LAIYA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

FIRST / SECOND SEMESTER SY 2019-2020
FIRST/SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
in
CREATIVE WRITING
HUMSS 12

NAME: DATE:

SECTION/ STRAND: SCORE: /

Parent’s Signature over Printed Name

I. Read each item carefully. Write only the letter of your answer on the space provided
before each number.

__________Complete the analogy: Technical Writing: Facts = Creative Writing: _____________

a. Imagination c. Hearsay
b. Truth d. Everyday Life
__________It pertains to the distance between fact and fiction, between real and imagery as rearranged by
the storyteller, poet or artist.
a. Artistic License c. Physical Distance
b. Central Metaphor d. Aesthetic Distance
__________It is the image of nature/season inherent in a haiku.
a. Kigo c. Ame
b. Jinko d. Kuro
__________The line breaks in poetry are known as
a. Stanza c. Themes
b. Trope d. Enjambment
__________Similar sounds at the end of lines are known as
a. Meter c. Rhyme
b. Trope d. Scheme
__________The speaker in the poem is more properly known as the
a. Persona c. Antagonist
b. Character d. Protagonist
__________The speaker and the writer of poetry are the same. This statement is
a. True b. False c. Correct Sometimes d. Never
__________A “poem” without a central metaphor is not a poem. It is a/n:
a. Meter c. Plot
b. Versification d. Verse
__________It pertains to the perceivable story of the poem.
a. Meter c. Plot
b. Versification d. Central Metaphor
__________It is the number of syllables required per line in form poetry.
a. Meter c. Plot
b. Versification d. Central Metaphor

II. A. Match the samples on Column B to the imagery given in Column A. Write only the
letter of the correct answer on the space provided on the left-most part of the table.
Answers Figures of Speech Sample

personification a. Even the river chuckled hard when he fell into it, tie,
coat and all.

allusion b. Your tongue shames the gods of Olympus with its

cruelty.
 paradox c. He found his freedom in the prison of his embrace,
possessive as it was with the passion of one who has
loved one and lost all.

synecdoche d. Kevin’s parents bought him new wheels over the

weekend.

simile e. Death came like a thief in the night…

alliteration f. She knew he was dilly-dallying, doodling dizzying

doodles on the sheet before him.

assonance g. Whether to lie or die or fly or cry…

metaphor h. “Love is not Time’s fool…” – Shakespeare

hyperbole i. Even in space, you can hear the scratching of an I-I-I-

I-I love you.

apostrophe j. O, Love, thou pitiless master, turn thine eyes to me…

k. He was not unhappy with his marriage.

II. B. Match the samples on Column B to the imagery given in Column A. Write only the
letter of the correct answer on the space provided on the left-most part of the table.
Answers Figures of Speech Sample

visual a. The blue indicator lights of the internet router was

blinking fast, as fast as his heartbeat.

tactile b. He felt cold he was shivering. But he knew it wasn’t

the aircon—he didn’t have one.

auditory c. He only had this rusty ancient Standard electric fan

now whirring beside him. But not louder than his
heart.

olfactory d. He opened his palms before him and let a smirk

scape from his lips. But it wasn’t enough to just stare at
it. He knew her scent was still there. His hands didn’t
disappoint—it still smelled of strawberries, the very
same that wafted from her very being.

gustatory e. The scent might have been faint but he could almost
taste in them the sweetness of berries, so sweet his
mouth began to water he had to stop himself.

III. Identify the terms described in each items. Write your answer on the space provided for each
item.
Description Term
 26. It is a poem composed of 17 syllables
composed of 3 lines of 5-7-5.

27. It is the longer form of item 26 which has 14

more syllables.

28. Write the syllable counts for a cinquain.

29. It is a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes

throughout, consisting of five tercets and a
quatrain.

30. It is a poem of four lines with 7 syllables each.

31. It is a poem of three lines with 7 syllables each.

32. It is a poem made up of 6 sestets and a triplet,

that requires the repetition of specific words
instead of whole lines.

33. The triplet of #32 is also called as the…

34. It a poem of 14 lines that usually comes in

iambic pentameters and adhering to a particular
rhyme scheme

35. The rhyme scheme of the Shakespearean

brand of number 34.

Test IV. Do as each item requires. Use another sheet of paper for this purpose.
36-40. Write the repetition scheme for a pantoum with five stanzas.
41-50. Answer: What sets poetry apart from prose? Discuss your answer in not less than 10 sentences.

Prepared by:

MELVIN L. VIANA
Teacher III
“I tell them, "Listen. Listen to one another like you know you are scholars. Artists. Scientists. Athletes. Musicians. Like you
know you will be the ones to shape this world…”
– Sarah Kay

Prepared by: Noted by: Approved by:

MELVIN L. VIAÑA CRIZA JEAN L. SULIT JOSEPHINE D. ROSALES, Ph. D.

Subject Teacher Master Teacher I Principal III