Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
QUEZON CITY HIGH SCHOOL
SHS DEPARTMENT
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
CREATIVE WRITING

NAME: _____________________________________ SECTION: ___________

General Directions: Read carefully each questions. Write the letter of the correct
answer in your answer sheet.

I. Multiple Choice: Read the following questions. Write the letter of the
correct answer. Multiple answers are not allowed.

1. Which sentence below is an example of internal conflict?

A. A character disagrees with the values, laws or belief of a group.
B. A character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land
C. A character develops a struggle between his thoughts and ideas.
D. A character has an agreement or disagreement with another character.

2. Which sentence below is an example of Man vs Society?

A. A character disagrees with the values, laws or beliefs of a group.
B. A character has a problem with outside forces like weather or land.
C. A character develops a struggle between his thoughts and ideas.
D. A character has an agreement or disagreement with another character.

3. Which plot technique is described below?

As a man gets ready for work, we see that he is there and sweating. His wife kisses
him goodbye, the man throws her an uneasy look and he picks up his briefcase.
A. Suspense C. Motifs and symbols
B. Foreshadowing D. Flashbacks

4. Which of the following is a form of deliberate intertextuality?

A. Allusion C. Direct quotation
B. Plagiarism D. Indirect quotation

5. Which type of intertextuality is manifested in the case below.

A filmmaker decides to make a re-make of Citizen Kane Set on Mars in 2327 AD.
A. Latent intertextuality C. Deliberate intertextuality
B. External Allusion D. Citation

6. Which type of intertextuality is shown in the situation below?

A student was tasked to role play then suddenly he thought of a scene from a movie
that he had watched but could not remember its title.
A. Latent intertextuality C. External Allusion
B. Deliberate intertextuality D. Citation

7. Which of the following is a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of

poetry?
A. Iambic C. Meter
B. Lyric D. Foot
8. Which kind of poem that does not follow a rhyme scheme?
A. Conventional poem C. Free verse
B. Blank verse D. Haiku

9. Which is a kind of poetry that follows 5-7-5 pattern?

A. Diamonte C. Concrete
B. Haiku D. Limerick

10. What is a group of lines in a poem similar to that of a paragraph; the way the poem
is divided?
A. Alliteration C. Stanza
B. Repetition D. Simile

11. Which form of writing that uses imagination and figurative language?
A. Technical C. Creative
B. Academic D. Expository

12. Which form of writing that explains a steps in accomplishing tasks?

A. Technical C. Creative
B. Academic D. Expository

13. Which form of writing that is tied to specific discipline or field?

A. Technical C. Creative
B. Academic D. Expository

For questions 14 and 15, which form of writing is utilized? Refer to the choices given in
the previous number.
14. Such words I heard from my boyfriend are razors that cut every part of my heart.

15. Duterte issued the marching order during a talk with some 100 Philippine Army
soldiers at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command Headquarters.

For questions 16 and 17, which of the specific sense manifests in the sentences below.

16. The deserted building on the island looked like a ghost.

A. Sight C. Taste
B. Hearing D. Touch

17. She was moaning while the finger were fearfully trembling.
A. Sight C. Taste
B. Hearing D. Touch

18. Which sentence below manifests euphemism?

A. I really need a bit of peace and quiet.
B. You are my sunshine.
C. Like a star glowing out from the blue sky.
D. Beat! Beat! Drums-blow bugles blow!

19. Which of the following below utilizes synecdoche?

A. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
B. The ship was a tiger roaring through the water.
C. Moths cough and drop wings.
D. And time works for all the works and days of hands.

20. Which type of diction is defined as nonstandard and often regional?

 A. Slang C. Jargon
B. Colloquial D. Dialect

21. Which type of diction is described as coined and invented?

A. Slang C. Jargon
B. Colloquial D. Dialect

22. Which type of character is described as remained the same throughout the story?
A. Round C. Static
B. Flat D. Dynamic

23. Which type of character is described as well developed?

A. Round C. Static
B. Flat D. Dynamic

24. Which type of point of view is described as “god-like”?

A. First C. Third
B. Second D. Omniscient

25. Which type of conflict is described in this scenario ? “ A girl being haunted by a
ghost.”
A. Man vs Supernatural C. Man vs nature
B. Man vs Technology D. Man vs self

26. Which of the following statements describe point of view?

A. It is the vantage point from which the story unfold through the eyes of the authoritative
narrator.
B. It refers to as how the story is told or narrated.
C. All of the foregoing
D. None of the foregoing

27. The correct order of the Plot Diagram is

A. Rising action, exposition, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement

B. Exposition, climax, rising action, falling action, resolution/denouement
C. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement
D. Exposition, resolution/denouement, falling action, rising action, climax

28. Which of the following best describe script?

A. The written words that the characters speak and directions in a play/drama.
B. The chapters of a play or drama
C. The problem or struggle in a story.
D. The place where the drama is performed.

29. A form of drama which the events lead to the downfall of the main character.

A. Comedy C. Tragedy
B. Farce D. Melodrama

30. Fantasy fiction has all of the following characteristics, EXCEPT:

A. Magical elements C. Non existent worlds

B. Object or people with super powers D. Real places from history
II. Poetry Analysis:
Directions: Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.

The West Wind

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 air’s like wine.

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

31. What is the literary device in the first line “warm wind, the west wind”
A. Onomatopoeia C. Rhyme
B. Alliteration D. Rhythm

32. What is the sound device used in the words “my eyes”?
A. Onomatopoeia C. Rhyme
B. Alliteration D. Rhythm

33. How is the poem written?

A. Couplets C. Quatrains
B. Stanzas D. Cinquians

34. Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?

A. Thrushes C. Fluting
B. Song D. Nest

35. What are being compared in line 6?

A. Song to a nest C. Air to song
B. Air to wine D. Blossoms to air

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
5 And looked down one as far as I could;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
10 Had worn them really about the same,
 And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
15 I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less travelled by,
20 nd that has made all the difference.

36. The poet stood at the intersection of?

A. Crossroads B. two roads C. three roads

37. The poet felt sorry because……

A. He couldn’t see the road well
B. He couldn’t travel both the roads
C. He did not know the direction

38. The poet depicts…..?

A. Conflicts on life
B. Problems we face in life
C. Choices we make in life

39. What does the author mean by “a wood”….?

A. A mini forest b. a cluster of trees growing wild c. a and b

40. What did the poet see in the yellow wood…?

A. Two paths diverging in different directions
B. Trees in the forest
C. Green grass

41. How was one path differ from the other…?

A. One was greener B. one had more grass C. It seemed less used

42. Which path had been walked on that morning before the poet travelled on one?
A. Both paths B. the one on the left C. none of the above

43. When the poet chose one of the paths, what did he hope to do?
A. Come back and try the other path
B. Not to go back
C. Go home

44. In the line “Oh I kept the first for another day!,” “the first” refers to_______?
A. Narrator’s choice B. The road C. Fate

45. According to the poet, the second road has “the better claim” because it….?
A. Was a familiar path
B. b. Has never been used
C. c. Had been travelled less on

III. Plot Anaysis:

Read the brief description of each plot. Identify the protagonist and antagonist and
determine the type of conflict.
1. After years of saving money, John bought his dream home. It was a two-story beach house
in a secluded area. John thought it was absolutely perfect, until he noticed the termites. First
there were just a few, nibbling away at the back deck, but soon there were thousands. This is
the story of how John went to war with the termites, a war that he eventually won, but one
that cost him his dream home.

Protagonist: ______________________________
Antagonist:_______________________________

Type of Conflict:___________________________

2. It's her 8th grade year and Carly wants to graduate more than anything else.
Unfortunately for her, she's been playing around quite a bit in her reading class and now
she's backed into a corner. She has to get a perfect score on the final exam or she won't
graduate. With the help of a foreign exchange student that she calls Beans, Carly studies
harder than ever before. Will it be enough?

Protagonist: ______________________________

Antagonist: ______________________________

Type of Conflict:___________________________

3. When Diego and his buddies accept a dare to stay in an old abandon house, they knew
that it would be scary, but they had no idea just how scary it would be. As his friends begin
disappearing one by one, Diego learns that the house is not abandoned at all, but inhabited
by a vampire. Diego no longer cares about spending the night in the house. All he cares
about now is getting out alive. Will he escape or be a vampire's lunch?

Protagonist: ______________________________

Antagonist: ______________________________

Type of Conflict

4. Scott Martin is having a rough year. After a serious car accident, Scott was left in a wheel
chair. Now he has sunk into a deep depression. He is no longer interested in hanging out with
his friends and he feels like a burden everywhere he goes. His friends and family are planning
an intervention to show Scott how much he means to them, but it's going to take a lot to get
through to him. Will Scott realize that life is a gift and that he can still make a difference?
Protagonist: ______________________________

Antagonist: ______________________________

Type of Conflict

5. Linda wants nothing more than to see her children happy, but her youngest has asked for
a Robo-Kite, the hottest toy of this holiday season. After many hours of searching, Linda
finally finds one at a department store, but Bruce finds it at the same time, and his son
Robert wants it equally bad. Join Linda as she battles with Bruce to acquire a hot consumer
item and learns a lesson about life and the holiday spirit along the way.

Protagonist: ______________________________

Antagonist: ______________________________

Type of Conflict ____________________________

Mary Jane E. Fietas08/19/20