Third Grading Period

REMEDIAL TEST In ENGLISH 10

Name: ______________________________________ Grade & Section: ____________________ Score: _________

Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer

1. The following statements are parts of an argumentation. Which of them is the writer's claim?
A. People should be encouraged to adopt a pet.
B. Having a pet at home is good for mental health.
C. Interacting with animals has been shown to decrease levels of cortisol (a stress-related hormone) and lower blood pressure.
D. Other studies have found that animals can reduce loneliness, increase feelings of social support, and boost your mood.

2. The government should set limitations on how people use social media. A new study found that individuals who are involved in social media, games, texts,
mobile phones, etc. are more likely to experience depression. A previous study found a 70% increase in self-reported depressive symptoms among the group
using social media.
What argumentative writing technique is shown in the paragraph?
A. Use evidence to support your side.
B. Show why the other side is weak.
C. Use logical connectors.
D. All of the above

3. What persuasive technique can help you convince your readers by making them remember the words and phrases in your essay and creating greater
familiarity with your message?
A. Bandwagon
B. Appeal to Emotion
C. Appeal to Authority
D. Repetition

4. This persuasive technique is about getting people to do or think something because “everyone else is doing it” or “everything else thinks this.”
A. Appeal to Emotion
B. Bandwagon
C. Repetition
D. Appeal to Authority

5. One persuasive technique is using rhetorical questions. Which of the following is NOT an example of a rhetorical question?
A. Who doesn’t want to experience progress?
B. What qualities do you look for in a leader?
C. How long do we have to suffer from this?
D. Can’t we do anything right?

6. Front liners during the pandemic should ______________ receive an award for their bravery and dedication. Which word or expression should be placed
on the blank?
A. hardly
B. rarely
C. certainly
D. scarcely

7. Now that NCR is in alert level 1, people are now _______ hesitant to go out in public. Which of the following is the appropriate word or expression in the
blank?
A. No
B. No longer
C. Not
D. Both B and C

8. With the start of limited face-to-face classes, learners are ____________ excited to see their classmates. The missing word in the sentence is an adverb of
A. Affirmation
B. Negation
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above

9. Making use of nonlinear texts such as flowcharts, graphs, and graphic organizers is a technique used in ______________.
A. Informative writing
B. Persuasive writing
C. Argumentative writing
D. Both B and C

10. Using statistics, facts, and figures is a technique used in ______________.

A. Informative writing
B. Persuasive writing
C. Argumentative writing
D. Both B and C
11. It important for a writer to know his or her audience to identify the writing technique that would work best. Which of the following does NOT show a
writer’s consideration of his or her audience?
A. Telling about a personal inspirational story in a congratulatory speech for a Moving Up Ceremony
B. Using a lot of unfamiliar words and difficult vocabulary in writing for out-of-school youth
C. Using formal language in writing for a speech contest in school
D. Using scientific terms in an essay writing contest entry about climate change

12. Which of the following are related tasks performed by a critique paper?
A. Application of Evidence and Analysis of Evidence
B. Analysis of Evidence and Understanding of Evidence
C. Understanding of Evidence and Evaluation of Evidence
D. Analysis of Evidence and Evaluation of Evidence

13. Below are parts of a critique of a novel. Which of the following is part of the evaluation of the PLOT?
A. In the opening chapter, it’s nighttime, there is a manor, a dark forest, strong winds and rain. The important thing here is to make sure the
weather is consistent. In the forest, it’s windy and rainy, but when Marlo is looking through the window, the sky is bluish and clear, with no sign
of wind or rain. 
B. You wisely start in the middle of the action and propel the protagonist—and the reader—into the unknown, which we know is going to be
dangerous. There are encounters—with a mysterious creature and an attack by wolves—that keep the action going and the reader reading—all
good.
C. Marlo is the second major character and he is intriguing, because not only is he a vampire, but a remorseful one. That in itself makes him rise a
bit above the stock vampires you see in fiction and movies.
D. Voice is partly how characters speak as well as how the story is written. I found that the most glaring inconsistency in voice is in the leader's
diction.

14. Which of the following is part of the evaluation of the SETTING?

A. In the opening chapter, it’s nighttime, there is a manor, a dark forest, strong winds and rain. The important thing here is to make sure the
weather is consistent. In the forest, it’s windy and rainy, but when Marlo is looking through the window, the sky is bluish and clear, with no sign
of wind or rain. 
B. You wisely start in the middle of the action and propel the protagonist—and the reader—into the unknown, which we know is going to be
dangerous. There are encounters—with a mysterious creature and an attack by wolves—that keep the action going and the reader reading—all
good.
C. Marlo is the second major character and he is intriguing, because not only is he a vampire, but a remorseful one. That in itself makes him rise a
bit above the stock vampires you see in fiction and movies.
D. Voice is partly how characters speak as well as how the story is written. I found that the most glaring inconsistency in voice is in the leader's
diction.

15. Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy presents a view of a society ridden by poverty and scarcity for most of the population. The rich elite hold a
competition pitting the poor against each other and lionize that competition. Nevertheless, bonds of humanity form between competitors from the poverty-
ridden districts, hinting that the competition is a mere ideological tool used by the rich.
This shows that The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is an example of _______________ literature.
A. Marxist
B. Moralist
C. Formalist
D. Historical

16. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins also presents itself as pro-feminist. Why?
A. It challenges gender stereotypes by presenting a female protagonist
B. The female protagonist does not make her own decisions
C. It shows that men are superior to women
D. The female protagonist is afraid to express her opinion

17. In T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” fog is described as “The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes/The yellow smoke that
rubs its muzzle on the window-panes.” Here, Eliot is personifying the fog by giving it the attributes of a cat. What literary theory is this that uses figurative
language?
A. Structuralist
B. Feminist
C. Marxist
D. Historical

18. What does a Formalist critique of “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty analyze in this paragraph? Through Phoenix's strenuous journey in the wild country of
Natchez Trace, Eudora Welty uses her protagonist to symbolically show the struggle of African-Americans toward equality and integration in the South
after the Civil War.
A. How it begins
B. what are the actions of the characters
C. what is the point of view of the narrator
D. how it ends

19. Which of the following does NOT show a Feminist approach in literary criticism?
A. a critique of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew where a female character was abused
B. a critique of novels where female characters always need saving from powerful males
C. a critique of a story written by a man that stereotypes women as weak and vain
D. a critique of a novel that includes only African people in servant characters

20. The following questions can be answered when writing a critique with a moralist approach except
A. What moral and ethical teachings does the author present?
B. Does the literature seek negative influence?
C. What is the role of money in the plot of the story?
 D. How does the literature play out ethical principles?

Quarter 3 Assessment
Answer Key

1. A
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. A
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. A
15. A
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. C