READING AND WRITING SKILLS VI.
Complete the following sentences:
FOURTH QUARTER
LONG TEST #1
Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________________
Section: ___________________________ Teacher: _________________
I. CONTEXT
Read the paragraph below and analyze its context.
In your analysis, define the subject, purpose, and audience of the text and
determine the situation in which the text is produced.
There are moments when owners misunderstand their cats. Owners need
to understand a cat's traits first before they adopt one. For instance, cats
are often seen as pets with low energy because they spend most of their
time lying around. However, cats are also supposed to do hunting and
hiding as it is a part of their natural traits. Owners should allow their cats to
have a chance to hunt by giving them a space to climb, scratch, and play.
Owners should also pay attention to what they feed their pets. It should
depend on the breed, size, and age of the cat. The texture of the food
should also matter because cats are after the smell and texture rather than
the taste of their food.
FOLLOW THE FORMAT:
SUBJECT: ______________________________________________
PURPOSE: _______________________________________________
AUDIENCE:
_____________________________________________________
OCCASION/SITUATION:
___________________________________________
II. INTERTEXT
Write true if the statement is correct and false if the statement is incorrect.
______1. The term intertextuality is coined by William Fitzgerald, a French
writer.
______2. The goal of intertextuality is to link a text to other texts.
______3. Intertextuality confuses the readers on what the text really
means.
______4. Social and political contexts can only be shown in writing through
intertextuality.
______5. In Bridget Jones’s Diary, Bridget’s parents were referenced from
the attitudes shown by Fitzgerald Darcy.
III. HYPERTEXT
Write true if the sentence is correct and false if the sentence is incorrect.
______1. Hypertexts are associated with computing.
______2. Hypertexts are derived from hypotext through transformation.
______3. Michael Riffaterre coined the term hypertext. ______4. Readers
do not have any control with what they can experience in a text.
______5. Hypotexts elaborate and transform a hypertext.
IV. APPLICATIONS OF TEXT DEVELOPMENT TO CRITICAL READING
Put a check (✔) before the number if answering the question is essential to
critical reading.
_____1. What does it say about the subject?
_____2. When did the story take place?
_____3. How does the author’s work transform the other text?
_____4. What is the climax of the text?
_____5. What can you suggest to make the text better?
V. Identify the type of assertion described in each number.
_____ 1. This is a firm but respectful statement made by a person who is
expecting another person’s response to his or her earlier assertion.
_____ 2. This states three closely related actions: an action that was
supposed to be done, the actual action, and the action that the speaker
wants done.
_____ 3. It describes the person’s feelings toward a certain negative
behavior and states what he or she desires to happen.
_____ 4. It is an acknowledgment of the other person’s feelings or situation
and at the same time a show of support to the rights of the person.
_____ 5. To make this assertion, one gives a reason or an explanation for a
good feeling.
1. Persuasive texts have assertions that are not __________________.
2. Assertions in argumentative texts present __________ for their
arguments. Answer the following questions in your own words. Answer in
three to five sentences:
3. When writing your own assertion about a persuasive or argumentative
text, why is it necessary to either uplift or undermine the original author’s
assertions in your own text?
4 to 5. Answer in four to seven sentences: What were the differences
between the assertion against the persuasive text (advertisement) and the
one against the argumentative text? Based on the lesson, why do you think
those differences exist?
VII. Read the following excerpt of an essay. Then, answer the guide questions
in your own words.
Is Your Home as Childproofed as You Think? (Excerpt)
By NewsUSA
Nearly seven times a day, some young child is rushed to the emergency
room after being burned — or worse — from having stuck something as
innocuous as a paperclip into an electrical outlet, according to the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Ah, but being the diligent parent you are, you’re sure those plastic outlet
caps you installed for childproofing purposes will keep your own kids safe,
right?
Not so fast.
A study conducted by Temple University found that it took less than 10
seconds for 100 percent of children ages 2 to 4 to remove them from
sockets. And that should scare you for an additional reason.
“It poses a choking hazard for small children,” says Brett Brenner, president
of the nonprofit Electrical Safety Foundation International (Esfi.org), which
promotes electrical safety in homes and workplaces. “And because plastic
caps do need to be removed for the outlet to be functional, there’s the
inherent safety threat of forgetting to recover the outlet when it’s no
longer in use.”
Brenner, as it turns out, also has a problem with the less-popular sliding
receptacle covers. “They’re no match for the impressionable minds of
children, who can learn to defeat the devices by watching their parents
plug objects into them.”
So what does he recommend? The same technology — called tamper-
resistant receptacles — that was deemed so effective that it’s actually been
required in hospital pediatric care facilities for more than 20 years. But it
remained something of a trade secret until its use was finally mandated in
all new home construction under the National Electrical Code in 2008.
To look at them, TRRs appear to be ordinary outlets — a blessing for those
who consider plastic caps a bit of an eyesore — but they’re specifically
designed with spring-loaded receptacle cover plates that close off all
openings or slots. Only by simultaneously applying pressure to both sides
do the cover plates open to allow standard plugs to make contact with the
receptacle contact points.
“Without that simultaneous pressure,” Brenner explains, “the cover plates
remain closed, preventing the insertion of foreign objects and thus
protecting children from painful, traumatic electrical injuries.”
1. What does the writer discuss in the text?
2. What point is the writer trying to make?
3. What ideas is the writer trying to disprove?
4. What does the writer want readers to believe?
5. What does the writer feel regarding the issue?
VIII. Complete the following sentences:
1. The assertions within a literary text can be concealed
______________________________________.
2. In order to discern the author’s assertions, it is important to
_____________________________________________________________
_____.
3. To formulate assertions regarding literary texts, you need to evaluate
their
_____________________________________________________________
______. Answer the following questions in your own words. Answer in
three to five sentences:
4. What are the main differences between assertions about
persuasive/argumentative texts and assertions about literary texts?
5. Why is it necessary to pay attention to the concealed assertions of a
literary text (religious views, societal views, etc.) before writing your own
assertions?