Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
CARAGA REGION XIII
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE
DISTRICT OF MALIMONO

2nd QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

English 9

Direction: Read carefully the questions and write the letter of your choice on the answer
sheet provided for you.

____ 1. Who is the author of the poem I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly
Great?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Stephen Spender
B. John Milton D. William Shakespeare
____ 2. What type of Imagery appeals to the reader’s sense of hearing or sound?
A. Auditory imagery C. Olfactory imagery
B. Gustatory imagery D. Tactile imagery
____ 3. What type of Imagery appeals to the reader’s sense of taste?
A. Auditory imagery C. Olfactory imagery
B. Gustatory imagery D. Tactile imagery
_____ 4. Which of the following is the use of vivid words that appeal to the five senses in
order to deepen the reader’s understanding of the text?
A. Imagery C. Rhythm
B. Mood D. Tone
_____ 5. Prose is basically a literary piece usually straightforward, ordinary, and natural
and has no limit in terms of word usage. In what category does this definition belong?
A. Content/Purpose C. Language Style
B. Kinds/Types D. Syntax
_____ 6. Tone can be best described as ______________________.
A. The overall mood or feeling in the story.
B. The feelings of the readers after reading.
C. Attitude of the reader toward what he/she is reading about.
D. Author’s attitude toward the subject he/she is writing about.
_____ 7. What is the purpose of advertisements?
A. To entertain C. To persuade
B. To inform D. To point out
_____ 8. In the poem I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great. Who are being
described by the author in the first stanza?
A. great people C. passionate people
B. honest people D. proud people
_____ 9. Which of the following is a characteristic of poetry?
A. No limit in terms of word usage.
B. It is informational, logical, and practical.
C. It is written in sentences forming paragraphs.
D. It uses creative, concise, and articulate words.
_____ 10. Prose observes strict grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. In what
category does this definition belong?
A. Content/Purpose C. Structure/Form
B. Language style D. Syntax

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_____ 11. What is the author’s purpose in the selection above?

A. To entertain C. To orient
B. To inform D. To persuade

You have to realize that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and you cannot
skip it without consequences for your health, your school and your defense mechanism.
It is better to wake up earlier and have a good breakfast that run to school without
eating anything. It is time for you to do something for your health, and eating breakfast
is the better way to start your day.

______ 12. What is the author’s purpose in the selection above?

A. To entertain C. To orient
B. To inform D. To persuade
_____ 13. Amara held her stomach and headed back to bed. She coiled and grabbed a
blanket. She thought about the cold meal she ate from the fridge this morning.
Amara probably:
A. Feels hungry again
B. Wishes to eat some more.
C. Wants to go back to sleep.
D. Gets a stomach ache from eating the cold meal.
_____ 14. In the closing lines of the first stanza of the poem, I Think Continually of Those
Who Were Truly Great, the speaker says that, those who were truly great were those who
“hoarded from the spring branches”, “the desires of falling across their bodies like
blossoms’’. The season of spring means ____________________
A. greatness C. new life
B. light D. time of birth
______ 15. What legacy do great people leave behind them in I Think Continually of
Those Who Were Truly Great?
A. Truly great people show reverence to those who have fought to enlighten the
world.
B. Truly great people make an impact that endures across time. Their lives have
an impact upon the lives of future generations.
C. Great people express themselves with passion and honesty. Their words
transcend the physical and touch upon the spiritual.
D. The legacy that great people leave behind them are memories of their greatness,
their goodness, and the contributions that they have done to the world.
______ 16. The following lines are taken from the third quatrain of Sonnet 116. What is
the theme of the entire quatrain?
Love’s not time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
A. Time is like a fool and love ends when the world ends.
B. There is no use of loving truly because everything will end during last judgment.
C. It talks about love that is like a clown with red lips and cheeks, whose job is to fool us
with his magic tricks.
D. Time cannot change real love and that time is of little significance because it lasts
only a few weeks yet true love lasts forever.
_______ 17. What tone do the details of the poem convey?
"A Birthday"
by Christina Rossetti
My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an
apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my
love is come to me.
A. Confusion C. Happiness
B. Excitement D. Sorrow
_______ 18. What tone do the details of the poem convey?
There go the loves that wither [dry up], The old loves with wearier wings; And all dead
years draw thither [there] And disastrous things; Dead dreams of days forsaken, Blind
buds that snows have shaken, Wild leaves that winds have taken, Red strays of ruined
springs. ... And love, grown faint and fretful With lips but half regretful Sighs, and with
eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves endure [last].
A. Happiness C. Timidity
B. Sadness and despair D. Wastefulness and excess
______ 19. What are the main theme of the poem I Think Continually of Those Who Were
Truly Great?
A. passion and honesty
B. clarity, hope, and purity
C. love, happiness, and wealth
D. remembering, celebrating, and cherishing
______ 20. In the first stanza of the poem, I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly
Great, the speaker says that the first characteristic of those who were truly great is that,
“from the womb’’, they “remembered the soul’s history”. What does this mean?
A. Great people are full of life.
B. Great people are hopeful and pure.
C. Great people are honest and passionate.
D. Great people were conceived in greatness.
_____ 21. Define “rhyme”.
A. Comparing two things using “like” or “as”.
B. The repetition of an ending sound.
C. The repetition of a letter.
D. Group of lines forming stanza.
_____22. The way a poem looks is its _________________
A. Stanza B. Set-up C. Structure D. Sentences
_____ 23. Group of lines are called __________________.
A. Sentences B. Stanzas C. Rhyme D. Line of grouping
_____ 24. All are found in poetry EXCEPT …..
A. Rhyme scheme B. Rhythm C. Stanza D. Paragraphs
_____ 25. The writer of a poem is called ________________
A. Poet B. illustrator C. author D. columnist
_____ 26. Structure in poetry is written in ______________.
A. Sentences and paragraphs C. Sentences and stanzas
B. Lines and paragraphs D. Lines and stanzas
_____ 27. Where can imagery be found in?
A. Poetry B. Short stories C. Novels D. All of the above
_____ 28. Why do we use Imagery?
A. It adds beauty to the poem.
B. They describe the physical features of people.
C. The pattern of the words that make poems fun to say and easy to remember.
D. Through language, imagery does not only paint a picture, but aims to portray
the sensational and emotional experience within text.
_____ 29. How does imagery help us understand the story?
A. It doesn’t
B. By telling the mood
C. By expressing how author is feeling
D. Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel
and see.
_____ 30. Is this Imagery: The wind blew silently
A. Yes B. No C. Maybe D. Not sure
_____ 31. What type of imagery is this?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house.
A. Visual B. Auditory C. Tactile D. Gustatory
_____ 32. Which of the following types of imagery used in this sentence?
The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
A. Visual B. Auditory C. Tactile D. Gustatory
_____ 33. Which of the following types of imagery used in this sentence?
The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue.
A. Visual B. Auditory C. Tactile D. Gustatory
_____ 34. When we picture imagery, we picture memories and things we’ve experienced.
A. True B. False C. Maybe D. Not sure
_____ 35. When we imagine hearing something, what type of imagery is it?
A. Auditory B. Gustatory C. Tactile D. Visual
_____ 36. Imagery appeals to the ____________.
A. Brain B. Human C. Memory D. Senses
_____ 37. Which of the following types of imagery used in this sentence?
The aroma of a turkey roasting filled grandmother’s kitchen.
A. Auditory B. Olfactory C. Tactile D. Visual
_____ 38. It is the attitude of the writer about a subject.
A. Imagery B. Rhyme C. Stanza D. Tone
_____ 39. The emotion evoked by the author. It is the feeling or the atmosphere that the
reader gets when he is reading.
A. Imagery B. Mood C. Stanza D. Tone
_____ 40. The use of vivid words that appeal to the five senses in order to deepen the
readers’ understanding of the text.
A. Imagery B. Rhyme C. Stanza D. Tone

Choose the correct type of Imagery. Write the letter of your answer on your paper.

A. Auditory C. Gustatory E. Visual

B. Olfactory D. Tactile

______ 41. Enjoyable sounds, such as: beautiful music, birdsong, and the voices of a
chorus.
______ 42. Fragrances, such as perfumes, enticing food and drink, and blooming flowers.
______ 43. Sweetness, such as candies, cookies, and desserts.
______ 44. Temperature, such as bitter cold, humidity, mildness, and stifling heat.
______ 45. Describes what see, comic book images, paintings, or images directly
experienced through the narrator’s eyes.
______ 46. She had hair as golden as the sunrise.
______ 47. The wind whistled through the trees.
______ 48. The smell of fresh rain on asphalt brought back fond memories for him.
______ 49. Her words were as bitter as lemon juice.
______ 50. Her skin felt cold and clammy from fear.