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Instruction: Read the paragraphs and find out how the important ideas are emphasized. Underline the part that is
emphasized, and on the blank, write the letter of the device used as emphasis.

a. Through position
b. Through parallel structure
c. Through the arrangement of ideas in climatic order

_______1. Suddenly there came a loud pop, then another, and still another. Then screams and noise of scampering feet and
shouts of panic ensued. Everybody seemed to be running anywhere or nowhere. Shrieks and cries of fear rent
the air. Pandemonium broke out.

_______2. All of us know the story of the triumph of light over darkness, of life over death, and of heaven over hell. It was the
vindication of a seemingly unreasonable faith. It was the glorious resurrection of a Leader. Today, on the
commemoration of that Resurrection, we can humbly declare our faith and hope in our own resurrection, in our
own inevitable victory.

_______3. The slaves who built the pyramids were kept at work with a whip. They had no choice about what work they did,
how they did it, how long they did it. Similarly, how much choice is there for the people who work in the offices
and factories? Often they take what they get and do what they are told. Governments pass laws to control how
long they can be made to work, but everybody knows these can be circumvented with overtime and contract
work.

_______4. Christmas is a time to reflect, to pause, and to listen in the silence of our hearts to what Jesus wants to tell us by
His coming. We have begun the third millennium of our Saviors birth. We have reached the fullness of time in
a Second Advent that has been foretold for ages. We have sensed the immediacy of the moment, but blinded
by material goals, we have been oblivious of the signs of the times heralding the coming of Gods Kingdom.

_______5. As we scan the worlds landscape, we can readily see that we are living in a grave moment of human history with
perilous threats upon our civilization. We see long-honored social norms and institutions breaking down. We
see the family, the basic cell of society, gravely threatened by social cancer. We see moral and ethical values
collapsing

_______6. In a raging storm of immorality and criminality. We see politics and public service devoid of high principles, losing
their noble purpose and mission. We see materialism and secularism becoming the common denominators of
social behavior and goals. We see liberal capitalism and its unbridled market forces ruling the world economy,
undermining authentic human development, and causing irreversible damage to ecological bio-systems that
support life on earth. We see sex, violence, and drugs wantonly exploited with dire consequences to society
and human behavior. These are signs of faith in retreat.

_______7. Genocide and ethnic cleansing threaten the demise of entire populations while abortion kills 60 million lives in a
year. Even fully viable infants in their mothers wombs are no longer safe from abortion that the American
Cardinals call virtual infanticide. In addition, unclear warheads and missile systems proliferate among warring
nations. A Nobel laureate describes the nuclear standoff as a complete balance of terror. Never in human
history has mans survival been so threatened as now, twenty centuries after the Saviors birth.

_______8. By denying Gods rightful place in every human activity in arts and sciences, in politics, in business, in the home, in
the workplace, and even in the human thought, man strips himself of the grace of Gods protection. He renders
himself defenseless against the evil forces of the Netherland. He threatens his own self-destruction. He
causes the eternal loss of his soul.

_______9. No other feast reflects the Filipino character better than Lent. In its stark and somber ambience, in its pathos and
celebratory air, in its extremes of season and emotion, Lent presents powerfully the Filipino case: people that
seem to relish in the martyrdom of history, but nevertheless prevail against the vicissitudes of fate.

_______10. In times of tragedy or accidents, compassionate people quietly leave offerings of flowers left by total strangers are
an uplifting sight. While flowers are offered to the sick, to the dying or to the dead, they nevertheless signify
vibrance, exuberance, upliftment and, ultimately, hope. They convey a message that all is not lost, that there is
a reason to celebrate or to be alive, that hope abounds, that there are fellow human beings who care.
_______11. While obviously not as exuberant as flowers, candles dont necessarily indicate grief. While often associated with
morbidity, candles can also mean hope that something or someone may pull through an impending sad fate,
that victory against a mishap, a disease or evil will somehow prevail. As the now trite saying goes: Why curse
the darkness when you can light a candle? The lightning of a candle is a statement, a stand, a resolve, and a
vigil.

Instruction: Read the paragraph below and analyze.

What I have found with autistic individuals and especially my niece whom I have observed from the age of six months,
is that it takes very little to overstimulate them. Their environment should be very orderly, calm and monochromatic. Mary, a
previous post, had mentioned blue and green as being good colors and she is correct. These colors calm, relax and nurture.
But more than these colors, you need to have a LOT of negative (blank) space in these rooms with light neutral colors as Mary
suggested. Use bright colors as accent colors in the form of pictures and/ or seasonal display but be careful even with that,
dont use very much. Surfaces with strong value contrast, especially flooring, can cause problems; the autistic person
sometimes does not see a black and white tiled floor as black and white, but the white tile as the floor and the black as a hole
and will be afraid to walk on it. The flooring should be close in value and hue to the walls. It has been very enlightening working
so closely with my niece and observing her progress. As a side line she has had sound therapy and it is a miracle what that
has done for her.

12. What is the paragraph all about?

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13. What is the author saying about the topic?

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14. Give two supporting details that explain the topic sentence?
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Instruction: Identify the following parts of a paragraph found in the selection.

Why is marking up a book indispensable to reading? First, it keeps you awake. (And I dont mean merely conscious; I
mean wide awake). In the second place, reading, if it is active, is training, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken
or written. The marked book is usually thought-through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the
thoughts the author expressed.

15. Topic ______________________________________________________________________

16. Topic sentence
17. Major supporting details
18. Minor supporting details
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Instruction: Put a check mark (/) before the line if it is a topic sentence and a cross () if it is only a topic.

____ 19. Interviewing a dynamic personality

____ 20. Interviewing is a dynamic and interactive process
____ 21. When the dawn breaks into morning
____ 22. The dawn breaks into morning
____ 23. Computers speeds up the processing of information
____ 24. The latest computer model in town
____ 25. Writing a paragraph is like building a house
____ 26. Building a house with a strong foundation
____ 27. Listen before you write the key points
____ 28. Note-taking is an important tool in learning