MIDTERM Creative Writing Answer Key

Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region III – Central Luzon Schools Division of Tarlac Province VICTORIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HIGH Victoria, Tarlac SY 2017 – 2018

Creative Writing

Identifytheletterofthecorrectanswer.Writetheletterofyouransweronthespaceprovided beforeeachnumber. ____1.Writteninproseformatandpublishedasabookandconsideredtobealongpieceofcreativefiction thatisbelievedtobepossessing,demanding,andcomplex. a. narrative poetry c. novel e. theater play b. drama d. short story ____2.Thefollowingareallbasictypesofwritingexcept– ____2.Thefollowingareallbasictypesofwritingexcept – a. expository c. creative e. documentary b. expressive d. technical ____3.Itisapoemthatdemonstratesgriefandmelancholytothedead. a. elegy c. corrido e. song b. ode d. psalm ____4.Shortpoemsthataretaintedwithlove,hope,joy,grief,sadness,orsorrowascommonthemes a. corridos c. songs e. sonnets b. psa lms d. folksongs ____5.Astanzawithfivelinesiscalled a. cinquain c. septet e. sexian b. quatrain d. tercet ____6.Apoemthatprovidesanamusingandahappyending. a. farce c. tragedy e. social poem b. me melodrama d. comedy ____7.Itemployscontradictorystatementsorsituationstoshowrealitydissimilarfromtruth. a. paradox c. metonymy e. allegory b. irony d. synecdoche ____8.________________isthecentralideaorconceptofthestoryline a. denouement c. falling action e. point of view b. theme d. conflict ____9.Exposesatopicanalyticallyandobjectively,likeanewsreport. a. Expository writing c. Creative writing e. Technical writing b. Expressive writing d. Persuasive writing ____10.“ ____10.“TheWitch” TheWitch ”by- a. Layeta P. Bucoy c. Jessica Hagerdorn e. Merlie Alunan b. Edilberto K. Tiempo d. Miguel Syjuco ____11.Thisbringsthereadersaswherethestoryhappenswhichisillustratedthroughscenery,landscape, building,weather,orevenseason. a. plo t c. setting e. mood b. climax d. character ____12.Plays,shortstories,plays,andnovelsareunder a. Expository writing c. Creative writing e. Technical writing b. Expressive writing d. Persuasive writing ____13.An ____13.An elemen element t of a story story that that leads leads the central central confli conflict ct by buildi building ng a series series of events events in the character’ character ’slife. a. theme c. plot e. antagonist b. mo o d d. protagonist

____14.Referstoasegment/partofsomethingthatisreplacedtorepresentinforawholeorviceversa. Creative Writing  pg. 1

a. symbolism c. paradox e. synecdoche b. allegory d. metonymy ____15.Neitheraplotnorafullnarrativedescription,butacarefullycraftedverbalsketchthatmight bepartofsomelargerwork,oracompletedescriptioninitself. a. short story c. sonnet e. vignette b. novel d. poem ____16.Usescontradictorystatementsbutinacloserexaminationturnsouttomakesense a. metaphor c. allegory e. paradox b. irony d. symbolism ____17.Thepatterninwhichendrhymeoccurs. a. onomatopoeia c. assonance e. rhyme scheme b. alliteration d. consonance ____18.TheWickedWitchoftheWestwentherownway.Thisisanexampleofa. alliteration c. assonance e. onomatopoeia b. consonance d. rhyme scheme ____19. Faithis like a stonyuphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastnesswillseeyoutotheverytop.Whatliterarydeviceisusedinthegivensentence? b. simile c. allegory e. symbolism b. metaphor d. personification ____20. Givetherhymeschemeofthegivenlines. Continuous as thestars that shine

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And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched innever-endingline Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossingtheirheadsinsprightlydance.

c. aabbcc c. ababaa e. ababcc b. bcbcaa d. ababab ____21.Whatisimagery? a.theuseoflanguageappealingtooneormoreofthefivesenses b.ajoke c.It'snothing,youjustmadeitup d.a groupof wordsestablishedbyusageashavingameaningnotdeduciblefromthoseof theindividual words. e.aliterarypracticewhereinthewriterembellishesthesentencebyaddingmoreinformationtoitin ordertoincreaseitsworthandunderstandability ____22.Thisreferstotheuseofthedictionarydefinitionorliteralmeaningofaword. a. symbolism c. connotation e. diction b. allegory d. denotation ____23. When weuse the name “WashingtonD.C” we are talking about the U.S’ political hot seat by referringtothepoliticalcapitaloftheUnitedStatesbecauseallthesignificantpoliticalinstitutions such as the White House, Supreme Court, the U.S. Capitol and many more are located her. The phrase “WashingtonD.C.”is________________forthegovernmentoftheU.S.inthiscase. a. metonymy c. irony e. metaphor b. synecdoche d. paradox ____24.“Alongsong”isanexampleof a. metaphor c. alliteration e. assonance b. onomatopoeia d. consonance ____25."Theyatefood."Isthisanexampleofimagery? a. yes c. neither way e. both a and b b. no d. not sure ____26.Sheannetriedhardtoconvinceh erselfthather Hollywooddreams wereworththe strugglebuther parents,andherinnervoiceofreason,failedtoagree. a. theme c. conflict e. denouement b. Central idea d. climax ____27.“Wewerethefirstthateverburst”,alinetakenfromthepoemAncientMariner,isconsideredto beanexampleof a. eye rhyme c. external rhyme e. rich rhyme b. internal rhyme d. end rhyme ____28.Thethunderclappedloudlyshakingthehouse.Whattypeofimageryispresentinthisgivenline? a. olfactory c. visual e. kinetic b. auditory d. tactile ____29. Itisaliterarydevicewhereintheauthorusesspecificwordsandphrasesthatexaggerateand overemphasizethebasiccruxofthestatementinordertoproduceagrander,morenoticeableeffect. Creative Writing  pg. 2

a. irony c. paradox e. synecdoche b. hyperbole d. personification ____30. Themannerinwhichastoryisnarratedordepictedandwhoitisthattellsthestoryiscalled a. point of view c. falling action e. persona b. conflict d. theme

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ifthestatementiscorrectandifthestatementisfalse,write

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W________________31.Prosetakesitsforminameteredstyleandusesrhymethannaturalspeech. C________________32.“TheWitch”isashortstorywhichisconsideredtobeshorterthananovel. C________________33.Acharacterinashortstorycaneitherbeapersonorananimaltakingtheactionof thestory. W________________34.Absurdplaycombinesdialogues,songs,anddancenumbersandaccreditedtoBroadway forblendingvaudeville,revue,melodrama,aswellasoperettainitspresentation. W________________35.Conflictiscalledthecentralideaorconceptofthestoryline. C________________36.Thereisusuallyapattern,unintendedorintentional,thatthreadstheplottogether. C________________37.“I'mnotfeelingbad”isanexampleoflitotes. C________________38.Inliterature,theword‘setting’isusedtoidentifyandestablishthetime,place andmoodoftheeventsofthestory. C________________39.Therhymeschemeisthepracticeofrhymingwordsplacedattheendofthelinesina proseorpoetry. C________________40. Films can be taken from the written word of a large work such as novels and autobiography.

MatchColumnAwithColumnB.Writetheletterofthecorrectanswer. Column A 

Column B

l. 41. ode a. 42. farce c. 43. novel d. 44. metrical tale e.45. The Adapted Healthy Baby 

a. b. c. d. e. k. l.

dramatic poetry prose narrative drama novel lyric

UsingaVennDiagram,givethedifferencesandsimilaritiesofironyandparadox.

employs Contradictory statements or situations to show reality dissimilar from truth. e.g.unmailedletter

uses contradictory statements but in a closer examination turns out to make sense. e.g. You can save money by spending it.

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Ifyoufailtoprepare,preparetofail! 

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Creative Writing  pg. 3