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READING AND WRITING SKILLS MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: _____________________________________________________________ Date: _____________________

Strand: ________________________Grade & Section: ______________________ Score: ____________________

Test I: A.MULTIPLE CHOICE A B C D

Directions: Choose and shade the letter of the correct answer.
A B C D
1. What pattern presents the general statement and then provides specific and concrete examples to 1.
expound on the main idea?
A. Exemplification B. Definition C. Description D. Chronology

2. What pattern helps to clarify and explained concepts by answering the question “What does it mean? 2.
A. Exemplification B. Definition C. Description D. Chronology

3. What pattern is basically provides details on the idea by using either a sensory or spatial pattern? 3.
A. Exemplification B. Definition C. Description D. Chronology

4. What pattern that organize ideas or events according to time? 4.

A. Exemplification B. Definition C. Description D. Chronology

5. What pattern organizes ideas into problems and proposed solutions? 5.

A. Persuasion B. Definition C. Description D. Problem-solution

6. What pattern organizes ideas to show how a set of evidence leads to a logical conclusion or 6.
argument?
A. Persuasion B. Definition C. Description D. Problem-solution

7. Which of the following is NOT true about a topic sentence? 7.

A. It tells the main idea of the paragraph
B. It can be found in the beginning
C. It can be explicit or implicit
D. It supports the main idea

8. Which of these parts of an outline refers to the assertion of the writer or speaker? 8.
A. Body B. Thesis statement C. Title D. None of the above

9. Which of the following is the process of reading that goes beyond just understanding a text? 9.
A. Fact B. Opinion C. Critical reading D. Context

10 Why is critical reading considered as reading beyond understanding the text? It is because__ _____. 10
A. It is reading with comprehension
B. It is reading that allows the reader to make a dialogue with the author
C. It is reading with verbal and non-verbal cues
D. It is a silent reading

11. What does the author wants to assert in the sentence, the Sampaguita’s root are used for medicinal 11.
purposes, such an aesthetic and a sedative?
A. Claim of fact B. Claim of value C. Claim of policy D. None of the above

12. Which of the following statements is a claim of value? 12.

A. Today, many people use internet as their main source of entertainment and socialization
B. Facebook has been one of the fastest ways to chat and communicate with people over the world.
C. Pornography, cyberbullying, and other online scams should not be allowed to enter our lives
D. It is still up to us whether to use social media to our advantage or allow it to destroy us
13. What is an argument about a quantifiable topic? 13.
A. Claim of fact B. Claim of value C. Claim of policy D. None of the above

14. What is an argument which asserts the implementation of a certain policy? 14.
A. Claim of fact B. Claim of value C. Claim of policy D. None of the above

15. What types of claims argues whether something is good or bad? 15.
A. Claim of fact B. Claim of value C. Claim of policy D. None of the above

16. Which of the following are not guide questions for claim? 16.
A. Are these pieces of evidence valid and sufficient?
B. How the writer does presents facts and opinions?
C. Are the claims presented in the text supported by evidence?
D. Apply the principles of critical thinking in various situations

17. What is the shaping of a text’s meaning by another text? 17.

A. Hypertext B. Intertext C. Static D. Dynamic

18. What is a text that contain links to other source information? 18.
A. Hypertext B. Intertext C. Static D. Dynamic

19. What types of hypertext that is prepared and store in advance? 19.
A. Hypertext B. Intertext C. Static D. Dynamic

20. It is continually changing in respond to user input? 20.

A. Hypertext B. Intertext C. Static D. Dynamic

21. All of the following strategies in effective reading EXCEPT___? 21.

A. Scanning B. Photocopying C. Previewing D. Skimming

22. It is a series of complex thought processes which allow you to make judgments, assess the way you 22.
think, and solve problem effectively?
A. Critical B. Non-critical C. Reading D. Writing

23. What types of reasoning would you use when an arguers presents his argument as one of only two 23.
options?
A. False dilemma B. Appeal to pity C. Bandwagon D. Attacking the

24. What types of reasoning occurs when an argument is considered to be valid because it is the majority 24.
thinks?
A. False dilemma B. Appeal to pity C. Bandwagon D. Attacking the person

25. What types of reasoning occurs when someone tries to refute an argument by attacking the person? 25.
A. False dilemma B. Appeal to pity C. Bandwagon D. Attacking the person

26. What types of reasoning, when the element of pity is used instead of logical reasoning? 26.
A. False dilemma B. Appeal to pity C. Bandwagon D. Attacking the person

27. Which of these parts of an outline that refers to the assertion of the writer or speaker? 27.
A. Body B. Thesis statement C. Title D. None of the above
28. Which of these reasons best explains why outlining is necessary? 28.
A. It helps you see whether your ideas connect well with one another using transitions.
B. It identifies the topic sentence and the supporting sentence
C. It uses Roman and Arabic numerals, capital and small letters
D. None of the above

29. Below are sentences in a paragraph, which among the sentences is NOT related to the others? 29.
A. Indolence in the Philippines is a chronic malady, but not a hereditary one
B. the Filipinos have not always been what they are
C. Magellan went to the Philippines for a reason
D. Witnesses whereto of their being hardworking are the historians after the discovery of the Island
30. Which of the following narrative devices means quickly looking at something that had already 30.
happened?
A. Anecdotes B. Dialogue C. Flashback D. Flash-forward

31. Which of the following components of academic and professional writing refers to the channel used 31.
to convey the message?
A. Context B. Message C. Language D. Purpose

32. Which of the following components of academic and professional writing refers to the content of 32.
your document?
A. Context B. Message C. Language D. Purpose

33. What specialized form of academic writing in which a reviewer evaluates the contribution to 33.
knowledge?
A. Book review B. Literature review C. Project proposal D. Position paper

34. What types of academic writing that provides an overview of a specific topic? 34.
A. Book review B. Literature review C. Project proposal D. Position paper
35. Is an expanded paper that presents interpretations and analyses of a phenomenon based on 35.
experiments?
A. Book review B. Literature review C. Project proposal D. Position paper

36. Is a highly and informative document that aims to address a particular problem or issue? 36.
A. Book review B. Literature review C. Project proposal D. Position paper

37. Contains the summary of the research findings and conclusions? 37.
A. Abstract B. Introductions C. Methodology D. Results

38. Explains the current state of the field and identifies research gaps? 38.
A. Abstract B. Introductions C. Methodology D. Results

39. How the experiments or tests in the research were conducted? 39.
A. Abstract B. Introductions C. Methodology D. Results

40. What factually describes the data gathered and the tables and graphs that summarize the collected 40.
data?
A. Abstract B. Introductions C. Methodology D. Results

41. What contains the different sources used in the study? 41.
A. Conclusion B. Discussion C. Reference D. Related concept

42. Provides an explanation of all he results in relation to the previous studies presented in literature 42.
review?
A. Conclusion B. Discussion C. Reference D. Related concept
43. In business letter, what is placed between the letterhead and inside the address? 43.
A. Date B. Inside Address C. Letterhead D. Salutation

44. What is used when the writer wishes to address the whole company but wants to bring it to the 44.
attention of a particular person?
A. Date B. Inside Address C. Letterhead D. Salutation

45. Includes the signature and the typed name of the sender? 45.
A. Body B. Inside Address C. Letterhead D. Signature block

46. It is contains the message of the letter? 46.

A. Body B. inside Address C. Letterhead D. Signature block

47. Refers to the expression used to end a letter 47.

A. Complimentary close B. inside Address C. Letterhead D. Date
48. In the parts of a memo, what indicates the name of the secondary recipient of the letter? 48.
A. From line B. Subject line C. Copy notation D. Enclosure notation

49. What are the attachment to the memo? 49.

A. From line B. Subject line C. Copy notation D. Enclosure notation

50. In the parts of a memo, what indicates the name and title of the receiver? 50.
A. From line B. Subject line C. To line D. Enclosure notation

Preapared by:

ZERHAN S. LAARIN
SHS TEACHER