ENRILE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

NATIONAL HIGHWAY BARANGAY II,ENRILE

2ND SEMESTER EXAMINATION

NAME: _______________________________________ DATE: ____________

GRADE & SECTION: _________________ SCORE: ___________

FOURTH QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT

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General Directions
1. Read the directions carefully before answering the test. No point will be given for answer/s which doesn’t comply
with the given instruction.
2. Write only the letter of your answer before each number
3. Refrain from talking and asking questions to your classmates while taking the exam. Consult the proctor or the
teacher if you have questions queries and clarifications about the exam.
4. DO NOT CHEAT. If caught cheating (in any form), your examination for this subject will be void automatically.
Always bear in mind:
Prefer even to fail with honor than to pass by cheating. There is no success without hardship.

I.
________1. Which type of poem must have only 14 lines?
A. ballad B. sonnet C. epic D. limerick
________2.The repeating of end sounds of words is ____________________ ?
A. rhyme C. rhythm B. meter D. feet

________3. A group of lines in a poem similar to that of a paragraph; the way the poem is dividied
A. alliteration C. stanza B. repetition D. simile
________4. Metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, and personification are all examples of what?
A. figurative language B. elements of poetry C. both A and B D. neither A or B
________5. The way a line in a poem has stressed and unstressed words
A. rhythm B. repetition C. rhyme D. rhyme scheme
________6. ____________ is a type of Japanese poetry that is made up of three lines.
A. haiku B. riddle C. limerick D. diamonte
_______7. The repeating of beginning consonant sounds is ___________________.
A. onomatopoeia B. alliteration C. rhyme D. refrain
_______8. When rhyming is organized into patterns and can be labeled aaba it is called
A. rhyme B. rhyme scheme C. end rhyme D. rhythm
_______ 9. Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have to rhyme is known as ____________
poetry.
A. cinquain B. free verse C. limerick D. haiku

________10. Which kind of poetry tells a story with a plot, character(s), and setting?
A. narrative poetry B. lyrical poetry C. concrete poetry D. diamontes

Directions: Read the following poem, and answer the questions below.

The West Wind

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 It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries;
I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.

For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,
And April’s in the west wind, and daffodils.

It’s a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine;
Apple orchards blossom there, and the airs’ like wine.

There is cool green grass there where men may lie at rest;
And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from their nest…

_____11. What is the rhyme scheme?

A. aabbaacc B. abababab C. aabbccdd D. abbcbccd
_____12. In the first line, what is the literary device in the words “warm wind, the west wind”
A. onomatopoeia B .alliteration C. rhyme D. rhythm
____13. The words “my eyes” uses what sound device?
A. onomatopoeia B .alliteration C. rhyme D. repetition
_____14. The poem is written in
A. couplets B. stanzas C. quatrains D. cinquains
_____15. In the last line, which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
A. thrushes B. song C. fluting D. nest
_______16. Line six has a comparison.__________ is being compared to ______________
A. song to a nest B. air to wine C. air to song D. blossoms to air
______17. Is the comparison in line six a simile or metaphor?
A. simile B. metaphor
______18. What kind of poem is this?
A. free verse poem B. concrete poem C. haiku D. limerick E. narrative F. lyric
______19. The sense of _________ and the sense of ________ are appealed to in the first line.
A. sight and taste B. touch and sight C. touch and sound D. sound and smell
______20. This kind of description which appeals to one or more of the five senses is called
A. similes B. allusions C. imagery D. metaphors

II. Identification. Identify the word or words being asked in the following statements. Choose your answer
from the box provided below and Write your answer before each number.

A.Folktales B. Adventure C.Fairy Tales D. Fantasy E. Autobiography

E.. Informational F. Dramas G.. Nonfiction Genres H. Biography

I. Fable
J. Realistic Fiction K. Case Study L. Historical Fiction M. Legends O. Short Story

P. Science Fiction Q. Myth R. Poetry S. Tall Tales T. Fiction

___________21. Literary genre that is a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other
magical creatures
__________22. Literary genre that is an imaginative or fanciful work, esp. one dealing with supernatural or unnatural
events or characters
__________23. Literary genre that is a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially

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 forming part of the oral tradition of the common people. Any belief or story passed on traditionally,
especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.
_________24. Literary genre that is a brief allegorical narrative, in verse or prose, illustrating a moral thesis or
satirizing human beings. The characters of a fable are usually animals who talk and act like people while
retaining their animal traits.
________25. Literary genre pertaining to an exciting or very unusual experience, participation in exciting
undertakings or enterprises, a bold, usually risky undertaking, or or hazardous action of uncertain
outcome.
________26. A vast category that is a type of prose and includes many different sub-genres.
________27. Literary genre that is intended for teaching and related informational purposes primarily intended to
educate rather than entertain.
________28. Literary genre that is a written account of another person’s life or the reconstruction in print or on film,
of the lives of real men and women.
________29. Literary genre that is a history of a person’s life written or told by that person or an individual’s
interpretation of his own life.
________30. Are usually called plays. Story or situation which usually presents some sort of conflict.
________31. It is a tale that has been passed down through generations and tells about nature and human behavior
________32. It is an arrangement of words in lines having rhythm. Sometimes those lines rhyme, as in this narrative
poem.
________33. It is a combination of imagination and fact, with fictional characters and plot placed in a factual
historical setting.
________34. It is untrue story. Characters and events may be realistic, even though they might be unusual or even
unlikely in some way.
________35. It is a amusing stories told with great exaggeration and bigger-than-life characters.
________36. It is a kind of fantasy that uses scientific information to make a story seem more believable to the reader.
________37. It is a Fiction tells stories of imaginary people and events, realistic fiction tells a story that is possible.
________38. This type of nonfiction explains in detail how investigators find answers to hard questions or solutions
to hard problems.
________39. This is a narrative involving one or more characters, one plot and one single impression.
________40. These are fictitious narrative, usually about origins.

III. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE .Identify the figure of speech used in each sentence below.
_________41. He has a heart of gold.
_________42. Dale’s smile was as bright as the sun shine.
_________43. Life is a journey; travel it well
_________44. A wicked whisper came and changed my life.
_________45. Men's words are bullets that their enemies take up and make use of against them.
_________46. He roared with the force of a thousand lions.
_________47. The theater is his home.
_________48. There had been no rain for months and all the crops were death. Some parts of the farm were beginning to look
like a desert.
_________49. After a good night sleep, I felt like a million dollars.
_________50. Everyone wanted Ken on the swim team because he could swim like a fish.

Prepared by: CHECKED BY: VERIFIED:

MARILOU T.CRUZ LORETO L.GACUTAN ELISSA B. LAGGUI

TEACHER II SHS –COORDINATOR PRINCIPAL III

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