REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION III DIVISION OF BULACAN

MASAGANA HIGH SCHOOL

PANDI, BULACAN

PRETEST
Creative Writing 11
S.Y. 2016 – 2017

Name: 11 - Score
Last Name, Given Name M.I.
Teacher: Date:

KNOWLEDGE _____ / 10
Assess the students’ ability to recall facts and information and produce only one pre-existing answer to the questions.
I. CONCEPT RECALL (10 points)
Objective: To assess the student’s ability to recall keywords associated with creative writing.
Instruction: Circle the letter of the keyword/s that best fits the statements.
1. Creative writing is a way to...
a. Vent your emotion c. Waste time
b. Create literary masterpieces
2. Feature writing is a form of...
a. Poetry c. Fiction
b. Creative non fiction
3. Which of the following is not a branch of creative writing?
a. Essay c. Poetry
b. Thesis d. Fiction
4. This is the process of furnishing a written output and correct their grammatical lapses and loopholes
a. Editing c. Postering
b. Revising
5. Creative Non Fiction is also called...
a. Essay c. Poetry
b. Fiction
6. What is the main reason we should be creative....
a. Not being creative is boring d. God is creative and we are made in His
b. My parents want me to be creative image.
c. It’s fun!
7. Paragraphs include three different types of sentences. What three types of sentences would those be?
a. Topic, supporting, concluding d. Topic, details, ending
b. Starting, supporting, concluding e. General, details, sum
c. Topic, supporting, ending
8. What would be a good example of prose writing?
a. Paragraph about the benefits of eating c. Newspaper article
carrots d. All of the foregoing
b. Dictionary definitions
9. The difference between a metaphor and a simile is....
a. They are spelled differently. c. There is no difference
b. Both compare to unlike things only a d. All of the foregoing
simile uses the words "Like" or "As."
10. Choose the example of perfect rhyme.
a. Cat, Hat c. Laughter, Slaughter
b. Fright, Freight

PROCESS ____ / 20
Assess student’s ability to use skills sophisticatedly or in a complex manner.
II. APPLICATION (20 points)
Objective: To assess the student’s ability to identify the different figures of speech.
Instruction: As you read each of the following six selections, answer the questions about it the figures of
speech in it.
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 11. 'Out in the porch's sagging floor, Leaves got up in a coil and hissed, Blindly struck at my knee and
missed.'
a. simile c. irony
b. metaphor d. hyperbole
12. George Bush talked during his campaign about 'compassionate conservatism', which to many liberals
sounds like a(n) ___________________.
a. synecdoche c. euphemism
b. apostrophe d. oxymoron
13. 'Necessity is the mother of invention.'
a. paradox c. personification
b. litotes d. oxymoron
14. 'The poor people of Ireland should rid themselves of poverty by selling their children to the rich to eat.'
a. irony c. paradox
b. logorrhoea d. neologism

15. The phrases 'the humming bee', 'the cackling hen', and 'the buzzing saw' are examples of
________________.
a. spoonerisms c. onomatopoeia
b. personification d. metonymy
16. 'How many times have I told you to clean your room?'
a. hyperbole c. oxymoron
b. eponymy d. rhetorical question
17. 'To err is human, to forgive divine.'
a. simile c. litotes
b. irony d. antithesis
18. 'My uncle passed away in 1970.'
a. exclamation c. apostrophe
b. tautology d. euphemism
19. 'When Detroit increased auto production recently, Wall Street applauded and the White House took
credit.'
a. simile c. metonymy
b. eponymy d. sesquipedalian
20. 'My rancher uncle bought 50 head of cattle last week.'
a. synecdoche c. personification
b. euphemism d. oxymoron
21. 'My son's teacher made it clear that cheating on tests was no laughing matter.'
a. synecdoche c. onomatopoeia
b. irony d. litotes
22. 'Hail divinest Melancholy, whose saintly visage is too bright to hit the sense of human sight.'
a. apostrophe c. anti-climax
b. climax d. euphemism
23. 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!'
a. metaphor c. metonymy
b. conceit d. hyperbole
24. 'Christianity shone like a beacon in the black night of paganism.' What figure of speech is "Christianity
shone like a beacon"?
a. conceit c. litotes
b. climax d. simile
25. In Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis are buried President Benjamin Harrison, 3 Vice-Presidents, 15
Senators and Governors, and John Dillinger.'
a. metaphor c. anti-climax
b. climax d. conceit
e.

UNDERSTANDING ____ / 20
Assess the students’ ability to generate insights about key ideas, reflected in wise inferences about the
knowledge and skills acquired or known as meaning making.
III. READING COMPREHENSION (20 points)
Objective: To assess the student’s ability to make inferences and predictions based on comprehension of a
text.
Instruction: After you read each passage, read the questions that follow it and the four possible answers.
Choose the best answer by filling in the space — see sample answer below — that corresponds to
the letter of the answer you have chosen.

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What time will the festival begin?
a. 10 A.M. c. 1 P.M.
b. 11 A.M. d. 2 P.M.
32. In line 2, the word feature is closest in meaning to _______.
a. look c. include
b. keep
33. What job will be done the day before the festival begins?
a. Making posters c. Cleaning up the gym
b. Setting up the gym d. Helping the performers
34. Who is told to talk to Ms. Braxton?
a. Parents c. Teachers
b. Students d. Performers

Questions 35–41 refer to the following story.

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"Did you see that?" Joe said to his friend Bill. "You're a
great shooter!"
Bill caught the basketball and bounced it before
throwing it again. The ball flew into the net.
"Bill, you never miss!" Joe said admiringly.
5 "Unless I'm in a real game," Bill complained. "Then I
miss all the time."
Joe knew that Bill was right. Bill performed much
better when he was having fun with Joe in the school
yard than he did when he was playing for the school
team in front of a large crowd.
"Maybe you just need to practice more," Joe
suggested.
10 "But I practice all the time with you!" Bill objected. He
shook his head. "I just can't play well when people are
watching me."
"You play well when I'm watching," Joe pointed out.
"That's because I've known you since we were five
years old," Bill said with a smile. "I'm just not
comfortable playing when other people are around."

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 15 Joe nodded and understood, but he also had an idea.
The next day Joe and Bill met in the school yard again
to practice. After a few minutes, Joe excused himself.
"Practice without me," Joe said to his friend. "I'll be
back in a minute."
Joe hurried through the school building, gathering
together whomever he could find—two
20 students, a math teacher, two secretaries, and a
janitor.
When Joe explained why he needed them, everyone
was happy to help.
Joe reminded the group to stay quiet as they all went
toward the school's basketball court. As Joe
25 had hoped, Bill was still practicing basketball. He
made five baskets in a row without noticing the silent
people standing behind him.
"Hey, Bill!" Joe called out finally.
Bill turned. A look of surprise came over his<
30 "I just wanted to show you that you could play well
with people watching you," Joe said. "Now you'll have
nothing to worry about for the next game!"

35. What would be the best title for the story??

a. Joe Joins the Team c. Bill Wins the Big Game
b. Practice Makes Perfect d. Bill's Basketball Problem
36. In line 6, the word performed is closest in meaning to _______.
a. acted c. moved
b. played d. changed
37. Why Bill is upset?
a. He plays better in practice than he does c. Joe watches him too closely when he plays.
during games.
b. The school yard is not a good place to d. His team loses too many games.
practice.
38. Why does Bill play well when Joe is watching him?
a. He is comfortable with Joe. d. He wants to prove to Joe that he is a
b. Joe tells him how to play better. good player.
c. He does not know that Joe is there.
39. Why does Joe decide to gather a group of people?
a. Because he wants more players for his team
b. Because he wants to help Bill feel less nervous
c. Because he wants to show them his talent
d. Because he wants more people to see the next game
40. At the end of the story, all of the following people watch Bill practice EXCEPT_______.
a. Joe c. a math teacher
b. a janitor d. the basketball coach
41. Why does the group have to be quiet when they go to the basketball court?
a. Because Joe is telling Bill what to do
b. Because they do not want Bill to know they were there
c. Because Bill likes to practice alone
d. Because the group needs to listen to Joe’s instructions

Questions 42–50 are about the following passage.

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When another old cave is discovered in the south of
France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary
event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days
that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However,
when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in
1940,
5 the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls
were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived
thousands of years ago. The scenes show people
hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other
images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses,

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 which appear in more than
10 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other
animals.
Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a
monumental and difficult task. They did not limit
themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried
their painting materials to spaces that required
climbing
15 steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the
Lascaux complex.
Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the
destructive action of water and temperature changes,
which easily wear the images away. Because the
Lascaux caves have
20 many entrances, air movement has also damaged the
images inside.
Although they are not out in the open air,
where natural light would have
destroyed them long ago, many of the images
have deteriorated and are barely
recognizable. To prevent further damage, the
site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after
it was discovered.

42. Which title best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
a. Wild Animals in Art c. Exploring Caves Respectfully
b. Hidden Prehistoric Paintings d. Determining the Age of French Caves
43. In line 3, the words pays heed to are closest in meaning to _______.
a. discovers c. notices
b. watches d. buys
44. Based on the passage, what is probably true about the south of France?
a. It is home to rare animals. c. It is known for horse-racing events.
b. It has a large number of caves. d. It has attracted many famous artists.
45. According to the passage, which animals appear most often on the cave walls?
a. Birds c. Horses
b. Bison d. Wild cats
46. In line 8, the word depict is closest in meaning to _______.
a. show c. count
b. hunt d. draw
47. Why was painting inside the Lascaux complex a difficult task?
a. It was completely dark inside. d. Many painting spaces were difficult to
b. The caves were full of wild animals. reach.
c. Painting materials were hard to find.
48. In line 12, the word They refers to _______.
a. walls c. animals
b. artists d. materials
49. According to the passage, all of the following have caused damage to the paintings EXCEPT _______.
a. temperature changes c. water
b. air movement d. light
50. What does the passage say happened at the Lascaux caves in 1963?
a. Visitors were prohibited from entering. c. Another part was discovered.
b. A new lighting system was installed. d. A new entrance was created.

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