MUNRO COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Name__________________________ Date_____________

Section A- Figures of Speech

Instruction: Read the following sentences and write the appropriate figure of speech used.

Alliteration Metaphor Simile Onomatopoeia Personification

1. The spread of leaves was a brown carpet under the tree. __________________
2. Sometimes I trembled like a storm-swept flower. ________________________
3. After the flower withers the dew weeps at night. _________________________
4. Quack, Quack went the ducks as we threw them bits of bread. ______________
5. She is a rose in full bloom. __________________________________________
6. Tim took tons of tools to make toys for tots. ____________________________
7. The dry leaves on the floor rustled gently when the door creaked on its hinges.
________________________________________________________________
8. Harry was quiet as a mouse. _________________________________________

(8 marks)

Section B-Elements of a Short Story

Instruction: Read the following definitions and write the correct word on the line provided.

Plot Theme Point of View (P.O.V) Character Conflict Setting

9. Includes both time and place________________________________________

10. The people or animals in the story ___________________________________
11. The sequence of events that happen in a story; all the action that takes
place___________________________________________________________
12. The message or lesson that the writer is trying to relate to his/her
readers__________________________________________________________
13. The mode of narration that an author uses to let the reader hears and sees what takes
place in a story.___________________________________________________
14. Struggle, problem, or opposition in the story_____________________________

6 marks
 Section C- Narrative Writing
Instruction: Read the passage below and answer the questions which follow.

Peeta of the Deep Sea

Peeta panicked. There was nothing he could do. He was trapped.

Trapped with hundreds of others. The monster had come and was slowly, surely dragging them
from the deep. Peeta swam through the excited crowd to try the bottom. Then he tried the top
again.

The great Monster had encircled them completely. There were millions of holes in its great
hands, but none large enough. If only these holes were a little larger. Peeta tried to push himself
through one of the holes again. He squeezed and squeezed. Great tails lashed around him. Not
only he but the whole crowd was in desperation. He tried to ease himself through. The threads
pressed against his eyes. If only his head could get through. He pushed again, hard, and the pain
quivered through his body. Down to his tail. He turned around. But it was no use trying it from
that end.

His tail was much wider than his head. There was nothing he could do. He heard the breakers
roaring above now. That meant they were nearing the shore. Peeta whipped his tail in fury. The
Monster was closing its hands gradually. He could feel the crowd pushing against each other.

From Peeta of the Deep Sea by Michael Antony

15. Who or what was Peeta?________________________________________________

16. Who or what was the great Monster?_______________________________________
17. Find the word in the passage which means the same as ‘completely
surrounded’.__________________________________________________________
18. Why was Peeta terrified when he heard the breakers roaring
above?_______________________________________________________________
19. Explain the meaning of quivered as used in
passage.______________________________________________________________
20. Write down two things that Peeta did which suggest that he had
panicked?____________________________________________________________

6 marks

Total = 20 marks