
problems such as sentence structure, word choice, and formatting shall both be
considered in revising your output
C. Getting a break to rethink and re-conceptualize for a new possible content or
inputs
D. The writer thinks of the possible concept or ideas
20. This kind of writing is wholly written to inform and sometimes to trigger the
person reading into making an action beneficial to the one of the writer.
A. Creative Writing B. Technical Writing C. Academic Writing D. None
of the above
21. It won’t be long before my song ends the day.” Long and song is an example of
what rhyme?
A. Beginning B. End C. Internal D. Middle
22. In the story, “The Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge had
a series of dreams which allowed him to see the events happened in another time
with the help of the Christmas ghosts of the past, present and future and led him
to change his attitude. What vision technique is used in the story?
A. Analepsis B. Dream Sequence C. Prolepsis D. Foreshadowing
23. What kind of meter foot is used in the line: “In the midst/of his laugh/ter and
glee,”?
A. Anapestic Trimeter B. Iambic Pentameter C. Trochaic Tetrameter D.
Dactylic Dimeter
24. Words such as “buzz”, “swish”, and “hiss” are examples of what sound device?
A. Assonance B. Consonance C. Alliteration D. Onomatopoeia
For questions number 25-27.
“Doctor Faustus”
Doctor Faustus has an ambitious nature. In spite of being a respected scholar, he
sold his soul to Lucifer by signing a contract with his blood for achieving ultimate
power and limitless pleasures in this world. He learns the art of black magic and
defies Christianity.
Faustus suffered when he thinks honestly about repenting, acting about the advice
of the “good angel” but the “bad angel” inside him distracts him by telling that it is
too late. The devil takes his soul away to hell and he suffers eternal damnation.

25. What is the theme of the story?

A. Atheism B. Intelligence C. Over-ambition D. Christianity
26. Dr. Faustus can be classified as what type of character?
A. Antagonist, dynamic, round C. Protagonist, dynamic, round
B. Antagonist, stock flat D. Protagonist, stock, flat
27. When Dr. Faustus thinks of repenting, he is experiencing what kind of conflict?
A. Man vs nature B. Man vs person C. Man vs self D. Man vs
society
28. The movie “WALL-E” is a story about the last robot left on Earth, programmed
to clean up the planet, one trash cube at a time. However, after 700 years, he's
developed one little glitch—a personality. He's extremely curious, highly inquisitive,
and a little lonely. What fictional genre is used?
A. Fantasy B. Realistic Fiction C. Historical Fiction D.
Science Fiction
29. It is the repetition of entire lines or stanza over and over in a poem or song.
A. refrain B. rhyme C. tone D. theme
30. It is an abrupt ending that leaves the plot incomplete, without denouement, it
often leaves characters in a precarious or difficult situation which hint at the
possibility of a sequel.
A. Deus ex Machina B. Happy Ending C. Twist Ending D. Cliff Hanger

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