Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Western Visayas – Region VI
Division of Aklan
District of Ibajay East
NAISUD NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT &

PERFORMANCE TASK

ENGLISH 10
3rd Quarter, LAS 2

NAME: _____________________________
GRADE/SECTION: _____________________
DATE: ______________________________

Prepared by:

Maria Mae A. Dollosa

Subject Teacher
 WRITTEN TEST #2
DIRECTIONS: Read and understand the questions carefully. Write your answer on
the answer sheet attached on the following page. Do not forget to write your name and
the date you taken the test.

1. A type of writing that explains a certain problem or a topic.

A. Persuasive Writing C. Descriptive Writing
B. Argumentative Writing D. Informative Writing

2. This is the type of essay where you try to convince the reader to adopt your position
on an issue or point of view.
A. Persuasive Writing C. Descriptive Writing
B. Argumentative Writing D. Informative Writing

3. This is the type of essay where you confirm that your opinion, theory or hypothesis
about an issue is correct or more reliable than those of others.
A. Persuasive Writing C. Descriptive Writing
B. Argumentative Writing D. Informative Writing

4. What is the purpose of persuasive writing?

A. To inform B. To persuade C. To tell a story D. To tell 'how-
to

5. How many body paragraphs do you need, at least, in a persuasive essay?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 1

6. This type of writing provides information and explanations in a straightforward

manner to the readers.
A. Persuasive Writing C. Descriptive Writing
B. Argumentative Writing D. Informative Writing

7. This type of writing contains statistics, facts and writer’s personal ideas.
A. Persuasive Writing C. Descriptive Writing
B. Argumentative Writing D. Informative Writing

8. What part in the argumentative essay does the author introduce their point on the
argument?
A. Conclusion B. Introduction C. Objection D. Reply
9. In which part of the argumentative essay does the writer acknowledge the OPPOSING
viewpoint?
A. Counter argument C. Conclusion paragraph
B. First supporting detail D. Introduction

10. Which of the following is NOT in the introduction of an argumentative essay?

A. A hook C. A thesis statement
B. Background information D. A counter-argument

11. Which of the following should a writer be sure to include in an effective

argumentative essay?
A. A strong claim C. Logical reasoning
B. Relevant evidence D. All of the above

12. What written component will drive your informative essay?

A. Evidence B. Elaboration C. Thesis statement D. Hook

13. What should you keep in mind when writing your informative essay?
A. Audience, prompt, purpose C. Prompt, pencil, people
B. Task, purpose, audience D. The village blacksmith

14. What is the most important thing to remember when writing an informative essay?
A. A clear thesis statement C. Varied Transitions
B. Textual evidence D. All of these are correct

15. What is it called when you tell the reader where you got evidence from?
A. Demonstration B. Citation C. Analysis D. Memorization

16. What is a transition?

A. A statement about a central idea
B. A word or phrase that leads into the next idea
C. Using the sentence to guess the meaning of a word
D. The concluding sentence

17. What type of paragraphs does an Informational Essay contain?

A. Beginning/Middle/End C. Introduction/Body/Conclusion
B. Exposition/Rising Action/Solution D. First/Second/Third

18. Your opinion, evidence, organization

A. Incorrect Entertaining, evidence, elaboration
B. Entertaining, evidence, elaboration
C. Clear thesis, informs the reader, opinionated
D. Organization, clear and accurate, strong supporting evidence
19. Good writing stays objective avoiding phrases like I believe, I think, I would etc.?
A. True B. False

20. The purpose of persuasive writing is to tell a story.

A. True B. False

21. It is important for students to write for authentic purposes and real audiences.
A. True B. False

22. Informative speeches typically tell us what to think, and persuasive speeches tell us
what to think about.
A. True B. False

23. An informative speech may produce a strong desire from listeners to correct a
problem presented during the speech.
A. True B. False

24. Something known to be true is a fact.

A. True B. False

25. A personal view point is considered an opinion.

A. True B. False
ANSWER HERE
 PERFORMANCE TASK #2
Direction: Choose one from the following topics. Write an essay using the informative,
persuasive and argumentative writing techniques observing the rubric that
follows. Write your composition on a separate sheet of paper then attach/
insert your output here.

Criteria Highly Observed Moderately Poorly Points

(10) Observed (8) Observed (5)

The topic and The topic and The topic and

supporting supporting supporting
( What am statements are statements are statements are
I writing very clear, clear but one idea unclear and
about?) specific and sticks is irrelevant from mostly
to the chosen the chosen theme. irrelevant from
theme. the chosen
theme
Three (3) writing Two (2) writing Has not
techniques used techniques used employed any
were clear and were clear and writing
Writing evident and evident and techniques and
Techniques presented in presented in the
Employed interesting interesting presentation
sequence that sequence that needs total
readers can follow readers can revision.
follow
Presentation has Presentation has Presentation
no misspellings or no more than two has four or
grammatical misspellings more
Mechanics errors. and/or misspellings
grammatical and/or
errors. grammatical
errors.

Score:

Note: Written test and performance task are IMPORTANT PART of your GRADES. NO WRITTEN TEST and
PERFORMANCE TASK, NO GRADE!