Bicol University

College of Education
Daraga, Albay

LET Reviewer in Creative Writing

Instructions: Read the following items carefully. Encircle the letter of your chosen answer.

1. This type of poetry usually which has a regular rhyme 11. The flowers were so _____ that we could smell
and meter pattern, usually an iambic pentameter them from the other room.
structure, but with lines that do not rhyme. a. beautiful c. colorful
a. blank verse c. sonnet b. fragrant d. bright
b. haiku d. limerick
12. The ______ weather sent the town into chaos since
2. This is a literary technique used to provide fluidity in the townspeople were totally unprepared for snow.
a poetic work by using the last word of a certain line as a. warm c. beautiful
the beginning of the subsequent one. b. frosty d. rainy
a. alliteration c. anaphora
b. assonance d. anadiplosis 13. In contrast to his usual, quiet manner, the lion spent
his entire day ______ in his cage at the zoo.
3. It is a kind of writing wherein the writer creates a a. roaring c. sleeping
picture of what something or someone is like. b. eating d. jumping
a. Narration c. Description
b. Explanation d. Justification 14. When you are traveling, be sure not to load yourself
down with _____ suitcases and other bags.
4. Another kind of writing used to explain, show, or tell a. light c. small
something about a subject. This is also considered as b. loose d. over-packed
the most common type of every day writing.
a. Justification c. Explanation 15. The over-baked cookie seemed as hard as ____
b. Exposition d. Description when Tom bit into it.
a. pillows c. stone
5. Creative writing can be simply yet amply defined as b. pudding d. fudge
a. a type of writing that uses language imaginatively
b. a type of writing that uses out-of-this world words 16. The champion racer proved to be an invincible
c. a type of writing that appeals to most people opponent after ______ the most recent race.
d. a type of writing that appreciates language a. losing c. throwing
b. forfeiting d. winning
6. How is autobiography different from biography as a
type of creative writing? 17. Even under the most unpleasant circumstances,
a. it is written by someone else Maria’s disposition remains _____.
b. it is written by someone himself a. angry c. sad
c. it is written for entertainment b. cheerful d. aggressive
d. it is written for the masses
18.The professional thief was stalking the house,
7. This is a subcategory of comedy under drama which is waiting for the owners to go ______.
based on a silly plot, ridiculous situations, and comic a. sleep c. sleep
dialogue. b. on vacation d. in the yard
a. elegy c. farce
b. dirge d. fantasy 19. Since our efforts to prevent the boat from capsizing
were futile, we were all _______.
8. Which among the following is NOT a sound reason a. dry c. laughing
why one must indulge in Creative Writing? b. soaked d. hungry
a. to convey a message c. to satisfy my soul
b. to reveal a secret d. to gain knowledge 20. ________ by nature of their size and their
weakness, are easily devoured by sharks.
9. In writing fiction, this is said to be the basic indivisible a. baby seals c. turtles
unit where the action takes place. b. walruses d. whales
a. Tense c. Plot
b. Scene d. Point of View 21. This is a type of fiction writing which is a subgenre
of short story characterized by limited word length
10. This poetic literary device involves the repetition of between 250 to 1000 words.
a word or phrase in a series of lines/verses. a. flash fiction c. neo fiction
a. allusion c. anaphora b. dash fiction d. short fiction
b. assonance d. anadiplosis
22. The shortest version of fiction writing is called 35. “Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a
a. microfiction c. neo fiction seed of evildoers, children that deal corruptly.” (Isaiah
b. nanofiction d. flash fiction 1:4) This biblical passage employs
a. parallelism c. apophasis
23. The short story offers restriction in length of b. scesisonomaton d. metanoia
anywhere between ________ words, and can be read in
one sitting. 36. And if I am still far from the goal, the fault is my own
a. 8,000 – 10, 000 c. 7,500 – 20,000 for not paying heed to the reminders--nay, the virtual
b. 10, 000 – 15, 000 d. 10, 000 – 25, 000 directions--which I have had from above. --Marcus
Aurelius. This statement makes use of
24. In a short story’s plot, another word for a. metabasis c. metanoia
“denouement’ is b. aporia d. apophasis
a. climax c. resolution
b. falling action d. rising action 37 “. . . For answers successfully arrived at are solutions
to difficulties previously discussed, and one cannot
25. If short stories are said to be short, then novels that untie a knot if he is ignorant of it.” --Aristotle
are often shorter than usual are known as a. analogy b. anadiplosis
a. novella c. mini novel b. catachresis d. hypohora
b. novelette d. flash novel
38. “. . . For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow
26. This refers to the way a piece is written of thy wings I sing for joy. --Psalm 63:7 (RSV). This
a. plot and scene b. striking images illustrates the use of implied
b. tense and mood d. form and structure a. simile c. analogy
b. litotes d. metaphor
27. The all-time favorite “Cinderella” is classified as a
______ type of story. 39. Theorders came directly from the White House. This
a. Overcoming the monster c. Rebirth is an example of
b. Rags to Riches d. The Quest a. synecdoche c. metaphor
b. metonymy d. simile
28. According to John Gardner, “______ is the heart and
mind of a story – it is what makes it live.” 40. Put Beethoven on the turntable and turn up the
a. point of view c. plot volume. This illustrates
b. character d. setting a. synecdoche c. metaphor
b. metonymy d. simile
29. Which among the following allows is to know the
characters in a story better? 41. Tragedy is a type of drama in which the protagonist
a. descriptions c. information and history meets
b. dialogue d. physique and personality a. a comic end. c. a calamitous end
b. a felicitous end d. a surprising end
30. A type of writing which remains truthful to facts
while delivering them using literary devices to tell them 42. The element of music in drama is defined as
well everything that
a. non-fiction c. descriptive fiction a. can be heard c. the character believes
b. creative non-fiction d. fiction b. can be seen d. the characters do

31.“In short, the cobbler, had neglected his soul.” The 43. This is the part of the plot that provides background
underlined words illustrate the use of information about the drama itself
a. polysyndeton c. expletive a. rising action c. falling action
b. understatement d. litotes b. exposition d. resolution

32. Quickly and happily he walked around the corner to 44. The element known as “spectacle” in drama refers
buy the book. This statement applies to
a. parallelism c. zeugma a. everything that is seen c. everything that’s sung
b. chiasmus d. antithesis b. everything that is heard d. the props

33. And all the night he did nothing but weep Philoclea, 45. In prose writing, a simple paragraph is often
sigh Philoclea, and cry out Philoclea. --Philip Sidney. The composed of what type of sentences?
rhetorical device that applies here is a. topic, supporting, concluding
a. epanalepsis c. epistrophe b. starting, supporting, concluding
b. anaphora d. antithesis c. topic, supporting, concluding
d. topic, details, ending
34. Pride--boundless pride--is the bane of civilization.
a. amplification b. procatalepsis ASP 3/13/2013
c. distinctio d. metabasis