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WorksheetsCreative Writing First Quarter Examination
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 56mins
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
The familiar tang of Ma'am Daisy's sauce reminded him of his time in this school
The foundation day concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.
His school card is making his mother cry.
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
It was dark and dim in the school's mini-forest.
The grade school children were screaming and shouting in the field.
He saw the kids whom he gave money to yesterday.
The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric.
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
The old man took the handful of dust, and sifted it through his fingers.
The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful.
The sound of a drum in the distance attracted him.
He almost stepped on the tacks lying on the floor.
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
The chirping of the birds heralded spring.
The wild gusts of cold wind pierced her body.
Her anger signaled the class to observe silence.
The stone fell with a splash in the lake
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
The sound of the bat hitting the ball was pleasing to his ear.
The stone wall was destroyed when the accident happened.
The burger, aromatic with spices, made his mouth water in the anticipation of the fist bite.
The silence in the room was unnerving.
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
The wild gusts of cold wind pierced her body.
The document disappeared after a virus supposedly affected the computer.
The people traveled long distances to watch the sunset in the north.
The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in ethereal light.
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
Imagine your writing is slowing readers down.
She felt the moist crumbles on her tongue.
Rough, jagged stones cut into his hands.
He threw the ball, which was crusty and worn.
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
She screamed a loud cry that echoed through the streets.
He threw the ball and all the other equipment.
He patted on her back roughly, causing her to feel uneasy.
She ate sweet, creamy, melted chocolate.
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky.
Silence was broken by the peal of piano keys as Tenola began practicing her concerto.
She went to the countryside to see if her sister was doing okay.
After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles.
Which of the following lines has the LEAST EFFECTIVE use of imagery?
I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the the frying pan.
Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.
The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves.
The assignment our teacher gave yesterday has been really stressing me out.
Which of the following figures of speech is used in the excerpt?
“Two Sunflowers
Move in the Yellow Room.
‘Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,’
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?”
(Two Sunflowers Move in a Yellow Room by William Blake)
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“… impressions poured in upon her of those two men, and to follow her thought was like following a voice which speaks too quickly to be taken down by one’s pencil… “
(To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf)
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“He cried all night, and dawn found him still there, though his tears had dried and only hard, dry sobs shook his wooden frame. But these were so loud that they could be heard by the faraway hills …”
(The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Colloid)
Metaphor
Simile
Personifcation
Hyperbole
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped,
And whirr when it stood still.
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.”
(The Marvelous Toy by Tom Paxton)
Personification
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as naught; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.”
(Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Personification
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”
(Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare)
Personification
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.”
(Loveliest Of Trees The Cherry Now by A.H. Houseman)
Personifcation
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“Pearl Button swung on the little gate in front of the House of Boxes. It was the early afternoon of a sunshiny day with little winds playing hide-and-seek in it.”
(How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped by William Shakespeare)
Personification
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,
That with no middle flight intends to soar
Above th’ Aonian Mount”
(Paradise Lost, Book 1 by John Milton)
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“…and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you …”
(i carry your heart with me By E. E. Cummings)
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“O my Luve’s like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly played in tune.”
(Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns)
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“She’s all states, and all princes, I …”
(The Sun Rising by John Donne)
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so,
For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.”
(Death Be Not Proud by John Donne)
Personifcation
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
'Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.'
(Because I Could Not Stop For Death by Emily Dickinson)
Personification
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Which figure of speech is used in the excerpt?
“O holy night! The stars are brightly shining!”
(Christmas carol)
Personification
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Which of the following is NOT an iambic pentameter?
"So thanks to all at once and to each one."
"Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;"
"Now had the season returned, when the nights grow colder and longer"
"Until they think warm days will never cease"
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of creative writing?
Imaginative and Symbolic
Entertaining and Provoking
Formal and Objective
Arbitrary and Artistic
Which of the following is a characteristic of technical writing?
Informal
Literal
Subjective
Conversational
Which of the following refers to the repetition of syllable sounds, typically at the end of a verse line?
Alliteration
Rhyme
Rhytm
Assonance
Which of the following refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry?
Rhyme
Meter
Poetic Refrain
Line
How many quatrain/s and couplet/s are there in an English sonnet?
3 and 2 Respectively
3 and 1 Respectively
2 and 3 Respectively
1 and 3 Respectively
Which of the following refers to the underlying message or big idea in a literary work?
Mood
Theme
Moral
Plot
Which of the following is NOT true about diction?
It affects the overall message of a literary work.
It reflects the writer's attitude towards his subject .
It helps the writer appeal more to human senses.
It enables the writer to properly establish the intended context.
Which of the following is typically written to address someone or something by expressing emotions?
Elegy
Ode
Sonnet
Limerick
Which of the following refers to a form of verse that is usually humorous and frequently rude?
Ode
Elegy
Limerick
Sonnet
Which type of poetry is usually regarded as lament for the dead?
Elegy
Ode
Sonnet
Limerick
What is the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet?
abab cdcd effe gg
abba cddc effe gg
abab cdcd efef gg
abaa cdcc efef gg
How many feet are there in anapestic hexameter?
3
4
5
6
How many unstressed syllables are there in two iambs?
1
2
3
4
Who is the most famous Elizabethan sonnet writer?
Francesco Petrarch
William Golding
William Shakespeare
Elizabeth Dickinson
