MIDTERM EXAMINATION SUBJECT READING AND WRITING SKILLS 11 PREPARED BY MR.

DEXTER DULALIA VARGAS 55

BLESSED NAME OF MARY LEARNING SCHOOL, INC.

San Isidro, Pili, Camarines Sur
School Year 2018-2019

NAME: __________________________________________________________________________________________ SCORE:

GRADE: __________ SECTION: Our Lady of .DATE: ____________________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

INSTRUCTION: Read, comprehend, and analyze each of the following questions. Choose the best answer by writing the letter of your answer
on the space provided before each number. PLEASE OBSERVE: NO ERASURES AND NO AMBIGUOUS ANSWERS.

GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!

______1. “Twas brillig, and the slithy toves, did gyre and gimble in the wabe” are lines from the nonsensical poem entitled ‘Jabberwocky’
written by _____________.
a. Leo Tolstoy c. Lewis Carroll
b. William Shakespeare d. Bienvenido Santos
______2. A skill that involves quick going through beginning and concluding sentences of paragraphs because these usually talk about the
topic of the text.
a. Scanning c. Previewing
b. Skimming d. Reading
______3. When you try to look for specific information from a specific text without reading the entire text, you are probably __________.
a. Scanning c. Previewing
b. Skimming d. Reading
______4. It is a skill that helps you familiarize the contents of the selection and also helps you focus on the important information in the text
a. Scanning c. Previewing
b. Skimming d. Reading
______5. These are words or phrases that shout “stop! don’t use the dictionary’’, whenever you see an unfamiliar word in a passage
a. Context clues c. Thesis statement
b. Diagrams d. Denotation
______6. When you make notes on your copy of the reading, you are probably _______.
a. Outlining c. Annotating
b. Summarizing d. Questioning
______7. A technique of getting the main points of the essay and important supporting details; getting the gist of the text.
a. Outlining c. Annotating
b. Summarizing d. Questioning
______8. A way of developing your critical thinking by writing your feelings and ideas in reaction to your reading assignment.
a. Outlining c. Annotating
b. Summarizing d. Questioning
______9. A type of claim that states a quantifiable assertion.
a. Claim of fact c. Claim of policy
b. Claim of value d. Claim of remedy
______10. These are declarative sentences that claim something is true about something else.
a. Claim c. Assertion
b. Context d. Hypertext

TEST II. CONTEXT CLUES

INSTRUCTION: Read, comprehend, and analyze each of the following questions. Choose the best answer by writing the letter of your answer
on the space provided before each number. PLEASE STRICTLY OBSERVE: NO ERASURES AND NO AMBIGUOUS ANSWERS.

______1. The archeologist carefully removed the tome from its ancient resting place and proceeded to read the pages related to marriage
in ancient Greece. What does the word tome probably mean?
a. Pen b. weapon c. book d. sausage
______2. The Navajo language is an unwritten language of extreme complexity with no alphabet or symbols, and is spoken only on the
lands of the Navajo Nation in the American Southwest. During World War II a Navajo code was created for the U.S. Navy. This code was
virtually undecipherable to anyone except Navajo speaking persons. What does the word virtually probably mean?
a. pleasant b. almost c. never d. always
______3. Lakes occupy less than two percent of the Earth’s surface, yet they help sustain life. For instance, lakes give us fish to eat,
irrigate crops, and generate electrical power. What does the word sustain probably mean?
a. support b. obstruct c. prolong d. destroy
______4. The ancient Greeks pioneered many of the kinds of writing we consider standard today. They wrote speeches, plays, poems,
books about science and learning, long histories of the things that happened to them. What does the word pioneered probably mean?
a. complicated b. developed c. destroyed d. explored
______5. Fifty-five mostly prominent, male delegates attended the Philadelphia Convention in 1787. About seventy-five percent of the
delegates had served in Congress and others were important people in their home states. These men are often referred to as the Framers
of the Constitution. What does the word prominent probably mean?
a. unimportant b. unknown c. common d. important

TEST III. IDENTIFICATION

INSTRUCTION: Read, comprehend, and analyze each of the following phrases. Write your answer on the space provided before each number.
PLEASE STRICTLY OBSERVE: NO ERASURES AND NO AMBIGUOUS ANSWERS

______________1. Information that is clearly stated.

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______________2. Ideas that are just suggested not directly stated.

______________3. Central argument or thesis statement of the text.
______________4. It is the social, cultural, political, historical, and other related circumstances that surrounds the text.
______________5. The modeling of a text’s meaning by another text.
______________6. Nonlinear way of showing information.
______________7. Statement that can be proven objectively by direct experience, testimonies of witnesses, verified observations, or the results of research.
______________8. First stage of the writing process.
______________9. The subject of the specific issue that your paper will discuss. .
______________10. Uses the force of narration to draw a stream of connected ideas out of the writer’s mind

TEST IV. THESIS STATEMENTS

INSTRUCTION: Formulate thesis statements from the following topics below:

TOPICS THESIS STATEMENT

Senior High School

Procrastination

E-books

Relaxation

Bicol Tourism

TEST V. ESSAY
INSTRUCTION: Answer the following questions below. Use correct grammar, proper spelling, and readable handwriting. PLEASE AVOID
ERASURES. Use 3-5 sentences only. Each explanation is worth 5 points. THIS TEST PAPER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY YOUR ADVISER
UNLESS YOU ANSWERED IT COMPLETELY.

1. What do you think is the most important benefit of pre-writing?

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2. How will you compare and contrast previewing, skimming, and scanning?
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3. How do audience, purpose, subject, and context shape writing?
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4. How does critical reading improve your writing?
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Submitted to: Noted by:

MS. NOREEN CARMELA O. MARPURI MRS. NOEMI O. MARPURI

Senior High School Coordinator School Directress

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