THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION

IN
READING AND WRITING

Test-I True or False Write True if the statement is true and false if it is incorrect
1. Connected discourse in linguistics is a continuous sequence of sounds forming utterances or conversation in a
spoken language.
2. Reading is a way of dispensing knowledge while writing is the way of obtaining information.
3. Free writing is a commonly used as prewriting exercise.
4. Descriptive essay tells a story usually from the experiences and point of view of the writer.
5. There are four major types of outline.
6. Thesis statement is usually placed in the last part of the essay or outline.
7. Completeness, unity and orderly movement of ideas are the complete characteristics of a well- written text
8. Critical reading is reading beyond understanding the text.
9. This sentence, (According to the Internet World Statistics there are approximately 2,267,233,742 internet users
worldwide in 2012.), is a claim of policy.
10. Annotating is one of the techniques in developing critical reading. II.

Multiple Choice:
Read the following questions critically and write the letter of your answer on your paper.
11. In organizing information, visual maps and charts can be used. In which of the following terms do they belong?
A. Brainstorming B. Graphic Organizer
C. Sentence Outline D. Topic Outline
12. These are the other techniques in selecting and organizing information except…
A. Brainstorming B. Graphic Organizer
C. Sentence Outline D. Topic Sentence
13. In these sentences, Football is more than just a game. It is an invaluable teacher., the word it refers to _____.
A. Football B. Game
C. Invaluable D. Teacher
14. Among the patterns of paragraph development, which of them intends to tell sequence of events?
A. Classification B. Definition
C. Description D. Narration
15. Which of these parts of an outline refers to the assertion of the writer or speaker?
A. Body B. Thesis Statement
C. Title D. None of the above
16. Which of the following is NOT true about topic sentence?
A. It tells the main idea of the paragraph. C. It can be explicit or implicit
B. It can be found in the beginning. D. It supports the main idea.
17. Which of the following narrative devices means quickly looking at something that had already happened?
A. Anecdotes B. Dialogue
C. Flashback D. Flash-forward
18. Which of the following techniques simply means making notes on your copy of the reading?
A. Annotating the text B. Reading Journal
C. Outlining text D. Summarizing
19. Which of these reasons best explains why outlining is necessary?
A. It helps you see whether your ideas connect well with one another using transitions.
B. It is a systematic arrangement of ideas showing which are the main points and which are the sub-points.
C. It identifies the topic sentence and the supporting sentences.
D. It uses Roman and Arabic numerals, capital and small letters.
20. Connected speech, or connected discourse, in linguistics, is a continuous sequence of sounds forming utterances or
conversations in spoken language.
A. Coherence C. Cohesion
B. Connected Discourse D. Hypertext
21. _____________ is, thus, a way of accounting for the role of literary and extra-literary materials without recourse to
traditional notions of authorship.
A. Intertextuality C. Hypertext
B. Connected Discourse D. Cohesion
22. Although Instagram and Twitter have significant similarities, they also have striking differences.
A. cause and effect pattern C. comparison and contrast pattern
B. definition pattern D. descriptive pattern
23. Freedom is a concept that needs to be understood.
A. definition pattern C. cause-effect pattern
B. description pattern D. chronology pattern
24. This pattern organizes ideas based on how events, places, people, things and concepts are similar or different from
one another.
A. cause and effect pattern C. comparison and contrast pattern
B. definition pattern D. descriptive pattern
25. Refers to the conventions of writing which includes capitalizations, punctuations, spelling, numerals, abbreviations,
acronyms, and contraction
A. Appropriate Language C. Coherence and Cohesion
B. Organization D. Mechanics
26. Refers to the arrangement of ideas in a text.
A. Appropriate Language C. Coherence and Cohesion
B. Organization D. Mechanics
For Nos 27-31 Select from the given choices below:
A. Brainstorming
B. Mapping (Strategy Under Brainstorming)
C. Listing (Strategy Under Brainstorming)
D. Cubing (Strategy Under Brainstorming)
E. Researching (Strategy Under Brainstorming)
27. Just list the topics and make a sub-list of things you could write about each topic. At this point, do not outline
yet, outline will limit your creativity.
28. Involves writing down ideas and then making connections by associating similar ideas with color coded circle
or underlined dominant themes or using distinct patterns and then showing the relationship by linking with lines.
29. Searching from the library or websites and make a list of map of new ideas.
30. An idea is examined from six distinct viewpoints
31. Is an individual/group activity, using this technique efforts are made to make a solution to a particular problem.
Ideas are gathered and listed from the input of every member
32. Used to show the similarities and differences of two or more subjects. You may use the graphic organizer called
Venn Diagram.
A. brainstorming list C. graphic organizer
B. topic outline D. sentence outline
33. Large unit of written language
A. Time C. Discourse
B. Definition D. Text
34. Used when ideas in a text needs to be arranged in a chronological order such as in stories and procedures.
A. Text C. Sentence Outline
B. Graphic Organizer D. Time
For Numbers 35- 37 Choose from the given choices below:
A. conjunction C. Cohesion
B. Coherence D. cohesive nouns
35. smooth flow of ideas in a paragraph
36. single word that specifically names an idea presented by the writer in the preceding sentence/s
37. logical arrangement of ideas or details in a paragraph
38. What is cohesion?
A. The way in which an author uses sentence structure to make the text more understandable to the reader. This
B. includes the way the sentences relate to each other.
C. Cohesion is a special type of glue that writers use to make ideas stick together.
D. A special type of argument used in writing
E. Cohesion introduces new ideas in a text.
39. What is coherence?
A. Coherence introduces new ideas in a text that have never been discussed or introduced.
B. Coherence is the sound a speech makes when it is read aloud.
C. Coherence is a writer's way of making a text less understandable to the reader.
D. Coherence is how easily the entire text is understood by the reader.
40. Which is an example of coherence?
A. Sentences which flow together and make sense when side by side.
B. Words which cause a reader to have to use a dictionary to understand them.
C. An author paying attention to how the organization of an essay might make it more understandable to the
reader.
D. An author using word choices that describe a image or scene.
II- ENUMERATION
41-45 PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT IN WRITING
46-50 PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT