2nd SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 10

I. IDENTIFICATION. Directions: Choose an answer from the pool of words.

Juncture Divine Comedy Shakesperean Sonnet Impromptu Iambic Pentameter

Rhyme Scheme Virgil Argumentative Essay Song of Roland Petrarchan Sonnet

Body Violence Conclusion Fraud Pitch

Limbo Family Extemporaneous Introduction Betrayal

1. It is a line of verse with five metrical feet each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed)
syllable.
2. It is the circle for the sodomites, usurers, and blasphemers.
3. It is the manner in which words come together and a connection is made
4. It is applied to a speech given, a poem recited, or a song sung without advance notice or warming.
5. It is composed of 14,233 lines that are divided into 3 cantiche each consisting of 33 cantos.
6. It is one of the parts of argumentative essay that introduces the problem and gives background information needed for the
argument and the thesis statement.
7. It is a pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or a song.
8. It is the coldest circle of Inferno.
9. It is the property of sound with variation in frequency of vibration.
10. It is an epic poem and as such, deals with the heroic deeds of great men. It was written in the Medieval Period A.D. 450-1300.
11. It tries to change the reader’s mind by convincing the reader to agree with the writer’s point of view.
12. It is especially applied to an unmemorized speech given from notes or an outline.
13. It is one of the parts of argumentative essay restates the main claim and gives one or 2 statements that summarize the arguments.
14. It is the circle for the unbaptized and virtuous pagans.
15. It is the smallest unit in the society.
16. He accompanied Dante in his journey through hell.
17. It is named after the 14th century Italian poet. It has an octet or octave followed by a sestet.
18. It is form of sonnet that has three quatrains followed by a couplet.
19. It is one of the parts of argumentative essay that contains the reasons and supporting materials.
20. It is the circle for fortune tellers.

II. LITERATURE. Direction: Identify the form of sonnet and rhyme scheme observed in the poem.

Last word of each line Rhyme Scheme

SONNET XIIV
21.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
22.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
23.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
24. And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
25. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
26. And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
27. And every fair from fair sometime declines,
28. By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;
29. But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
30. Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
31. Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
32. When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.
33. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
34. So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

35. The form of sonnet is ___________________.

III. VOCABULARY. Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.

36. They blasphemed God, their parents, their time on earth. What does the underlined word mean?
a. existing from the beginning b. to speak of or address with irreverence c. a crying out in grief
36. I made out a throng assembled on the beach of a wide river. What does the underlined word mean?
a. a crying out in grief b. to crowd together in great numbers c. a series of loops
37. Here sighs and cries and wails coiled. What does the underlined word mean?
a. to beat as if by blows of a whip b. series of loops c. crying out in grief
38. I was raised here by the divine omnipotence. What does the underlined word mean?
a. crying out in grief b. an agency or force of unlimited power c. series of loops
39. Their lamentation stuns the very air. What does the underlined word mean?
a. to beat as if by blows of a whip b. crying out in grief c. series of loops
40. Scourged them from Heaven for its perfect beauty. What does the underlined word mean?
a. to beat as if by blows of a whip b. to crowd together in great numbers c. crying out in grief