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Analyzing the text

National Highway Visayan Village, Tagum City 5. ______ is The reflection in a work of the author’s attitude toward his or her
subject, characters, and
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
CREATIVE WRITING -11 readers.

NAME:_________________________________________________ a. Mood
_______ SCORE:___________________ b. Quality
STRAND/GRADE:_______________________DATE:___________
c. Tone
__________
d. Character
I. Multiple Choice. Read the statements carefully. Choose the best
answer. 6. Plot is the careful arrangement by an author of incidents in a narrative to
achieve a desired effect.
1. Characters in a short story should be developed with enough depth and logic to
a. Resolution
_________.
b. Beginning
a. make them believable
c. Conflit
b. make them more alive
d. Plot
c. make them bounce
7. ___________ one person against another or a person against nature or fate.
d. make them talk
a. External conflict
2. A story must have a beginning, a middle and an end, a problem as well as a
______. b. Internal conflict
a. Solution c. Side conflict
b. Conflict d. Future conflict
c. Characters 8. __________ can be defined as "a term describing various styles of poetry that
are not written using strict
d. Plot
meter or rhyme, but that still are recognizable as poetry by virtue of complex
3. ____________ tags help the reader know who is talking and add description
patterns of one sort or
a. Desirable dialogues
another that readers will perceive to be part of a coherent whole."
b. Interesting monologues
a. Iambic pentameter
c. Perfect timing
b. Decima Italiana
d. Wonderful places
c. Haiku
4. Interpreting Literature involves approaching the text and ________________.
d. diona a. Climax c. Resolution

9. ________ is a form of Japanese poetry with 18 syllables. b. Denouement d. Complication

a. Tanaga c. Free verse 17. _____ is sometimes called the resolution of the conflict

b. Dalit d. haiku a. Climax c. Resolution

10. _________ is when the writer has exaggerated something for emphasis. b. Denouement d. Complication

a. Simile c. Metaphor 18. An _________is an experience of a sudden and striking realization.

b. Hyperbole d. Allusion a. Epiphany c. Conflict

11. "Wisdom build her house" is an example of ____________. b. Change c. Conflict

a. Characterization c. Allusion 19. The general locale, time in history, or social milieu in which the action of a work
of literature takes
b. Personification d. Modification
place is the ________.
12. _________ presentation of important background information.
a. Locality c. Setting
a. Exposition c. Explosion
b. Place d. environment
b. Eradication d. Eruption
20. The prevailing emotional attitude--such as regret, hopefulness, or bitterness--in
13. ______________the difference between the surface meaning of words and the a literary work or in part
implications that are
of a work is called the _____.
drawn from them.
a. Mood c. Conflict
a. Irony c. Tone
b. Tone d. Setting
b. Mood d. Prose
21. Point of view is the _______ or stance, from which a story is told
14. Including details about what one can sense is _________________.
a. vantage point c. central point
a. Sensory writing c. Figure of speech
b. turning point d. point of view
b. Dillusion d. Intellectual perception
22. the eye and mind through which the action is perceived and filtered, sometimes
15. ________ is the building of tension between opposing forces. called the ___.
a. Contradiction c. Compilation a. Narrative perspective. c. Narrative point
b. Complication d. cooperation b. Descriptive view d. Descriptive line
16. The turning point of the action towards the final resolution of the conflict is 23. _______is the process of furnishing a written output and correct their
_____ grammatical lapses and loopholes.
a. Editing c. Postering a. Arabic writing c. Kanji

b. Revising d. Publishing b. Baybayin d. Hanja

24. Feature writing is a form of ______. 30. Events turn to the opposite of what is expected. It rains on the Weather
Bureau’s annual picnic are
a. Poetry c. Fiction
called ____.
b. Creative non-fiction d. Technical writing
a. Situational irony c. Dramatic irony
25. _______ the narrator stands inside the story and relates first-hand experience
—can create a feeling of b. Verbal irony d. Sarcastic irony

intimacy. 31. A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but is a latent truth.

a. Omniscient c. Third person a. Oxymoron

b. Paradox
b. First person d. Omnipotent c. Simile
26. _______assumes a godlike persona, moving about freely in time and space, d. Metaphor 
revealing the thoughts and 32. It is how the words are arranged in a sentence or line.
motives of all the characters, knowing the present, past, and future, and
a. Diction
(sometimes) commenting on or
b. Rhythm
interpreting the actions of the characters. c. Syntax
a. Omniscient c. Third person d. Grammar

b. First person d. Omnipotent 33. Through the character’s dreams, the author can show events that happened in
a different time period.
27. The equivalent of haiku in Philippine literature is _______.
a. flashback
a. Dalit c. Tanaga
b. prolepsis
b. Korido d. Bugtong c. dream sequence
28. _______ is a simple kind of irony—saying one thing but meaning the opposite. d. foreshadowing
“A marvelous time” 34. The hero or protagonist must face extraordinary creatures such as gods or
means a boring time. Not to be confused with sarcasm monsters before he can achieve his goal.

a. Situational irony c. Dramatic irony a. man vs. supernatural being

b. man vs. man
b. Verbal irony d. Sarcastic irony
c. man vs. self
d. man vs. nature
29. The ancient Filipino system of writing is called ____
35. Also a happy ending with emphasis on the good being rewarded and the bad a. What is the author's purpose? 
being punished.
b. What is the selection mainly about?
a. happy ending
c. What point is the author trying to make? 
b. poetic justice
c. cliffhanger d. When did the author write the selection?
d. deus ex machina

36.  A biography describes _______________

a. the individual's hobbies and career of an individual.

b. the childhood experiences, family, and career of an individual.

Prepared by:
c. the mistakes one has made in life.
ESAIRA J. EVANGELIO
d. the birth of an individual's children. Subject Teacher
37. The primary purpose of a persuasive piece is
APPROVED BY:
a. to change an opinion 
AMBROSIO D. AYUBAN JR.
b. to entertain the reader School Principal
c. to give information 

d. to give directions

38. When the author gives you factual information, the author's purpose is to

a. inform

 b. entertain 

c. persuade 

d. express

39. To support a main idea, writers often use __________________

a. persuasion to prove their point.

b. facts and details to help prove their point.

c. opinions and details to help prove their point.

d. summaries of details to help prove their point

40. Which of the following is NOT a question you should ask to find the main idea?