Creative writing - diagnostic test

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF CITY OF BOGO
DON POTENCIANO CATARATA MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Guadalupe, Bogo City, Cebu

DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN CREATIVE WRITING

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General Directions: Write your answer on the line provided before the number.
1. Which form of writing that uses imagination and figurative language?
a.technical b. academic c. creative d. expository
2. Which form of writing that explains the steps in accomplishing tasks?
a.technical b. academic c. creative d. expository
3. Which form of writing that is tied to specific discipline or field?
a.technical b. academic c. creative d. expository
For questions 4 and 5, which form of writing is utilized? Refer to the choices
given in the previous number.
4. Such words I heard from my boyfriend are razors that cut every part of my heart.
5. Duterte issued the marching order during a talk with some 100 Philippine Army
soldiers at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command Headquarters.

For questions 6-7, which of the specific sense manifests in the sentences below.
6. The deserted building on the island looked like a ghost.
a. sight b. hearing c. taste d. touch
7. She was moaning while the finger were fearfully trembling.
a. sight b. hearing c. taste d. touch
8. Which sentence below manifests euphemism?
a. I really need a bit of peace and quiet. c. Like a star glowing out from the
blue of the sky.
b. You are my sunshine. d. Beat! Beat! Drums-blow bugles blow!
9. Which of the following below utilizes synecdoche?
a. A rolling stone gathers no moss. c. Moths cough and drop wings.
b. The ship was a tiger roaring through the water. d. And time works for
all the works and days of hands.
10. Which sentence below is an example of internal conflict?
a. A character disagrees with the values, laws or beliefs of a group.
b. A character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land.
c. A character develops a struggle between his thoughts and ideas.
d. A character has an agreement or disagreement with another character.
11. Which sentence below is an example of Man vs society?
a. A character disagrees with the values, laws or beliefs of a group.
b. A character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land.
c. A character develops a struggle between his thoughts and ideas.
d. A character has an agreement or disagreement with another character.
12. Which plot technique is described below?
As a man gets ready for work, we see that he is there and sweating. His wife
kisses him goodbye,
the man throws her an uneasy loo and he picks up his briefcase.
a. Suspense b. Foreshadowing c. motifs and symbols
d. flashback
13. Which of the following is a form of deliberate intertextuality?
a. Allusion b. Plagiarism c. direct quotation d.
indirect quotation
14. Which type of intertextuality is manifested in the case below.
A filmmaker decides to make a re-make of Citizen Kane Set on Mars in 2327
AD.
a. Latent intertextuality b. External allusion c. deliberate intertextuality d.
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 15. Which type of intertextuality is shown in the situation below?
A student was tasked to role play then suddenly he thought of a scene
from a movie that he had
watched but could not remember its title.
a. Latent intertextuality b. External allusion c. deliberate intertextuality d.
citation
16. Which of the following is a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables in a
line of poetry.
a. Iambic b. Lyric c. meter d. foot

17. Which kind of poem that does not follow a rhyme scheme?
a. Conventional poem b. Blank verse c. free verse d.
haiku
18. Which is the kind of poetry that follows 5-7-5 pattern?
a. diamonte b. haiku c. concrete d. limerick
19. What is a group of lines in a poem similar to that of a paragraph; the way the
poem is divided?
a. alliteration b. stanza c. repetition d. simile
20. Which type of diction is defined as nonstandard and often regional?
a. slang b. colloquial c jargon d. dialect.
21. Which type of diction is described as coined and invented?
a. slang b. colloquial c. jargon d. dialect.
22. Which type of character is described as remained the same throughout the
story?
a. round b. flat c. static d. dynamic
23. Which type of character is described as well developed?
a. round b. flat c. static d. dynamic
24. Which type of point of view is described as “god-like”?
a. first person b. second c. third person d. omniscient
25. Which type of plot is used in the “The Gingerbread Man”?
a. linear b. cumulative c. circular d. episodic

II. Poetry Analysis: Directions: Read the following poem and answer the questions
below.
The West Wind
It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries;
I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.
For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,
And April’s in the west wind, and daffodils.
It’s a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine;
Apple orchards blossom there, and the airs’ like wine.
There is cool green grass there where men may lie at rest;
And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from their nest…
Answer the following questions about the poem, “The West Wind.”
26. What is the rhyme scheme used?
a. aabbaacc b. abababab c. aabbccdd d.
abbcbccd
27. What is the literary device in the first line “warm wind, the west wind”
a. onomatopoeia b .alliteration c. rhyme d. rhythm
28. What is the sound device used in the words “my eyes”?
a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. rhyme d. repetition
29. How is the poem written?
a. couplets b. stanzas c. quatrains d. cinquains
30. Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
a. thrushes b. song c. fluting d. nest

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