CREATIVE WRITING QUIZ

IMAGERY, FIGURE OF SPEECH, DICTION, THEME AND TONE

The friend

I talked to the sun.                                                                                               

"Can you calm your heat for a while?"                                                    

Some things are as deep as the ocean.                                                              

Then splashes of light painted the night sky.                                                    

What a serious comedy!                                                                                             

I have kept my eyes on him.                                                                         

He is an apple.                                                                                                 

But he came,-crushing, crumbling, and creating moments of loneliness.                      

And he loves chasing skirts.                                                                             

Oh, I hated him like hell.          

                           - Lorecy Baldeo                                            

I.                    Instruction:  Answer the following questions.Base your answer on the poem above.

A.     Identify what Figures of speech being used in each of the lines of the poem above. (10 pts)

B.     What is the rhyming pattern of the poem? (5pts)

C.     What is the overall theme of the poem? (5pts)

D.     What is the tone of the first stanza? Of the second stanza? (5pts)

II.                 WHAT IMAGERY IS USED ON THE FOLLOWING LINES?

A.     Dumadagundong ang tibok
nitong dibdib
May paparating na unos.

B.     Ang ulan, di pa nga pumapatak
Ay nakapanlalabo na ng pananaw.
Paano pa kaya kung magtampisaw?

C.     There are so many moments in this lifetime that I wish I could relive. But one thing that haunted me the most is the sight of him lying beside me in the hammock, smiling and running his fingers on my cheeks. In that moment, basking in the glow of his eyes, I felt one with the shooting stars.

D.     Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling.

My alarm clock hollered at me to wake up. My phone flickered. “Another day, rise up slug” flashed on its screen. I heaved a sigh as I staggered out of bed to prepare for the day.

III. Which figure of speech was used in these sentences?

1.      The ground rumbled under my feet.

2.      The earth waited for the perfect time to exact its revenge.

3.      People started running like ants.

4.      We were chickens with our heads cut off.

5.      The heir aired his assent to marry a lass that had his heart

6.      The crown sent the message out to the entire kingdom

7.      He held his helmet and took the helm to hightail to her.

8.      As soon as he saw, the prince asked for her hand.

9.      Kyle cried about it for hours but said that he didn’t care at all.

10.  Paul said the ideas presented to him blew his mind.