REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Education
Region III
Division of Zambales
SUBIC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SUBIC, ZAMBALES

PRE-TEST
Grade 12-HUMSS
CREATIVE WRITING
First Semester

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

Directions: Read each statement carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Any writing, fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic,
and technical forms of literature.
A. Creative Non-Fiction B. Creative Writing C. Flash Fiction D. Technical Writing
2. These are words or phrases that describe the content of the text.
A. Creative Non-Fiction B. Creative Writing C. 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. Figurative B. Literal C. Colloquial D. Connotation
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. Figures of Speech b. Novel c. Non-Fiction d. Poetry
5. This element of poetry adds musical quality to the poem which gives the readers reading
pleasure.
a. rhyme b. rhythm c. theme d. tone
6. It summarizes the statement containing the min thought or meaning of the poem.
a. rhyme b. rhythm c. theme d. tone
7. Refers to the attitude and mood of the poem.
8.
a. rhyme b. rhythm c. theme d. tone
9. A stanza which comprises of six (6) lines.
a. dactylic b. octet c. sestet d. quatrain
10. The repetition of the intermediate or final consonant sound.
a. alliteration b. assonance c. consonance d. personification
11. The repetition of vowel sound.
a. alliteration b. assonance c. consonance d. personification
12. How do we differentiate creative writing from technical writing?
a. Creative writing is journalistic and uses wide array of jargons unlike technical writing.
b. Creative writing is objective while technical writing is subjective.
c. Creative writing uses formal language while technical uses informal.
d. Creative writing id fictional and imaginative while technical writing is factual.

“I think that I shall never see

A poem as lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast.”

13. What is the idea or theme of this poem entitled “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer?
a. beauty of nature b. earth’s abundance c. life of trees d. gifts of God
14. A woman was sitting in a restaurant when suddenly a waiter spilled some coffee on her dress. She uttered in dismay, “Oh,
I’m having a good day!” This statement is an example of
a. Alliteration b. Consonance c. Ellipsis d. Irony
15. He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.”
a. Hyperbole b. Metaphor c. Simile d. Personification
16. How would you differentiate “assonance’ from “consonance”?
a. Assonance refers to the repetition of initial sounds while consonance refers to the vowel sounds.
b. Assonance is repetition of the intermediate while consonant the final sound.
c. Assonance refers to the repetition of vowel sounds while consonant the final sound.
d. They both refer to the emphasis of the vowel sounds.
17. What is meant by the idiom “raining cats and dogs”?
a. beware of thunder and lightning c. cats and dogs are falling from the roof
b. cats and dogs are fighting outside d. it’s raining heavy
18. “She sells seashells by the sea-shore.” This tongue twister is an example of
a. Alliteration b. consonance c. metaphor d. simile
19. “The sun glared down at me from the sky”.. This can be interpreted as..
a. a hyperbole which means the sky is looking down c. a metaphor that compares the sun and sky
b. personification which means the sun is too hot d. personification which means the sun is bright
 20. A discrepancy between what is said and what is meant is which figures of speech?
a. Hyperbole b. Irony c. Oxymoron d. Personification
21. Charming children chat in the corner.
a. alliteration b. assonance c. hyperbole d. onomatopoeia

“There is a thing beneath the stair with slimy face and oily hair”. This statement implies which element of poetry?
a. idiom b. imagery d. metaphor d. rhythm
22. Which of the following sentence is an Onomatopoeia?
a. . I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them c. Hope is a thing with feathers.
b. I was so hungry that I even ate the plate. d. Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
23. Which of the following words are considered dactylic?
a. Ellaine, hello c. bitter, corner
b. Beautiful, Saturday d. Jamboree, magazine

“The Crocodile”
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the water of the Nile
On every golden scale!”
24. What is the main idea or tone of the poem?
a. crocodiles are awesome creatures c. the danger of a crocodile
b. crocodiles have shiny scales d. these creatures can be tamed
25. Which line supports your answer on No. 24?
a. And pour water on the Nile c. Improve his shining tail
b. How doth the little crocodile d. On every golden scale
26. 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 . ABC poem b. haiku c. limerick d. elegy

27. The distinction between prose poem and a standard poem is …
a. a prose poem is usually in a narrative form c. a standard poem is usually longer
b. a prose poem comprises of stanzas d. a standard poem is in a paragraph form
28. Which best explains the definition of Flash Fiction?
a. A story which tells about unrealistic events c. a story which plays between short story and novel
b. doesn’t limit the words it uses d. story known for extreme brevity or limited words
29. “The thunder grumbled like an old man.” This means that..
a. the thunder looks like an old man c. the thunder makes loud and roaring sound
b. the thunder is approaching d. the thunder is scary
30. How would you classify “Biag ni Lam-ang” or the Life story of Lam-ang?
a. Ballad c. epic
b. Elegy d. ode

II. COMPLETION: Supply the missing word. Write the letter of the correct answer.

31. Imagine a skunk who proposes, To his true love, surrounded by .

Complete the line of this limerick.
a. houses c. horses
b. trousers d. roses
32. I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can .(Free Verse)
a. be c. see
b. me d. thee
33. How to create an interesting setting ?
a. Choose a scene / Do lots of Research / Write what u had researched about.
b. Choose a scene / think very hard / write what you had thought about.
c. Choose a scene / Visualise / Write what u had visualised.
d. Choose a scene / Discuss / Write everything u discussed.
34. How would you add character ?
a. Focus on a person, add such details as what that person would do or feel.
b. Focus on a person's life story - the more disastrous the better.
c. Invent as many interesting stories filled with humour.
d. Incorporate very sad stories
 35. What applies to Sensory details?
a. Details that require common sense.
b. Details that involve your sight.
c. Details that involve sense and sensibility.
d. Details that involve your 5 senses - sight / hearing / taste / feel and smell

36. If I wanted to create a poem in the shape of a dog I would write this type of poem.
a. Acrostic b. concrete c. haiku d. diamante
37. If I wanted to create a poem in the shape of a diamond I would write this type of poem.
a. Acrostic b. concrete c. haiku d. diamante
38. This type of poetry and short stories are similar because they have characters, setting, and plot.
a. Haiku b. lyric c. limerick d. narrative
39. How are acostic and ABC poems different?
a. Abc poems use a word and acostic are aphabetical.
b. Abc poems and acostic poems are the same.
c. Abc poems are alphabetical and acostic use a word.
d. Acostic poems do not spell words down the page like abc poems
40. The line below from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 is an example of what popular sonnet theme?
“Shall I compare thee for a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more
temperate.”
a. Death b. Love c. Summer d. weather
41. Which of the following choices is arranged proper sequence?
a. Character, Setting, Plot, Resolution, Conflict c. Setting, Plot, Character, Conflict, Resolution
b. Character, Setting, Conflict, Plot, Resolution d. Character, Setting, Plot, Conflict, Resolution
42. In Maupassant's short story "The Necklace", the main character learns that honesty is indeed the best policy. The main
idea or the possible opinion of the author is known as what term?
a. Conflict b. setting c. point of view d. theme
43. What should you include when writing a summary for a NONFICTION text?
a. Characters b. Conflict c. Details and Facts d. solution
44. Which best describes a summary?
a. a really long detailed piece of writing c. the entire text told in your own words
b. anything that teachers make you write d. the main ideas and important details of a text
45. What is the rhyme scheme for the poem “Dreams”?

“Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.”
a. AABB b. ABAB c. ABCB d. AABC
46. Which of the following lines from “Dreams” (Refer to question number 45) contains an example of alliteration?
a. "Hold fast to dreams” c. “For if dreams die”
b. For when dreams go” d. “Life is a barren field”
47. Which of the following lines from contains onomatopoeia?
a. He ran to the kitchen c. Her heels clacked on the floor
b. He dropped the napkin d. She slept through dinner
48. Choose the correct rhyme
scheme: "Beware the
dangershine of Moon, Do not
disturb the bugs of June!" The
elder mouncelors whisperoon
A tune that tells Jam what to
fear:”
a. AABB b. AAAB c. ABCA d. ABAB
49. Which word does not rhyme with the following three?
Kite, light, rewrite
a. meteorite b. satellite c. sigh d. stoplight
50. Choose the clue words that indicate COMPARE and CONTRAST.
a. therefore, cause, effect, consequently c. later, then, next, Monday
b. similar, different, common, on the other hand d. possibility, struggle, hope, problem

Good luck and God bless.

“It always seems impossible until it’s DONE!” – Anon