Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Division of Roxas City
MILIBILI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Milibili, Roxas City

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

GRADE 11-FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

Name:_________________________Grade & Section:________________Score________

General Instructions:
1. Read the instructions carefully before answering.
2. Keep your eyes on your own paper. CHEATING IS THE SAME AS STEALING

I. TRUE OR FALSE. Write JESUS if the statement is true, and FALSE if it the statement is
incorrect.

_____1. Academic text are typically formal. They have clearly structured introduction,
body, and conclusion.
_____2. Academic texts are completely different from non-academic texts in terms of
structure, content, and style.
_____3. The thesis statement is always stated in the end of the first paragraph.
_____4. You don’t have to read the full text if you know how to spot its main idea.
_____5. Copying the main ideas from a book is a good idea of summarizing.
_____6. One of important guidelines in summarizing is reading and understanding the
message of the author, and locating the main idea.
_____7. Authors of academic texts usually present facts to support their main argument.
_____8.The thesis of a text is in thesis form.
_____9.The best way of summarizing is to add our analysis and comments to the ideas of
the author.
_____10. Academic writers take a subjective point of view.
_____11. Authors do not usually state critical questions and ideas.
_____12. The thesis statement should state just one thing, the one point you
will need to prove.
_____13. Paraphrasing is one illegitimate way (when accompanied by accurate
documentation) to borrow from a source.
____14. Paraphrasing is valuable skill because it helps us control to quote too much.
____15.Outline establishes the “shape” that essay will take

II. IDENTIFICATION. You may choose your answer from the box located below.
 Body Plagiarism Conclusion

Outline Academic Text Thesis Statement

Topic Sentence Paraphrasing Summarizing

Introduction

_________________1. Presents or describes the point of the paragraph. It the main idea of
the paragraph.
_________________2. Presents or describes the point of an essay. In an academic text,
the thesis statement is usually presented in the abstract or executive summary or found
at the last part of the introduction.
_________________3. The use of ideas and any relevant information of others without
giving proper credit or acknowledgment.
_________________4. A reading material that provides information which includes
concepts and theories that are related to the specific discipline.
_________________5. It is often used to determine the essential ideas in a book,
article, book chapter, an article or parts of an article.
________________6. It is one’s own rendition of essential information and ideas
expressed by someone else, presented in a new form.
________________7. It is an opening of an essay or speech, which typically
identifies the topic, arouses interest, and prepares the audience for the
development of the thesis.
_______________8. It serves to give the reader closure, or summing up the
essay’s point or providing a final viewpoint about the topic.
_______________9.It is the part of an essay, report, or speech that explain and
develop the main idea (or thesis). It is usually the longest part of the essay.
_________________10. Outline establishes the “shape” that essay will take. It serves
as guide the writer as to what details are supposed to be included in an essay.

III. Enumeration

3 Main Parts of Essay

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3.
Examples of Academic Text
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3 Formats in Summarizing
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IV. IDENTIFYING THESIS STATEMENT. Identify the thesis statement in the given
paragraph.

As a high school dropout myself and now a mother of six, one child being a
recent high school graduate, one just entering high school, and another soon to
enter high school in a year with three others trailing behind, I often find myself
reflecting on my high school years. Why was I so unmotivated to finish high
school? What made me want to go back to school? The question it all comes
down to is, what can be done to prevent high school students from losing
motivation, detouring them from dropping out and not becoming just another
statistic? Motivating high school students may seem like a daunting task;
however, it is easier than we think by encouraging them, helping them acquire
their own aspirations, and making school interesting. Students will not only meet
graduation requirements, but they will feel a sense of accomplishment while
doing it.

Thesis Statement:_____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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V. Essay.
Choose one question to answer. Use the space provided below. (5 points)
1. Why is thesis statement important in an academic text?
2. What is the use of paraphrasing? Why is it important?
3. What is good summarizing?

Prepared by:

SOPHIA A. ARTATES
Teacher 1