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Creative Writing Q1 ST3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Below is an example of which type of Philippine Poetry?


Palay siyang matino,

Nang humangi’y yumuko;

Nguni’t muling tumayo

Nagkabunga ng ginto

(PALAY ni Ildefonso Santos)

a)

Diona

b)

Dalit

c)

Kundiman

d)

Tanaga

2.

Which type of Filipino short poem is consist of eight syllables in each line?

a)

Diona

b)

Tanaga

c)

Kundiman

d)

Dalit

3.

Which of the following is TRUE about diona?

a)

Diona is an indigenous type of Filipino short poem that consists of eight syllables in each line.

b)

Diona is an indigenous type of Filipino short poem that consists of seven syllables in each line.

c)

Diona is an indigenous type of Filipino short poem that is used traditionally in the Tagalog language to impart lessons and reminders of our folks to young people.

d)

Diona is an indigenous type of Filipino short poem that consists of eight syllables in each line

4.

Below is an example of which type of Philippine Poetry?


Nag-aral siyang pilit

Nang karangala’y makamit.

Buong buhay s’yang nagtiis.

Makapagtapos ang nais.

a)

Dalit

b)

Diona

c)

Kundiman

d)

Tanaga

5.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about tanaga?

a)

Tanaga is an indigenous type of Filipino short poem that is used traditionally in the Tagalog language to impart lessons and reminders of our folks to young

people.

b)

Tanaga always contain a title. There are four lines having six syllables in each stanza with a single rhyme.

c)

The poetic art uses four (4) lines (quatrain) with each line having seven (7) syllables only

d)

Most of these types of poems are handed down by oral history, and contain proverbial forms, moral lessons, and snippets of a code of ethics.

6.

What do you call the pattern of the beats in poetry?

a)

Rhyme

b)

Meter

c)

Rhythm

d)

Line

7.

Which of the following phase should you use to complete the dalit below with an (aabb) rhyme scheme?


Ang pera niya’y tinipid,

Sa guro ay di sumipsip.

Markang mataas, nakamit:

_________?___________

a)

Di makaya ang pait

b)

Walang mas hihigit

c)

Tagumpay nga ang kapalit.

d)

Ligaya’y walang patid.

8.

Evaluate the poem below. What rhyme scheme did the author use?


The one who brought me down to earth,

And held me every day.

The one who gracefully gave me birth,

And said, I love you in every way.

a)

abba

b)

abab

c)

aabb

d)

abaa

9.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about free verse?

a)

Fee verse is also called vers libre, which is a French word meaning “free verse.”

b)

Free verse is a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms.

c)

Free verse is the standard way to write a poem. It requires rhythm and rhyme.

d)

Free verse allows poets to use alliteration, rhyme, cadences, and rhythms to get the effects that they consider are suitable for the piece.

10.

Which of the following describes a line break?

a)

A line break is the pattern of the beats in poetry.

b)

A line break is a poetic device which is used at the end of a line and the beginning of the next line in a poem.

c)

A line break is a literary device that works as a structural element in a prose.

d)

Essentially, a line break is the basic rhythmic structure of a line within a poem or poetic work.

11.

What is the term for the natural pause in a verse or a sentence, usually reinforced by punctuation?

a)

Caesuras

b)

Line break

c)

Enjambment

d)

Couplet

12.

What do you call the running on of a sense from one couplet or line to the next without a major pause or syntactical break?

a)

Caesuras

b)

Couplet

c)

Line break

d)

Enjambment

13.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of enjambment?

a)

It helps readers to continue thinking about the idea, which is expressed in one line, and which continues through to the next.

b)

It is used in poetry to trick a reader. Poets lead their readers to think of an idea, then move on the next line, giving an idea that conflicts with it.

c)

Readers will not be confused because only a single idea is presented using semi-colons, periods, or commas.

d)

Poets can achieve a fast pace or rhythm by using enjambment.

14.

Using an underline, how should you utilize enjambment in this line “I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox.”?

a)

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox.

b)

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox.

c)

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox.

d)

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox.

15.

What technique will you use to delay the meaning of a line until the following line is read?

a)

Incorporate simile and metaphors.

b)

Make line breaks evident.

c)

Put rhythm.

d)

Use enjambment.

16.

What do you call the tool utilizing repeating patterns that bring rhythm or musicality to poems?

a)

Rhyme

b)

Rhythm

c)

Foot

d)

Meter

17.

Which of the following is TRUE about iamb?

a)

Iamb is a foot with two unstressed syllables.

b)

Iamb is consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

c)

Iamb is consist of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

d)

Iamb is consist of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.

18.

What do you call the patter of four feet?

a)

Hexameter

b)

Quadrameter

c)

Tetrameter

d)

Heptameter

19.

Which of the following statements about meter, rhythm and rhyme is CORRECT?

a)

Rhythm is a tool utilizing repeating patterns that bring rhyme.

b)

Meter or the musicality to poems is the pattern created by rhyme.

c)

Rhyme refers to the pattern formed by the beats in a line of poetry.

d)

While rhyme is usually a repeating sound at the end of a line in a poem, rhythm is the pattern.

20.

What do you call the meter that inhibits a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable?

a)

Pyrrhic

b)

Iamb

c)

Trochee

d)

Spondee