SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGEOF LAGUNA

OLD NATIONAL ROAD, CITY OF BIAN, LAGUNA

CREATIVE WRITING
FINALS
Name:_________________________________________
Course:________________________________________

Date:_______________
Mr. Pelicano

TEST I. MATCHING TYPE. Match the words in the first column to the best
available answer in the second column.
A
_________1. Exposition*

_________2. Theme*

a. it consists of the historical period, the

moment, day and season in which the
incidents take place.*

_________3. Ending*

b. one of the two folds nature of drama*

_________4. Characters*

c. the point where the playwright

commences his story. It reveals the
identity of storys initial crisis.*

_________5. Comedy*
_________6. Theater*
_________7. Natural Plot*
_________8. Discovery*
_________9. Drama*
_________10. Melodrama*
_________11. Setting*

d. is a composition in prose form that

presents a story entirely told in
dialogue and action and written with
the intention of its eventual
performance before an audience.*
e. is a chronological sequence of events
arrangement where actions
continuously take place as an end result
of the previous action*
f.

_________12. Farce*
_________13. Plot*
_________14. Middle*
_________15. Complications*
_________16. Characters Social Aspect*
_________17. Style*
_________18. Episodic Plot*

bring changes and alterations in the

movement of the action which take
place when discovery of novel
information, unexpected alteration of
plan, choosing between two courses of
action or preface of new ideas are
revealed. *

g. the people in the play and thus

considered as the principal material in a
drama.*
h. is composed of a series of difficulties.*
i.

discloses points which are previously

unknown, characterized as something
mysterious, strange, unfamiliar and
thus revealed through objects, persons,
facts, values, or self-discovered.*

j.

embraces all aspects that can be

gleaned from the characters world or
environment as exemplified by the
economic status, occupation or trade,
creed, familial affiliation of the
characters.*

_________19. Realism*
_________20. Characters Moral Aspect*

k. is considered as the unifying element

that defines the dramatized idea of the
play.*
l.

is the final major component of the

story which brings the condition back to
its stability. This part brings

satisfaction to the audience which

extends to the final curtain as peace is
completely restored.*
m. discloses the decisions of the
characters, either socially acceptable or
not, exposing their intentions, thus
projecting what is upright or not.*
n. refers to the mode of expression or
presentation of the play which points
out the playwrights position or
viewpoint in life.*
o. is an accurate detailed, and life-like
description in a play where things are
presented as real as can be set in actual
life, with dialogues sounding like dayto-day conversation.*
p. is a type of drama intended to interest
and amuse the audience rather than
make them deeply concerned about
events that happen.*
q. The characters are victims in the hands
of merciless fate.*
r.

attributes human like characteristics to

an animal, object, or idea.*

s. It serves as a structural framework

which brings the events to a cohesive
form and sense.*
t. is a play that brings laughter for the
sake of laughter, usually making use
grossly embellished events and
characters.*
u. each episode independently comprises
a setting, climax, and resolution;
therefore, a full story in itself is
formed*

TEST II. Explanation. Explain each question briefly.

1. What did tragedy mean to the Greeks? To the Elizabethans? And what does Modern Tragedy often show?
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2. Elaborate this definition of Aristotle about drama: a criticism of life, on a stage, with action, characters
and dialogue.
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3. Differentiate Realism to Non Realism.

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4. Why literature and theatre are considered the two-fold nature of drama?
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GOOD LUCK! GOD BLESS!