21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World 3rd Quarter Examination

S.Y. 2018 – 2019

TEST 1. IDENTIFICATION. Identify each statement below. Select your answers from the box and write it on the space before the
number.

Thomasites Haiku Cinquain Free Verse

Name Poem Character Sketch Oration Soliloquy

Dramatic Monologue Poetry

______________________ 1. They are the first English teachers for Filipinos.

______________________ 2. A poem that consists of three lines that generally do not rhyme. The lines should have five, seven, and
five syllables in them.
______________________ 3. This is five-line poem which also originated in Japan.
______________________ 4. A loosest type of poem. “Poem with no rules.”
______________________ 5. A special type of poetry belongs to descriptive poetry that use an adjective to describe a person that
begins with each letter of that person's name.
______________________ 6. This is a poem which the writer is concerned less with the elements of story.
______________________ 7. This Is a formal address elevated in tone and usually delivered on some notable occasion.
______________________ 8. The speaker of the poem or the character in a play delivers a passage.
______________________ 9. This is a combination of drama and poetry.
______________________ 10. The language of imagination expressed in verse.

TEST 2. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the space before the number.

____ 11. The repetition of the same or similar sounds, usually in stressed syllables at the ends of lines, but sometimes within a line.
a. Stanza b. Rhythm c. Rhyme d. Refrain

____ 12. A unit of lines grouped together.

a. Stanza b. Rhythm c. Rhyme d. Refrain

____ 13. The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem.

a. Stanza b. Rhythm c. Rhyme d. Refrain

____ 14. The repetition of one or more phrases or lines at certain intervals, usually at the end of each stanza.
a. Stanza b. Rhythm c. Rhyme d. Refrain

____ 15. It refers to the writer's attitude towards the subject of a literary work as indicated in the work itself.
a. Theme b. Symbolism c. Tone d. Imagery

____ 16. The feelings, thoughts and ideas conveyed by the poet through symbols.
a. Theme b. Symbolism c. Tone d. Imagery

____ 17. It talks about the central idea, the thought behind what the poet wants to convey.
a. Theme b. Symbolism c. Tone d. Imagery

____ 18. A representation of the five senses: sight, taste, touch, sound, and smell
a. Theme b. Symbolism c. Tone d. Imagery

____ 19. An expression that usually cannot be understood by defining the separate words.
a. Allusion b. Idioms c. Alliteration d. Methaphor

____ 20. A repetition of an initial consonant sound; there should be at least two repetitions in a row.
a. Allusion b. Idioms c. Alliteration d. Methaphor
____ 21. An exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Onomatopoeia d. Hyperbole

____ 22. The attempt to echo or imitate sounds with words.

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Onomatopoeia d. Hyperbole

____ 23. Describes one thing as if it were another.

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Onomatopoeia d. Hyperbole

____ 24. The comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using “like” or “as”.
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Onomatopoeia d. Hyperbole

____ 25. Giving human characteristics to something non-human.

a. Allusion b. Metaphor c. Alliteration d. Personification

TEST 3. Analysis. Identify what Figure of Speech being describe by the statement?

______________________ 26. Her lips are as sweet as honey.

______________________ 27. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
______________________ 28. This handless clock stares blindly from its tower.
______________________ 29. I’m getting married in the morning! Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime
______________________ 30. I have been waiting for a million years.
______________________ 31. That test was a piece of cake.
______________________ 32. Peter Piper picks pickled peppers.
______________________ 33. Christy didn't like to spend money, but she was no Scrooge.
______________________ 34. She looks like an angel.
______________________ 35. Something fishy is going on around here!

TEST 4. CREATE. Complete the Diagram below. (10 pts)

TEST 5. ESSAY. Explain briefly your answer to the question blow.

1. What is the significance of poetry to a person? (5pts)

Good Luck and God Bless!!!