1st Midterm Test in English 5

I. Direction: Write only the letter of your answer.

_____ 1. What is the primary focus of lyric poetry?

a) Character development
b) Personal emotions or feelings
c) Rhyming words
d) Narrative structure

_____ 2. Which person is typically used in lyric poetry?

a) Second person
b) Third person
c) First person
d) No specific person

_____ 3. What is a characteristic feature of lyric poetry?

a) Regular rhymes
b) Long length
c) Non-narrative
d) Multiple perspectives

_____ 4. Which type of poetry often uses repetition, vivid imagery, and sensory details?
a) Free verse poetry
b) Narrative poetry
c) Lyric poetry
d) Descriptive poetry

_____ 5. What does descriptive poetry primarily focus on?

a) Character development
b) Telling a story
c) Deep depiction of a subject
d) Rhyming words

_____ 6. Which of the following poetic forms may not use capital letters or punctuation?
a) Lyric poetry
b) Narrative poetry
c) Free verse poetry
d) Descriptive poetry

_____ 7. What do narrative poems share characteristics with?

a) Sonnets
b) Novels and short stories
c) Limericks
d) Haikus

_____ 8. What is the primary purpose of narrative poetry?

a) Expressing personal emotions
b) Deep depiction of a subject
c) Telling a story with characters and a plot
d) Using vivid imagery

_____ 9. What type of poetry is this?

"Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.
If we should weep when clowns put on their show,
If we should stumble when musicians play,
Time will say nothing but I told you so.
There are no fortunes to be told, although,
Because I love you more than I can say,
If I could tell you I would let you know."
a) Lyric Poetry
b) Free Verse Poetry
c) Narrative Poetry
d) Descriptive Poetry

_____ 10. What type of poetry is this?

February by Chatterton, Thomas
...r fall;
Now vapours riding on the north wind's wing,
With transitory darkness shadow all.

Alas! how joyless the descriptive theme,

When sorrow on the writer's quiet preys
And like a mouse in Cheshire cheese supreme,
Devours the substance of the less'ning bays.
a) Lyric Poetry
b) Free Verse Poetry
c) Narrative Poetry
d) Descriptive Poetry

_____ 11. What type of poetry is this?

"Mountains tall, their majesty so grand,
A painted landscape, by nature's hand,
A vivid depiction, emotions aside,
The focus is the scene, open and wide."
a) Lyric Poetry
b) Free Verse Poetry
c) Narrative Poetry
d) Descriptive Poetry

_____ 12. What type of poetry is this?

Edna St. Vincent Millay, "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"
“Son,” said my mother,

When I was knee-high,

“You’ve need of clothes to cover you,
And not a rag have I.

“There’s nothing in the house

To make a boy breeches,
Nor shears to cut a cloth with
Nor thread to take stitches."
a) Lyric Poetry
b) Free Verse Poetry
c) Narrative Poetry
d) Descriptive Poetry

_____ 13. What does the term "audience" refer to in literature?

A. The poet's intentions
B. The setting of the poem
C. The spectators, listeners, and readers
D. The plot of the poem

_____ 14. Who is the speaker of the poem?

I shall never get you put together entirely,
Pieced, glued, and properly jointed.
Mule-bray, pig-grunt and bawdy cackles
Proceed from your great lips.
It’s worse than a barnyard.
-The Colossus by Sylvia Plath
A. First Person
B. Second Person
C. Third Person
D. Fourth Person

_____ 15. Who is the speaker of the poem?

"You are the sunshine of my life.
That's why I'll always be around.
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you'll stay in my heart."
A. First Person
B. Second Person
C. Third Person
D. Fourth Person

_____ 16. Who is the speaker of the poem?

"The wind whispers secrets in his ear,
As he gazes out at the distant shore.
He dreams of adventures far and near,
While the waves crash and roar."
A. First Person
B. Second Person
C. Third Person
D. Fourth Person

_____ 17. What is the type of stanza?

"The sea whispers secrets, a timeless call,
Beneath the azure sky, the waves rise and fall,
In the embrace of the ocean, we find it all,
A world of wonder, where dreams enthrall."
A. Couplet
B. Tercet
C. Quatrain
D. Cinquain

_____ 18. Who is the speaker of the poem?

"I see the moon in the night sky so bright,
Casting its glow on the world below.
You are the one who lights up my night,
With love that continues to grow."
A. First Person
B. Second Person
C. Third Person
D. Fourth Person

_____ 19. What is the type of stanza?

The Enchanted Forest
In the depths of the enchanted forest, I tread,
Where ancient trees reach high, their branches spread.
Mysteries abound in this emerald-green domain,
A whispered language of the woods, a sylvan refrain.
The path is dappled with the sun's golden grace,
As I wander through this tranquil, sacred space.
With every step, I'm drawn deeper, more enthralled,
In the heart of the forest, where magic is recalled.
A. Sestet
B. Septet
 C. Octave
D. Spenserian stanza

_____ 20. What is the type of stanza?

In the garden of our love, we plant the seeds of trust,
With every word and gesture, our hearts in gentle thrust.
The petals of affection bloom, in colors rare and bright,
Each day a canvas painted with our love's pure light.
Hand in hand, we walk the path, through storms and sunny days,
Together we discover joy in love's enchanted maze.
With every twist and turn, our story unfolds, untold,
In the verses of our life, a love story to behold.
A. Sestet
B. Septet
C. Octave
D. Spenserian stanza

_____ 21. Which of the following has a theme of Coming of Age?

A. Dealing with teen drama
B. The Power of Love
C. Having the strength to carry on
D. Forbidden Love

_____ 22. In stories with this theme, characters form strong bonds and connections with others, providing
support, loyalty, and companionship.
A. Love
B. Friendship
C. Revenge
D. Good vs. Evil

_____ 23. This theme often involves characters facing difficult challenges, obstacles, or adversity and finding
the inner strength to overcome them.
A. Courage or Perseverance
B. Coming of Age
C. Revenge
D. Love

_____ 24. In the kitchen, flavors dance and twirl,

A symphony of tastes, a culinary whirl.
The garlic sizzles in the pan, a fragrant kiss,
As olive oil and herbs create a blissful abyss.
What type of imagery is used?
A. Tactile
B. Auditory
C. Olfactory
D. Visual

_____ 25. The mood in literature is best described as:

A. The author's attitude towards the subject matter
B. The reader's emotional response to the text
C. The author's perspective on the story's characters
D. The setting of the story

II. Identify if the highlighted word has a positive, negative, or neutral connotation as used in each sentence.
Encircle your answer.

1.The company claims the new car is going to be one that is far more economical on fuel than published.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

2.Grandpa had a childlike innocence all his life, so we always loved to be around him.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

3.Howling through the trees, the eerie noise of the wind scared Little Martha.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

4.The shoes that William bought were cheap, so they fell apart after a few weeks of use.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

5.The beaming smile on Nurse Sara's face, along with the medicines that the doctor prescribed, gave the patient scads
of new energy.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

6. At this stage, Charles is neither confident nor arrogant about his achievements at work. He is poised to take up new
challenges.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

7.It's appalling that the number of abandoned pets that are brought to the shelter is increasing every day.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

8. Working in a place far away from where his family lived, Mr. Moore really missed the smiling faces of his three
children.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

9. Michael left midway through his university studies because he felt most of the syllabus was cranky.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

10. Our appeal for help has attracted several eager volunteers, who have promised their wholehearted support to the
cause.
Positive
Negative
Neutral

Here are the connotations for each word:

1. economical - Positive
2. childlike - Positive
3. eerie noise - Negative
4. cheap - Negative
5. beaming - Positive
 6. poised - Positive
7. appalling - Negative
8. smiling - Positive
9. cranky - Negative
10. wholehearted - Positive

Direction: Based on the poem below, answer the questions that follow.

A.
Happiness is yellow.
It sounds like thunderous applause after a recital.
It tastes like a giant birthday cake with one fork.
It smells like chocolate-chip cookies right out of the oven.
Happiness feels like warm sand between your toes on a cloudless day.

What figurative language is used on the 1st line? _______________________ metaphor

What is the type of stanza is the poem above? ________________________ cinquan

B.
Figurative Language Poem 1

Sketch
By Carl Sandburg

The shadows of the ships

Rock on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide.

A long brown bar at the dip of the sky

Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.

The lucid and endless wrinkles

Draw in, lapse and withdraw.
Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles
Wash on the floor of the beach.

Rocking on the crest

In the low blue lustre
Are the shadows of the ships.

1. Identify an example of personification: explain what is being personified how.

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2. Identify an example of hyperbole: explain how it is exaggerated.

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3. Identify an example of metaphor: explain which two things are being compared.
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4. Find two separate examples of alliteration. List the alliterative words.

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 1) An example of personification in the poem is: "The lucid and endless wrinkles draw in, lapse and withdraw."
Here, the wrinkles are personified as if they have the human ability to draw in, lapse, and withdraw, which is a
human action.

2) An example of hyperbole in the poem is: "A long brown bar at the dip of the sky puts an arm of sand in the
span of salt." This is an exaggeration because it suggests that a small, brown bar in the sky can extend all the
way across the vast span of the saltwater sea, which is an exaggeration of its actual size and influence.

3) An example of a metaphor in the poem is: "The shadows of the ships." In this metaphor, the shadows of the
ships are compared to actual shadows, implying that they are dark, elongated shapes that resemble human
shadows.

4) Two examples of alliteration in the poem are:

"Soft inrolling tide" (repetition of the "t" sound)
Wavelets crumble" (repetition of the "w" sound)