Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region X – Northern Mindanao
Division of Iligan City
CREATIVE WRITING – 3rd Quarter Examination

Name: _____________________________ Grade & Section: _________ Score: ___________

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer.
Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

by Robert Frost (1922)
Whose woods these are I think I know.1
His house is in the village though;2
He will not see me stopping here3
To watch his woods fill up with snow.4

My little horse must think it queer5

To stop without a farmhouse near6
Between the woods and frozen lake7
The darkest evening of the year.8

He gives his harness bells a shake9

To ask if there is some mistake.10
The only other sound’s the sweep11
Of easy wind and downy flake.12

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,13

But I have promises to keep,14
And miles to go before I sleep,15
And miles to go before I sleep.16

1. The poem expresses strong thoughts and feelings. What type of poem is this?
a. Ballad b. Sonnet c. Lyric d. Epic
2. Rhyme scheme refers to the pattern of rhymes of a poem. What is the overall rhyme scheme of this poem?
a. AABA BBCB CCDC DDDD b. ABAB BBCB BBCB AABA
c. AABA CCBC CCDC DDDD d. ABAB BBCB CCDC ABAB
3. This poem is divided into a four-line stanza termed as
a. Quatrain b. Sestet c. Tetrameter d. Pentameter
4. The speaker of the poem is
a. a farmer b. a horse c. a traveler d. a businessman
5. The theme of the poem is
a. developing inner strength b. journey of life c. love of nature d. celebration of life
6. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds. What consonant sounds are repeated in lines 1 and 4?
a. /s/ and /t/ b. /t/ and /w/ c. /th/ and /w/ d. /w/ and /s/
7. What type of sound play is applied in lines 15 and 16?
a. Alliteration b. Assonance c. Onomatopoeia d. Repetition
8. What literary device is applied in lines 9-10?
a. Simile b. Personification c. Metaphor d. Assonance
9. Which stanza talks about the speaker declaring his doubt about the owner of the woods?
a. Stanza 1 b. Stanza 2 c. Stanza 3 d. Stanza 4
10. This stanza has the speaker declaring that the woods are very lovely and dark however, he has several things at hand to
perform.
a. Stanza 1 b. Stanza 2 c. Stanza 3 d. Stanza 4
Read the excerpts (short extracts) and answer the questions that follow.

Excerpt from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling (1997)
“Look—” he murmured, holding out his arm to stop Malfoy. Something bright white was gleaming on the
ground. They inched closer. It was the unicorn all right, and it was dead. Harry had never seen anything so
beautiful and sad. Its long, slender legs were stuck out at odd angles where it had fallen and its mane was spread
pearly-white on the dark leaves.
Harry had taken one step toward it when a slithering sound made him freeze where he stood. A bush on the
edge of the clearing quivered. . . . Then, out of the shadows, a hooded figure came crawling across the ground like
some stalking beast. Harry, Malfoy, and Fang stood transfixed. The cloaked figure reached the unicorn, lowered
its head over the wound in the animal’s side, and began to drink its blood.
“AAAAAAAAAAARGH!”

11. To which type of genre fiction does this belong?

a. Crime Fiction b. Fantasy c. Science Fiction d. Horror
12. This genre has the following characteristics except for one.
a. involves witchcraft or magic b. juxtapose a real-world setting with fantastical elements
c. tied to reality or scientific fact d. involves traditional myths and magical creatures
13. Aside from being the protagonist, what kind of character is Harry?
 a. Round b. Flat c. Dynamic d. Static
Excerpt from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving (1820)
Not far from the eastern shore of the Hudson River is a little valley known as Sleepy Hollow. A drowsy, dreamy atmosphere
seems to hang over the land, as if it were under the sway of some witching power. The whole neighborhood abounds with local
tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions, but the dominant spirit that haunts this region is the apparition of a figure on
horseback without a head.
It was the witching time of night when Ichabod traveled homeward. The night grew darker; the stars seemed to sink deeper in
the sky. He had never felt so lonely. A splash by the side of a bridge caught his ear. In the dark shadow, he beheld something
huge, misshapen, black and towering. The hair rose upon his head. He stammered, “Who are you?” He received no reply. The
shadowy object put itself in motion, and bounded into the middle of the road. It appeared to be a horseman of large dimensions,
mounted on a black horse of powerful frame. Ichabod quickened his steed, in hopes of leaving the mysterious horseman behind.
The stranger, however, quickened to an equal pace. The odd silence of Ichabod’s companion was soon fearfully accounted for.
For upon seeing his fellow traveler in relief against the sky, gigantic in height, and muffled in a cloak, Ichabod was horror-struck
to perceive that he was headless, and that he carried his head before him on his saddle. In desperation Ichabod rained kicks
upon Gunpowder. The specter followed close behind. Away they dashed, stones flying.
An opening in the trees now cheered him with the hope that the church bridge was at hand, the place where, legend said, the
horseman should stop. Ichabod cast a look behind to see if his pursuer would vanish. Instead, he saw the goblin rising up in his
stirrups, in the very act of hurling his head at him. Ichabod tried to dodge the horrible missile, but too late. It encountered his
cranium with a tremendous crash. He tumbled into the dust, and Gunpowder and the goblin rider passed by like a whirlwind.
14. To which type of genre fiction does this belong?
a. Crime Fiction b. Fantasy c. Science Fiction d. Horror
15. The following characteristics of this genre create an atmosphere of horror and terror except for one.
a. suspense and fear b. violence and gore c. optimistic and happy ending d. supernatural
16. What is the mood of the story?
a. eerie and dreadful b. funny and cheerful c. remote and exotic d. sad and desperate
17. What does the headless horseman symbolize?
a. the tension between reality and imagination b. rebirth and the inevitable cycle of life
c. protection, power, and gratitude toward life d. unachievable nature of immortality

Excerpt from “The Dustpan Carrier” Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen (1999)
"It is always the English teacher who holds the dustpan." The last time I saw Mrs. Jones was in 1991. I had graduated from
college and, proud of my accomplishments, came back to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts to find and thank the woman, the
teacher, who changed my life.
In December 1986, my father, a rabbi and teacher himself, had brought me to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, in
desperation. "I don't know where else to put her." My father's voice broke, and then I heard a muffle of a deep, authoritative female
voice. I auditioned for The School of the Arts that day, sitting at the piano in the stuffy little practice room I had heard someone
struggling in earlier. I lay my hands heavily on the yellow-stained keys and with my heart, with tears, with pain, I played
Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, and finally, my father's favorite Chopin Nocturne. The teacher nodded, the principal put her hand up to
her mouth and shook her head, and my father's face melted into quiet relief. It wasn't until Friday, however, that I met her, Mrs.
Jones, when I was transferred into her creative writing class at 11:00 A.M.
We'll be working in our journals today," Mrs. Jones said softly. "Do you have a notebook you can use as your journal?" "Get to
work, please," Mrs. Jones told the class. Please, I thought. I believe it was the first time I had ever heard a teacher say "please" to
a student! I pulled a green notebook out of my book bag and Mrs. Jones lay her cool, dry hand on mine. "I'm so happy to have you
in my class," she whispered.
That journal, I believe now, saved me from insanity. I wrote their names down and crossed them out, then wrote them again
and again, until it didn't hurt so much to hear them in my head. I wrote the word "rape" in red because it felt hot and burned and it
was sore and I knew that even if I ignored it, it would not go away.
18. To which type of genre fiction does this belong?
a. Realistic Fiction b. Inspirational c. Literary Fiction d. Romance
19. The following are the purposes of this type of fiction except for one.
a. to create an optimistic impact on life b. to keep our hopes alive
b. to increase our productivity d. to solve a crime
20. What point of view is the story told from?
a. third-person omniscient b. first-person c. third-person limited d. second-person
21. It commonly comprises around 50-100 pages and offers a greater avenue for character and theme development. It can be
considered as the story that plays somewhere between a short story and a novel.
a. Flash Fiction b. Short stories c. Novella d. Novels
22. They don’t need limits regarding length. They have trilogies and tetralogies. . They are the ideal form when dealing with stories
that involve more characters, varied plots and setup and has a more open-handed coverage of time.
a. Flash Fiction b. Short stories c. Novella d. Novels
23. Written works that usually run from 2,000-6,000 words and is about 8-28 pages.
a. Flash Fiction b. Short stories
b. Novella d. Novels
24. Also called short-short. This is under the umbrella of short story and is mainly regarded to contain a limited amount of words
that runs from 250-1,000
a. Flash Fiction b. Short stories c. Novella d. Novels
Below are literary excerpts from different fictional stories. Accomplish the form below by classifying if the excerpt is using FIRST,
SECOND or THIRD person type of point of view:
_______25. ”He is what a young man ought to be,” said she,”sensible, good-humored, lively; and I never saw such happy manners! –
so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!”- Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice
_______26. “And I like parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties, there isn’t any privacy.”-The Great Gatsby by F, Scott Fitzgerald.
_______27. “Eventually you ascend the stairs to the streets. You think of Plato’s pilgrims climbing out of the cave, from the shadow
world of appearances toward things as they are, and you wonder if it is possible to change in this life.”-Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big
City
_______28. “It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent
gust of the wind which swept up the streets”-Edward George Bulwer-Lytton in Paul Clifford
ELEMENTS, TECHNIQUES, AND LITERARY DEVICES IN DRAMA
DIRECTION: Analyze the different basic elements, techniques and literary devices in drama. Hunt the answers from the box.

_________29. Everything that is happening on the play. It is the action and the basic line of the story.
_________30. It refers to the main idea of the play. It is the lesson that the audience will eventually learn.
_________31. These are people, and can sometimes be animals or ideas, that are portrayed by actors in the play.
_________32. These are storylines that are spoken by the characters in the play.
_________33. This refers to the sound of the dialogue that help in establishing the mood of the play and builds the impelling force
that may lead to a climax.
_________34. It is the visual elements of the play that may come as costumes, stage display, special effects, etc. It is everything
that you see while watching the performance.
_________35. The different types of methods and techniques used by the director to create a specific style or effect.
_________36. Plays can be categorized into different types of play (tragedy, comedy, mystery, and historical).
_________37. They are the reason for the creation of the play.
_________38. Technical equipment such as curtains, flats, backdrops, etc.
_________39. Clothing and accessories
_________40. Any movable objects that appear on stage (telephone, tables).
_________41. The effects that audience hears which provide context, communicate character, and establish the environment.
_________42. Cosmetics and prosthetics used to enhance or change a person’s image.
_________43. The use of body, face and voice to portray a certain role or character.
_________44. The force that influences the behavior of the character.
_________45. The process used in evaluating how the elements in drama or play are used to create impact to the audience.

A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

– Sidney Sheldon

KEY ANSWER
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. C
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. B