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Michaels High School

Gandara, Samar
PRELIM EXAM
Creative Writing

Name: ______________________________________ Date: _______________________

I. Identification. Give the terminologies being asked in each number.
1. This considers particular aspects of the political content of the text, the author, etc.
2. It deals with a work of literature as an expression of the authors personality.
3. Uses a wide variety of issues related to gender, concerning the author, the work itself, the reader, and the
society.
4. This approach sees a literary work as a reflection of the life and times of the author or the characters in the
work.
5. Sometimes referred to as New Criticism
6. Critics believe that literature has a bigger purpose of teaching morality and probing philosophical issues.
7. A piece of writing that gives a critical evaluation of a literary piece.
8. A template used in forming arguments that leads to a quick and seemingly valid conclusion.
9. Deductive argument in which the conclusion is inferred from two premises.
10. It is based on the form: Either A or B is true, therefore, if A is false, then B is true, and if B is true, A I false.
11. It is based on the form: If A is true, then B is true.
12. Its standard form is: If A is part of B, then B is a part of C.
13. A writing that goes outside the bounds of normal profession, journalistic, academic or technical forms of
literature.
14. A form of writing having special and practical knowledge especially of a mechanical or scientific subject.
15. The apprehension of an object, thought or emotions through the senses.
II. Fill in the blanks. Fill in the blanks with corresponding correct terminologies.
1. ____________________ is the selection of words in a literary work.
2. ____________________ is also known as figurative language.
3. ____________________ is a language that causes people to imagine pictures in their minds.
4. ____________________ is the use of words to convey the opposite of the literal meaning.
5. ____________________ traces the story from beginning to end.
6. ____________________ is the struggle between opposing forces in any story.
7. ____________________ is the central point of the point.
8. ____________________ is the time and place in which the story takes place and develop.
9. ____________________ is the perspective from which the author tells the story.
10. ___________________ are the people-or even animals, or other creatures, interacting with in it.
III. Word Analysis. Analyze the given examples below and identify the kind of Figurative Language it tells.
1. Light and darkness.
2. It was as big as a mountain! It was faster than a cheetah! It was dumber than the rock!
3. My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
4. War is piece. Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery!!
5. I would like to go to Holland someday. Wooden shoe?
6. I have to have this operation. It isnt very serious. I have this tiny tumour on the brain.
7. Military Intelligence, real phony , civil war.
8. Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what youre going to eat.
9. The car complained as the key was turned.
10. If you want the red team to win, clap your hands right now.
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