The Stories We Tell

1. Understanding a poem or any other creative text through the lens of the poet or writer’s life and background is called _____ _____.

• A. biographical context

• B. autobiographical context

• C. graphical context

• D. writing context

2. - written by Rafael Zulueta da Costa, who was a Filipino poet and businessman who began writing in Spanish and, later on, in English - _____ _____ _____ and Other Poems won the Commonwealth Literary Award for Poetry in 1940.

• A. Mi Ultimo Adios

• B. Like the Molave

• C. Noli Me Tangere

• D. El Filibusterismo

3. are repeating words, phrases, or other symbolic figures that draw attention to a poem’s meaning, giving the readers hints as to what comes next or what has been.

• A. Patterns

• B. Motifs

• C. Organic Unity

• D. Figures of Speech

• E. Sound Devices

4. are salient elements in a poem that contribute to its theme.

• A. Patterns

• B. Motifs

• C. Organic Unity

• D. Figures of Speech

• E. Sound Devices

5. - It refers to how form and meaning in a writing are consistently, thematically, and dramatically developed. - It is when the meaning of a text or writing is established to create a whole or complete meaning.

• A. Patterns

• B. Motifs

• C. Organic Unity

• D. Figures of Speech

• E. Sound Devices

6. refer to the meanings beyond what is written, which means it is not to be taken literally for it goes beyond describing one thing.

• A. Patterns

• B. Motifs

• C. Organic Unity

• D. Figures of Speech

• E. Sound Devices

7. are also a form of figurative language that mainly uses sounds to add meaning and emotional effects.

• A. Patterns

• B. Motifs

• C. Organic Unity

• D. Figures of Speech

• E. Sound Devices

8. - compares two things using “like” or “as”

• A. Simile

• B. Metaphor

• C. Personification

• D. Onomatopoeia

9. - compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as”

• A. Simile

• B. Metaphor

• C. Personification

• D. Onomatopoeia

10. - describes inanimate objects by giving them humanlike characteristics

• A. Simile

• B. Metaphor

• C. Personification

• D. Onomatopoeia