HINIGARAN INSTITUTE INC.

Riverside, Hinigaran Negros Occidental

MIDTERM EXAM
Creative Writing
Grade 12
June 29-30, 2017

NAME:_______________________________________LRN:_____________________SCORE:

GRADE&SECTION:______________________________DATE:____________________

I. Identification
Instructions: Analyze the following questions carefully and identify what is being asked. Write your answer on the space
provided.

1. It is a short poem with three lines and with a syllable count of 5-7-5. 1.________________
2. A nineteen- line poem with five tercets and a quatrain. 2. ________________
3. How many syllables each line does tanka have? 3. ________________
4. How many quatrains does villanelle have? 4. ________________
5. It is a style writing of writing that is determined by the choice of words used by the writer. 5. ________________
6. Who defines Creative Writing as a composition of any type of writing at any time? 6. ________________
7. A type of writing which uses specialized vocabulary and follows a set of rules and 7. ________________
Conventions.
8. A figure of speech that the initial consonant sound is repeated. 8. ________________
9. What is the Rhyme Scheme of Shakespearean Sonnet? 9. ________________

II. Modified True or False

Instructions: Write A If the first statement is correct and the second statement is wrong;
B if the first statement is wrong and the second statement is correct;
C if both statement is correct, and;
D if both statement is wrong

1. Grammar is the style of writing that is determined by the choice of words used by the writers. 1. _______
Good writing makes good use of diction.

2. Japanese Haiku is short poem with three lines. 2. _______

It is consist of 5-7-6 syllables.

3. The poem Song to Celia is written by Ben Jonson. 3. _______

It is written to express the writers love for a woman who doesn’t even dare to love him back.

4. Tanka is Japanese short poem generally known as “Tanaga” 4. _______

It is consist of five lines following a syllable count of 5-7-5-7-7.

5. Villanelle is a poem with the rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-e-f-e-f-g-g. 5. _______

It has three refrains and two rhyme patterns.

III. Multiple Choices

Instructions: Read the questions carefully. Encircle the letter of your choice.

1. It creates a visual representation of ideas in our minds.

a. Creative Writing b. Figures of Speech c. Technical Writing d. Imagery

2. It is a poem with 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.

a. tanka b. tanaga c. Haiku d. Filipino Haiku

3. Tanka is general l known as?

a. waka b. Tanaga c. haiku d. Iamb

4. What is the Rhyme Scheme of English/Shakespearean Sonnet?

a. a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-e-f-f-e-g-g b. a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-f-e-f-e-g-g
c. a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-e-f-e-f-g-g d. a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-e-g-e-g-f-f

5. A language that uses words or expressions with the meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
a. Figurative Language b. Figures of Speech c. Creative Writing d. Technical Writing

IV. Completion
Instructions: Supply the words in the poem, Song to Celia. Choose your answer from the box.

Eyes withered kiss Mine divine

Itself Thirst hope rosy wreath Breathe

Drink to me only with thine
_____ pledge wine Drink honouring swear
And I will pledge with
_____;
Or leave a _____ but in the cup,
And I'll not look for wine.
The ____ that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink _____:
But might I of Jove's nectar sup
I would not change for thine.

I sent thee late a ___________,

Not so much honouring thee
As giving it a ____ that there
It could not _______ be
But thou thereon didst only _____
And sent'st it back to me:
Since, when it grows and smells, I swear,
Not of ______ but thee.

V. Word Hunt
Instructions: Encircle the Figures of Speech and the kinds of poetry that you can find in the box. Write the words you
found on the space provided. (NOTE: EVERY ERASURE FOUND IN THE BOX IS CONSIDERED WRONG.)

P E R S O N I F I C A T I O N F I G U R E S O L
E K K O N O M A T O P O E I A K H J C E E P S L
A E N T L H M M K N M H N O I T A R E T I L L A
P J A P A N E S E H A I K U P O E M T A P H S C
O V E O I L O Y U O K K J J K C A P T N O O O E
S B R H Y M E S V Y M E A W I T I R O A E P N L
T R C O H E R E N C E U N I Q U E I R G T E G I
R E J K N H Y P E R B O L E I N G D T A E Y T A
O V C E L I A E O P R E S S E E N E U N S G O M
P I B R O K E H D I C T I O N O G Y R G S Z O M
H T K E N U P V I L L A N E L L E F A I T H S T
E Y H S G A A B E N J O N S O N A N G R Y A M
H E A R T S H A K E S P E A R E A N S O N N E T
L E S E N P U K I A H O N I P I L I F I K N O W
S I M I L E P A I N W O N E S I D E D A L O V E

1. _____________________ 6. _____________________ 11. _____________________

2. _____________________ 7. _____________________ 12. _____________________
3. _____________________ 8. _____________________ 13. _____________________
4. _____________________ 9. _____________________ 14. _____________________
5. _____________________ 10. ____________________

“Loving someone who doesn’t love you in return… is like trying to fly with a broken
wing!”
Prepared By:
Ms. Jan Estares Saguta-On
Creative Writing instructor