Creative Writing
MidTerm Exam
Name:_________________________________ Date:____________ Score:_________
Test I. Multiple Choice
1. Any writing, fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic,
academic, and technical forms of literature.
a) Creative Nonfiction c) Technical Writing
b) Creative Writing d) Flash Fiction
2. These are words or phrases that describe the content of the text.
a) Creative Nonfiction c) Creative Writing
b) Sensory Details d) Vocabulary Words
3. It refers to the actual, dictionary meaning of a word or language that means what it appears to mean.
a) Literal b) Colloquial c) Connotation d) Figurative
4. A word composition arranged in a rhythmic pattern; it is used to express one's creative thoughts and feelings
through a specialized and heightened language.
a) Nonfiction b) Novel c) Poetry d) Figures of Speech
5. This element of poetry adds musical quality to the poem which gives the readers reading pleasure.
a) Rhyme b) tone c) theme d) rhythm
6. It summarizes the statement containing the main thought or meaning of the poem.
a) Rhythm b) theme c) tone d) rhyme
7. Refers to the attitude and mood of the poem.
a. Rhythm b) tone c) theme d) rhyme
8. A stanza that comprises six (6) lines.
a) Dactylic b) quatrain c) sestet d) octet
9. The repetition of the intermediate or final consonant sound.
a) Alliteration b) assonance c) personification d) consonance
10. The repetition of vowel sounds.
a) Assonance b) consonance c) alliteration d) personification
11. How do we differentiate creative writing from technical writing?
a) Creative writing uses formal language while technical uses informal.
b) Creative writing is journalistic and uses a wide array of jargon, unlike technical writing.
c) Creative writing is objective while technical writing is subjective.
d) Creative writing is fictional and imaginative while, technical writing is factual.
12. A woman was sitting in a restaurant when suddenly a waiter spilled some coffee on her dress. She uttered in
dismay, “Oh! What a good day I’m having!” This statement is an example of ___________________.
a) Litotes b) Alliteration c) Irony d) Consonance
13. Which figures of speech can be identified from this line?"He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.”
a) Personification c) Hyperbole
b) Metaphor d) Simile
14. How would you differentiate “assonance’ from “consonance”?
a) Assonance refers to the repetition of vowel sounds while consonance is the final sound.
b) They both refer to the emphasis of the vowel sounds.
c) Assonance is the repetition of the intermediate sound while consonance is the final sound.
d) Assonance refers to the repetition of initial sounds while consonance refers to the vowel sounds.
15. What is meant by the idiom, “It’s raining cats and dogs”?
a) it's raining heavily
b) cats and dogs are fighting outside
c) cats and dogs are falling from the roof
d) beware of thunder and lightning
16. “She sells seashells by the seashore.” This tongue twister is an example of ______________.
a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Consonance d) Alliteration
17. “The sun glared down at me from the sky” This can be interpreted as a ________________.
a) metaphor that compares the sun and sky
b) personification which means the sun is too hot
c) hyperbole which means the sky is looking down
d) personification which means the sun is looking down
18. It is a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant.
a) Oxymoron b) Irony c) Personification d) Hyperbole
19. What figure of speech can be identified from the given line?Charming children chat in the corner.
a) Assonance b) Alliteration c) Onomatopoeia d) Hyperbole
20. Which element of poetry does this statement imply?“There is a thing beneath the stairs with slimy face and oily
hair”.
a) Rhythm b) Metaphor c) Idiom d) Imagery
21. Which of the following sentences is an Onomatopoeia?
a) Hope is a thing with feathers.
b) I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them
c) Ding dong! The bells are gonna chime.
d) I was so hungry that I even ate the plate.
22. What is the main idea of the poem below?“The Crocodile”How doth the little crocodileImprove his shining tail,
And pour the water of the NileOn every golden scale!”
a) crocodiles are awesome creatures c) the danger of a crocodile
b) these creatures can be tamed d) crocodiles have shiny scales
23. Which line supports your answer on the previous item? “The Crocodile”How doth the little crocodile Improve his
shining tail,And pour the water of the NileOn every golden scale!”
a) And pour water on the Nile c) Improve his shining tail
b) How doth the little crocodile d) On every golden scale
24. Which form of poetry is being used in the following poem?“I am first with five. Then seven in the middle. Five
again to end.”
a) Diona b) haiku c) Found poem d) ABC poem
25. The distinction between a poem and a prose is that a __________________.
a) prose comprises of stanzas
b) poem is always in a narrative form
c) poem is written in stanzas
d) poem is in a paragraph form
26. Which best explains the definition of theme? It is the ___________________.
a) underlying message of a piece
b) way in which a writer writes
c) point of view of the writer
d) atmosphere you set in a story
27. “The thunder grumbled like an old man.” This means that the thunder _______________.
a) is approaching c) looks like an old man
b) makes a loud and roaring sound d) is scary
28. How would you classify “Biag ni Lam-ang” or the Life story of Lam-ang?
a) Epic b) Ballad c) Ode d) Elegy
29. “This is my only ______________.“ Complete the line to provide an oxymoron.
a) Choice b) wish c) love d) hope
30. “It will creep and beep while you ____________.” Complete the line to provide a consonance.
a) Feet b) slip c) sleep d) sip
31. Which of the steps below should you observe in order to creatively write your poem?
a) Find a poem / Visualize / Add imagery/Add stanzas/Count the stressed syllables
b) Choose a form / Use imageries / Associate sounddevices/ Tell and express feelings
c) Choose a scene / Think very hard/ Define the theme/ Express your feelings
d) Choose a form / Think of a theme / Write a narrative/ Share it to the audience
32. What would you consider in establishing the tone of the poem?
a) Focus on the persona - the more disastrous the better.
b) Focus on the atmosphere, add such details as what that persona would do or feel.
c) Incorporate emotional lines in the poem
d) Invent as many interesting figures of speech filled with humor.
33. Which of the following applies to sensory details? Details that ________________.
a) require common sense. c) involve your 5 senses - sight / hearing / taste / feel and smell
b) involve sense and sensibility. d) involve your sight.
34. If I wanted to create a poem in the shape of a dog, I would write this type of poem.
a) Acrostic b) diamante c) haiku d) concrete
35. If I wanted to create a poem in the shape of a diamond, I would write this type of poem.
a) Diamante b) Haiku c) Concrete d) Acrostic
36. This type of poetry nd short stories are similar because they have characters, a setting, and a plot.
a) Haiku b) narrative c) limerick d) lyric
37. How are acrostic and ABC poems different?
a) ABC poems and acrostic poems are the same.
b) ABC poems use a word and acrostic are alphabetical.
c) Acrostic poems do not spell words down the page like ABC poems
d) ABC poems are alphabetical, and acrostic uses a word.
38. What theme does this line from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 has?“Shall I compare thee for a summer's day? Thou art
more lovely and more temperate.”
a) Weather b) Summer c) Love d) Death
39. Identify what sensory imagery is used in the statement below. The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry
sauce reminded him of his youth.
a) Auditory b) Olfactory c) Visual d) Gustatory
40. Identify what sensory imagery is used in the statement below. The siren turned into a whisper as it ended.
a) Auditory b) Olfactory c) Visual d) Gustatory
41. Below are the characteristics of a vignette. Which statement is NOT CORRECT?
a) piece focused on vivid imagery and meaning
b) long story with beginning, climax, and conclusion.
c) glimpse of a character’s life
d) brief evocative description
42. Which of the following lines from “Dreams” contains an example of alliteration?“Hold fast to dreamsFor if
dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.”
a) For when dreams go” c) "Hold fast to dreams”
b) "For if dreams die" d) “Life is a barren field”
43. Which of the following lines below contains onomatopoeia?
a) He dropped the napkin b) He ran to the kitchen
b) Her heels clacked on the floor d)She slept through dinner
44. Which word does NOT rhyme with the following three? Kite, light, rewrite
a) Satellite b) meteorite c) stoplight d) elite
45. What is an example of a pun?
a) Seas the day b) A pen is mightier than a sword
b) You won’t be sorry c) There are ten hungry mouths to feed
Test II. What is the difference between Simile and Metaphor?
