Post by ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano on Feb 27, 2008 6:56:46 GMT -5
;DFinal Examination
;DLit 1: The Literatures of the Philippines
;DProf. ETM Solmerano
The universe is made up of stories, not of atoms. - Muriel Rukeyser
;DI. Figure of Speech
Identify the figure of speech used in the following examples.
1. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. irony
d. understatement
2. I stood in the mires of Usher and looked for the light on Sinai.
a. allusion
b. antithesis
c. paradox
d. symbol
3. The pen is mightier than the sword.
a. metonymy
b. synecdoche
c. understatement
d. hyperbole
4. No man is an island.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. apostrophe
5. Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
a. apostrophe
b. personification
c. paradox
d. irony
6. My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. oxymoron
d. allusion
7. Friends, Romans, countrymen: lend me your ears.
a. metonymy
b. synecdoche
c. understatement
d. allusion
8. I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!
a. hyperbole
b. understatement
c. antithesis
d. irony
9. We talked with each other about each other tough neither of us spoke.
a. metonymy
b. paradox
c. synecdoche
d. personification
10. Give them nothing, but take away from them everything.
a. antithesis
b. irony
c. symbol
d. paradox
11. Death, be not proud, though some have called thee…
a. apostrophe
b. personification
c. allusion
d. antithesis
12. Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. apostrophe
13. Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire.
a. antithesis
b. irony
c. symbol
d. paradox
14. The cat, quick as lightning, pounced on the rat.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. oxymoron
d. allusion
15. “I'm really glad that you have come to visit,” said the spider to the fly.
a. hyperbole
b. understatement
c. antithesis
d. irony
;DII. Poetry Analysis Test
Read the poem carefully then answer the questions that follow.
Icarus in Catechism Class
By Dominador Ilio
O make us angels all, with dirty feet,
Without wings, chanting the beatitudes
Without exultation nor thought, counting
The silver halos on the heads of saints,
And ignoring the pastels on the stunning
Stained glass windows.
This morning Daedalus
My father scraping the wax of last night's taper
Spoke of escape from this dark labyrinth,
This walled-in wilderness where the black
birds twitter Homilies from the pulpit.
O I wait
The noon. Soon the minutes will glibly run
Into the decades full of women and sinners --
O hour of my death, O let the noon bell ring,
I want to go home I want to put on my wings.
16. The poem is:
a. lyric
b. dramatic
c. narrative
d. expository
17. As to form, this poem is an example of:
a. structured
b. free verse
c. both a and b
d. prose
18. As to language, the poem can be classified as:
a. prose
b. verse
c. poetic prose
d. lyrical
19. The persona speaking in the poem is:
a. the poet
b. Icarus
c. Daedalus
d. nobody in particular
20. The lines are addressed to:
a. the poet
b. Daedalus
c. Icarus
d. the readers
21. The persona’s gender is a:
a. boy
b. girl
c. homosexual
d. lesbian
22. The locale where the persona is situated is in:
a. a tower
b. a classroom
c. a church
d. a prison cell
23. The persona is enrolled in what subject:
a. Math
b. Poetry class
c. Religion
d. NSTP
24. Stanza 1 contains:
a. a paradox
b. a symbol
c. an irony
d. a metaphor
25. An alliteration can be found in the first stanza in:
a. lines 1 and 3
b. lines 2 and 4
c. lines 5 and 6
d. all of these aforementioned
26. Which sound-effect device is not found in line 5?
a. alliteration
b assonance
c. consonance
d. rhyme
27. The figure of speech used in the mention of “Daedalus” in line 7 is:
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. allusion
d. symbol
28. The figure of speech used in the mention of the “Labyrinth” in line 9 is:
a. metaphor
b. personification
c. paradox
d. symbol
29. An alliteration can be found in the second stanza in:
a. line 7
b. line 8
c. line 9
d. line 10
30. The figure of speech used in the mention of “black Birds” chirping a Sermon from the pulpit is:
a. a simile
b. a symbol
c. an allusion
d. an understatement
31. Lines 12- 13 (“Soon the minutes…women and sinners”) contain:
a. a simile
b. a metaphor
c. an irony
d. a hyperbole
32. Line 15 is an example of:
a. an irony
b. an antithesis
c. an apostrophe
d. a paradox
33. The persona in the poem could be characterized as:
a. attentive, animated
b. laid-back, unconcerned
c. happy, glad
d. bored, depressed
34. The persona’s desire or longing in the poem is:
a. to remain or to stay put
b. to escape and ran away
c. to socialize and mingle with women and sinners
d. to be alone with his father
35. The essential value of this poem as art is that:
a. it appeals to our sense of beauty
b. it conveys a moral
c. it gives information
d. all of the above
;DLit 1: The Literatures of the Philippines
;DProf. ETM Solmerano
The universe is made up of stories, not of atoms. - Muriel Rukeyser
;DI. Figure of Speech
Identify the figure of speech used in the following examples.1. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. irony
d. understatement
2. I stood in the mires of Usher and looked for the light on Sinai.
a. allusion
b. antithesis
c. paradox
d. symbol
3. The pen is mightier than the sword.
a. metonymy
b. synecdoche
c. understatement
d. hyperbole
4. No man is an island.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. apostrophe
5. Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
a. apostrophe
b. personification
c. paradox
d. irony
6. My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. oxymoron
d. allusion
7. Friends, Romans, countrymen: lend me your ears.
a. metonymy
b. synecdoche
c. understatement
d. allusion
8. I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!
a. hyperbole
b. understatement
c. antithesis
d. irony
9. We talked with each other about each other tough neither of us spoke.
a. metonymy
b. paradox
c. synecdoche
d. personification
10. Give them nothing, but take away from them everything.
a. antithesis
b. irony
c. symbol
d. paradox
11. Death, be not proud, though some have called thee…
a. apostrophe
b. personification
c. allusion
d. antithesis
12. Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. apostrophe
13. Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire.
a. antithesis
b. irony
c. symbol
d. paradox
14. The cat, quick as lightning, pounced on the rat.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. oxymoron
d. allusion
15. “I'm really glad that you have come to visit,” said the spider to the fly.
a. hyperbole
b. understatement
c. antithesis
d. irony
;DII. Poetry Analysis Test
Read the poem carefully then answer the questions that follow. Icarus in Catechism Class
By Dominador Ilio
O make us angels all, with dirty feet,
Without wings, chanting the beatitudes
Without exultation nor thought, counting
The silver halos on the heads of saints,
And ignoring the pastels on the stunning
Stained glass windows.
This morning Daedalus
My father scraping the wax of last night's taper
Spoke of escape from this dark labyrinth,
This walled-in wilderness where the black
birds twitter Homilies from the pulpit.
O I wait
The noon. Soon the minutes will glibly run
Into the decades full of women and sinners --
O hour of my death, O let the noon bell ring,
I want to go home I want to put on my wings.
16. The poem is:
a. lyric
b. dramatic
c. narrative
d. expository
17. As to form, this poem is an example of:
a. structured
b. free verse
c. both a and b
d. prose
18. As to language, the poem can be classified as:
a. prose
b. verse
c. poetic prose
d. lyrical
19. The persona speaking in the poem is:
a. the poet
b. Icarus
c. Daedalus
d. nobody in particular
20. The lines are addressed to:
a. the poet
b. Daedalus
c. Icarus
d. the readers
21. The persona’s gender is a:
a. boy
b. girl
c. homosexual
d. lesbian
22. The locale where the persona is situated is in:
a. a tower
b. a classroom
c. a church
d. a prison cell
23. The persona is enrolled in what subject:
a. Math
b. Poetry class
c. Religion
d. NSTP
24. Stanza 1 contains:
a. a paradox
b. a symbol
c. an irony
d. a metaphor
25. An alliteration can be found in the first stanza in:
a. lines 1 and 3
b. lines 2 and 4
c. lines 5 and 6
d. all of these aforementioned
26. Which sound-effect device is not found in line 5?
a. alliteration
b assonance
c. consonance
d. rhyme
27. The figure of speech used in the mention of “Daedalus” in line 7 is:
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. allusion
d. symbol
28. The figure of speech used in the mention of the “Labyrinth” in line 9 is:
a. metaphor
b. personification
c. paradox
d. symbol
29. An alliteration can be found in the second stanza in:
a. line 7
b. line 8
c. line 9
d. line 10
30. The figure of speech used in the mention of “black Birds” chirping a Sermon from the pulpit is:
a. a simile
b. a symbol
c. an allusion
d. an understatement
31. Lines 12- 13 (“Soon the minutes…women and sinners”) contain:
a. a simile
b. a metaphor
c. an irony
d. a hyperbole
32. Line 15 is an example of:
a. an irony
b. an antithesis
c. an apostrophe
d. a paradox
33. The persona in the poem could be characterized as:
a. attentive, animated
b. laid-back, unconcerned
c. happy, glad
d. bored, depressed
34. The persona’s desire or longing in the poem is:
a. to remain or to stay put
b. to escape and ran away
c. to socialize and mingle with women and sinners
d. to be alone with his father
35. The essential value of this poem as art is that:
a. it appeals to our sense of beauty
b. it conveys a moral
c. it gives information
d. all of the above