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Instructions: Recall what you learned about poetry.

Read and answer the


following statements. Write the letter of your answer in your notebook. Strictly
NO erasure is allowed.

1. What type of literature wherein words are laced together to form sounds and
images?
a. Fiction c. drama
b. poetry d. essay

2. What type of poem that is either poetic or musical which tells the tales of
ordinary people?
a. epic c. elegy
b. ode d. ballad

3. Which of the following is an example of alliteration or the repetition of


initial sounds on the same line or stanza?
a. Big dog eats the chick c. He is my knight tonight
b. Damsel in distress d. Her lips are like rose

4. The following are elements of poetry EXCEPT ONE:


a. introduction c. imagery
b. form d. line

5. A verse is a name for a line of poetry written in meter. Which of the


following is incorrect?
a. pentameter – 5 meter c. tetrameter – 4 meter
b. octometer – 1 foot d. heptameter – 7 meter

6. This refers to the use of sensory details or descriptions that appeal to one or
more of the five senses.
a. Imagery c. Figures of Speech
b. Figurative Language d. Point of View

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7. Lines of poetry are arranged into groups called ________.
a. Similes c. Stanzas
b. Settings d. Stories

8. Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have to rhyme is
known as ____________ poetry.
a. cinquain c. free verse
b. haiku d. limerick

9. Metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, and personification are all examples of


what?
a. figurative language c. types of speeches
b. elements of poetry d. types of poetry

10. She cries like a candle is an example of what literary device?


a. personification b. Simile
c. Metaphor d. Consonance

11. Which of the following best describes fiction?


a. Fiction is factual.
b. Fiction is based on real-time events.
c. Fiction is purely a product of one’s imagination.
d. Fiction is true.

12. What element of fiction is referred to as the major events that move the
action in a narrative?
a. character b. setting
c. plot d. point of view

13. It is known as the element of fiction which refers to a combination of


place, historical time, and social milieu which compose the general
background for the characters and plot of a particular work of literature.
a. character b. setting
c. plot d. point of view

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14. It is an element of fiction which refers to the author’s choice and
arrangement of words, as well as other linguistic features applied in a certain
work.
a. theme b. style
c. point of view d. plot

15. It is a literary technique that a writer uses in which a word, object, action,
or character is used in order to mean something in the story other than its
dictionary or literal meaning.
a. allegory b. symbol
c. irony d. imagery

16. It is a type of irony which means that the intended meaning of a statement
is different from the actual meaning.
a. verbal irony b. situational irony
c. literary irony d. dramatic irony

17. It is a type of irony that occurs when the expected outcome is the exact
opposite of the actual outcome.
a. verbal irony b. situational irony
c. literary irony d. dramatic irony

18. What literary technique does a writer use in order to appeal to the sense of
sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing?
a. figurative language b. imagery
c. irony d. allegory
19. It is a figure of speech in which an animal, thing or idea is assigned with
human qualities in order to mean something.
a. simile b. metaphor
c. personification d. hyperbole

20. The statement “He cried a river” is an example of


a. simile b. metaphor
c. personification d. hyperbole

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Part II. Multiple Choice. Read each statement carefully and pick your answer
from the table below. Write the letter of your answer before each number.

a. fiction f. symbolism
b. fantasy g. situational irony
21. It c. historical fiction h. verbal irony places
d. realistic fiction i. dramatic irony
e. crime fiction j. personification
imaginary characters into real historical events.
22. It refers to any narrative consisting of imaginary people, events or
descriptions.
23. It typically involves a story whose basic setting is real and whose events
could feasibly happen in a real-world setting.
24. It involves supernatural, magical or scientifically impossible elements.
25. It is told at the viewpoint of the criminals themselves.
26. It occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
27. It occurs when a speaker intentionally says one thing while meaning the
opposite.
28. It occurs when the actual result of a situation is totally different from what
you’d expected.
29. It is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities.
30. It is a figure of speech in which the writer applies human abilities and
attributes to an object or idea.

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