CREATIVE WRITING

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Directions: Answer these questions to test your knowledge of the important terms, concepts, and skills
about figures of speech and poetry . Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

1. Figure of speech is
a. a familiar expression or saying. c. what the author literally means.
b. something only writers use. d. a non literal way of saying something
2. Figures of speech mean exactly what the words say.
a. True b. False
3. A figure of speech has to be interpreted by the reader or listener.
a. True b. False
4. Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are
a. simile and metonymy. c. personification and hyperbole.
b. metonymy and metaphor. d. simile and metaphor.
5. The figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration for emphasis or to create
some other specific effect is
a. simile. c. hyperbole.
b. Metonymy d. metaphor
6. The words like and as typically appear in a
a. simile. c. personification.
b. metonymy. d. metaphor.
7. When a closely related term or symbol is substituted for what it represents, or some concrete term is
used for a more abstract idea, the figure of speech is referred to as a
a. metaphor. c. metonymy.
b. hyperbole. d. personification.
8. Another name for figure of speech is figurative language.
a. True b. False
9. Knowing the type of figure of speech is more important than understanding the meaning of the
figure of speech.
a. True b. False
10. When words are literal, they mean exactly what they say.
a. True b. False
11. What is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving things are spoken about as if they
were human?
a. Metaphor c. personification
b. hyperbole d. metonymy

12. In irony, words mean the opposite of what they appear to be saying or an occurrence is contrary to
what is expected or intended.
a. True b. False
13. The first step in interpreting a simile or metaphor is to
a. determine the two things that are being compared.
b. decide the important way in which two things might be alike.
c. reason out the author's intended meaning.
d. none of the above
14. Which of the following is an example of imagery?
a. There is a white bird in the sky.
b. The delicate white bird flew gracefully through the blue sky.
c. the birds and saw them flying.
15. Which of the following is NOT another example of a simile?
a. He’s as messy as a pig when he eats. b. He eats like a pig.
c. He is a pig.
16. Which of the following is the best definition for alliteration?
a. Repetition of beginning consonant sounds b. Repetition of beginning vowel sounds
c. Repetition of ending consonant sounds d. Repetition of ending vowel sounds
17. Which of the following is the best definition for hyperbole?
a. A major understatement; the opposite of exaggeration
b. A true statement that accurately describes a person, place,
c. A major exaggeration or overstatement used for emphasis
18. Which of the following is the best definition for onomatopoeia?
a. A word that looks like its meaning
b. A word that sounds like its meaning
c. A word that only describes animal sounds
19. Which of the following sentences contain personification?
a. The wind juggled the leaves.
b. The wind blew the leaves.
c. The wind moved the leaves.
20. Thirty hands are employed in that factory.
a. simile c. Metaphor
b. onomatopoeia d. Metonymy
21. A form of writing that uses not only words, but also form, patterns of sound,imagery, and figurative
language to convey the message.
a. Figures of speech c. Imagery
b. Poetry d. Short story
22. Element of poetry which demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed
syllables particularly in verse form.
a. Rhyme c. Rhythm
b. Assonance d. Diction
23. It takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel
sound but start with different consonant sounds.
a. Rhyme c. Rhythm
b. Assonance d. Diction
24. A division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme.
a. Alliteration c. Imagery
b. stanza d. Rhyme
25. It can be defined as style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a
writer.
a. Rhyme c. Rhythm
b. Assonance d. Diction
26. A repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.
a. Rhyme c. Rhythm
b. Assonance d. Diction
27. A kind of stanza that consists of six lines.
a. couplet c. tercet
b. quintain d. sestet
28. A stanza of five lines which may be rhymed or unrhymed and has a typical stress pattern.
a. couplet c. tercet
b. quintain d. sestet
29. It consists of two rhyming lines having the same meter.
a. couplet c. tercet
b. quintain d. quatrain
30. It is a form of stanza popularized by a Persian poet, Omar Khayyam, who called it a Rubai. It has
common rhyming schemes a a a a, a a b b, a b a b.
a. couplet c. tercet
b. quintain d. quatrain
31. A Poem that tells a story, and has the elements of a story. Often Narrative poems have a rhyme
scheme.
a. Narrative poetry c. Dramatic poetry
b. Lyrical poetry d. ballad poetry
32. A poem where the speaker is someone other than the poet themselves. It often includes characters and
dialogue.
a. Narrative poetry c. Dramatic poetry
b. Lyrical poetry d. ballad poetry
33. A poem that Expresses emotions, appeals to your senses, and often could be set to music.
a. Narrative poetry c. Dramatic poetry
b. Lyrical poetry d. ballad poetry
34. This is a type of humorous poem with five anapestic lines in which first, second and fifth lines have
three feet and third and fourth have two feet with a strict rhyme scheme of a a b b a.
a. Epitaph b. Free Verse
b. Limerick c. Epic
35. It is a form of poem, often written in blank verse, lengthy in size in which poet shows protagonist in
action of historical significance or great mythic.
a. Epitaph c. Free Verse
b. Limerick d. Epic
36. A poem has three lines, where the first and last lines have five moras, while the middle line has
seven.The pattern in Japanese genre is 5-7-5.
a. Ode c. Haiku
b. sonnet d. villanelle
37. It is defined as a poetic device which requires a poem to have 19 lines and a fixed form.
a. Ode c. Haiku
b. sonnet d. villanelle
38. A melancholic poem in which poet laments the death of a subject, however, consoles towards the end.
a. Epic c. Haiku
b. Epitaph d. Elegy
39. A small poem used as an inscription on tombstone of dead person.
a. Epic c. Haiku
b. Epitaph d. Elegy
40. It is a type of narrative poem narrates a story, often talks about folk or legendary tales. It may take a
form of moral lesson or a song.
a. Epic c. Free Verse
b. Ballad d. Elegy