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FOURTH GRADING PERIOD

ENGLISH COMMUNICATION ARTS AND SKILLS THROUGH WORLD LITERATURE

(ENGLISH 10)

NAME: ___________________________________________ DATE: _________________

GRADE & SECTION: _____________________

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read the following directions carefully before answering the given items.
Follow the indicated instructions, write legibly and AVOID ERASURES.

KNOWLEDGE (70%)

TEST I: IDENTIFICATION. Identify the terms being described in the following sentences. Write your
answer
on the space provided.

__________________________ 1. It is the earliest literature of the ancient peoples, such as the Egyptian
and the Sumerians.
__________________________ 2. A type of lyric poem consisting of fourteen lines; the lines must be
iambic pentameter; and the lines must rhyme in a fixed pattern.
__________________________ 3. A type of poem which tells a story in poetic form.
__________________________ 4. It is a type of poem which lament the death of a famous public
personality, that of a friend, or of a mere acquaintance.
__________________________ 5. He is the writer of the poem, “The Charcoal Burner’s Son.”
__________________________ 6. It is an expanded paper that presents interpretations and analyses of
a phenomenon based on experiments and previous information.
__________________________ 7. It contains the summary of the research findings and conclusions.
__________________________ 8. This section in the literature review present some of the fundamental
concepts needed by the readers to better understand the study.
__________________________ 9. A part of a research report which describes how the experiments or
tests in the research were conducted.
__________________________ 10. This contains the different sources used in the study.
__________________________ 11. An area in the research report which provides an explanation of all
the results in relation to the previous studies presented in the literature review.
__________________________ 12. It is a type of figurative language which is giving human
characteristics to things that are not human.
__________________________ 13. The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an
object or action.
__________________________ 14. Comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as”.
__________________________ 15. A figurative language that uses words or phrases in which
contradictory or opposite terms are used together.

TEST II. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. Identify the type of figurative language used in the following
sentences. Write only the letter of your choice on the space
A. Simile
provided, use capital letters.
B. Hyperbole
C. Alliteration
D. Metaphor
E. Personification
F. Onomatopoeia
G. Oxymoron

_______ 16. The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice.
_______ 17. Spotlighting several special sports shows seems significant for TV.
_______ 18. The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the game.
_______ 19. Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.
_______ 20. The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.
_______ 21. The running shoes danced as the runner neared the finish line.
_______ 22. “Bang!” went the gun as the race started.
_______ 23. Steven boxes in the light-heavyweight division.
_______ 24. After the marathon, the runner was thirsty enough to drink the ocean.
_______ 25. The golf ball walked gently into the ninth hole.
_______ 26. The team members remained as cool as cucumbers after the game.

TEST III. TRUE/ FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct, and FALSE if it is incorrect.
__________ 27. An informative title is preferred when writing a research report.
__________ 28. The introduction contains the purpose of the study and the current state of the field of
study.
__________ 29. The discussion section presents the procedure undertaken to complete the study.
__________ 30. The literature review contains the explanation of relevant concepts and related
studies.
__________ 31. Poetry does not appeal to our imagination.
__________ 32. Figurative language is important in poetry.
__________ 33. An ode is a formal poem having a complex stanza pattern, and it is addressed to an
object or an idea.
__________ 34. A narrative poem is a short poem, which expresses feelings or emotions.
__________ 35. Poetry is compact language. Ideas are conveyed in few words.

PROCESS (20%)

TEST IV. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Direction: Read the following items and choose the best answer from the
given choices. Write the CAPITAL LETTER before the item number. Note: 2 points per item.

36-37. What figure of speech is used in the line below?

His bright eyes rolled, they never seemed to settle.
And glittered like the flowers beneath kettle:

A. Simile B. Hyperbole C. Metaphor D. Personification

38-39. Consider this poem titled WINGS written by Victor Hugo.

Be like the bird, who
Halting in his flight
On limb too slight
Feels it give way beneath him,
Yet snags
Knowing be hain wings

What advice does this poem give?

A. Listen to an advice
B. Believe in yourself
C. Be courageous
D. Don’t be over confident

40-41. William Wadswoth wrote SHE WAS PHANTOM OF DELIGHT from which the lines are taken.
She was a Phantom of Delight
When first gleamed upon my sight:
A lovely apparition, sent
To be a moment’s ornament:

What figure of speech is used?

A. Hyperbole B. Personification C. Metaphor D. Simile

42-43. What virtue is inferred in the poem?

Little Things
It’s the little things we do or say
That make or break the beauty of the average passing day
Hearts, like does will open with ease
To every, very little keys,
And don’t forget the two of these
Are “I thank you’, “If you please.”
-Anonymous
 A. Kindness C. Confidentiality
B. Friendliness D. Encouragement
44-45. What does William Norris want you to do in his ZIP THE LIP?
If your lips would keep from slips,
Five things observe with care;
To whom you speak: of whom you speak;
And how, when and where.

A. To be truthful
B. To be sincere
C. To show kindness
D. To observe confidentiality

UNDERSTANDING (10%)

TEST IV. 46-50. CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE. Write at least 30-word answer as your own
understanding to the poem excerpt below. Divert your answer to the point of view of decision making.
(5pts.)

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
- The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

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Good luck 

Prepared by:

Ms. Kimberly Ann Asuncion

Subject Teacher, English
 Divine Word College of Laoag
SCHOOL OF BASIC EDUCATION
High School Department
Laoag City

Table of Specification

ENGLISH COMMUNICATION ARTS AND SKILLS THROUGH WORLD LITERATURE

(Grade 10)

Fourth Quarter
2016-2017

CONTENT STANDARD: The learner...

 demonstrates understanding of how world literature and other text types serve as
instruments to resolve social conflicts, also how to use the language of research;
 enumerates the different kinds of poetry;
 identifies different figurative languages in poetry; and
 shows one’s understanding in analyzing a poem.

Number Item
Topic Type of Test Level
of Items Placement
Knowledge Process Understanding
 Research Paper and its Identification 6 6-11 /
Parts
True/False 4 27-30 /
 Poetry and its Kinds Identification 5 1-5 /
 Figurative Language Identification 4 12-15 /

Multiple Choice 11 16-26 /

True/False 5 31-35 /
 Poem Interpretation Multiple Choice 10 36-45 /

Constructed 5 46-50 /
Response

TOTAL 50 50

Prepared by:

KIMBERLY ANN ASUNCION

Teacher, English

Noted by:

DR. GLORIETTA B. SABAS

High School Principal

APPROVED:

REV. FR. DENNY D. LUCAS, SVD

Director-School of Basic Education