Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region XII, Division of Sarangani
East Malungon District
TAMBAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
3RD QUARTER EXAMINATION
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Name : _____________________________________ Grade and Section: ________________ Score: ___________
Date: _____________________________________

Test I. Identification
Direction: Read the following test items and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following refers to the recurring patter of stressed and unstressed syllables in line of a set length.
a. rhythm b. meter c. foot d. rhyme
2. It is the measured pattern and grouping of syllables.
a. rhythm b. meter c. foot d. rhyme
3. It is basic unit of verse meter consisting of any of various fixed combinations or groups stressed and unstressed syllable.
a. rhythm b. meter c. foot d. rhyme
4. This refers regular recurrence of similar sounds usually at the end of the lines or within the line.
a. rhythm b. meter c. foot d. rhyme
5. It is a Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the
third.
a. haiku b. tanaga c. cinquain d. stanza
6. It consists of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line --- that is to say a 7-7-7-7 Syllabic
verse, with an AABB rhyme scheme.
a. haiku b. tanaga c. cinquain d. stanza
7. These are five-line poems. In the United States,it typically refers to a poetic form developed by the nineteenth-century poet
Adelaide Crapsey.
a. haiku b. tanaga c. cinquain d. stanza
8. A_________is a series of lines grouped together in order to divide a poem.
a. haiku b. tanaga c. cinquain d. stanza
9. It is the speaker of the poem. A fictional personage, not all equivalent to the poet, who may not be speaker to the reader but to
another character in the poem.
a. persona b. symbols c. tone d. theme
10. It the central message or meaning of the poem. The truth about revealed enlightened in the poem.
a. persona b. symbols c. tone d. theme

Test II. Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension

Direction: Read the following sentences and encircle the best definition for the italicized word by searching for context clues in the
sentence.
11. The designer window treatments in her house, installed 17 years ago, were outmoded.
a. Unnecessary b. pointless c. out-of-date d. worthless
12. The spies conducted a covert operation.
a. dangerous b. foreign c. hidden d. illegal
13. The baseball player’s malice toward the referee was revealed in his spiteful remarks to the media, which almost ruined the
referee’s career
a. vindictive b. crazy c. rude d. unpleasant
14. Although Zachary is much too inexperienced for the managerial position, he is a willful young man and obdurately refuses to
withdraw his application.
a. Foolishly b. reluctantly c. constantly d. stubbornly
15. His neighbor’s superficial remarks trivialized the property line dispute and infuriated Malcolm.
a. Enraged b. petty c. insulting d. misleading
Questions 16 and 17 are based on the following paragraph.

In prolonged space flight, besides the obvious hazards of meteors, rocky debris, and radiation, astronauts will have to deal with muscle
atrophy brought on by weightlessness; therefore, when they return to Earth, they face a protracted period of weight training to rebuild
their strength.
16. What is the most likely meaning of the underlined word debris as it is used in this passage?
a. fragments b. decay c. bacteria d. alien life
17. The underlined word atrophy, as used in the paragraph, most nearly means
a. pain. b. wasting. c. weakening. d. cramping
Questions 18, 19, and 20 are based on the following paragraph.

Donna’s memo caused much contention around the office last week. She may have meant well, but her usually caustic tone offended
almost everybody. She has become a consistent nuisance at work, and probably should be fired.
18. Based on the tone of the passage, which of the following words best describes the author’s attitude toward Donna?
a. exasperated b. admiring c. patronizing d. isolated
19. The underlined word caustic, as used in this passage, most nearly means
a. cause and effect. b. reoccurring. c. biting. d. unclear.
20. What is the meaning of the underlined word contention as it is used in this passage?
a. theorizing b. discord c. gossip d. calm

Test III. Cloze Test. Poetry and Fiction

Direction. Read the following text and complete it by choosing the correct words inside the box.

POETRY
Poetry is a form of art in which language is used for aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its
ostensible meaning. It may be written independently, as discrete poems or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic
drama, hymns or lyrics. It usually has religious, historical and cultural significance and transmitted from generations to generations by
word of mouth. Poetry is melodic and rhythmic, as concerned with sound as it is with content. Historically connected to music, song,
and dance, poetry has often been an integral part of ritual from the Elysian mysteries of Hellenic Greece to the celebration of mass.
A poem is concerned with emotion. It is emotion shaped, controlled and contained in form. It often says something
significant; it attempts to achieve beauty. Poetry often uses particular forms and conventions to expand the literal meaning of the
words, or to evoke emotional or sensual responses. Devices such as assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia and rhythm are sometimes
used to achieve musical or incantatory effects. Of course, what is significant and beautiful is open to discussion and may change with
time and place.
Poetry’s use of ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leave a poem open to
multiple interpretations. Similarly, metaphor and simile create resonance between otherwise disparate images – layering of meanings,
forming connections previously not perceived. Kindred forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of
rhyme and rhythm.
FICTION