Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division of Negros Oriental
Sibulan North District
AJONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SY: 2022-2023

DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN READING AND WRITING SKILLS 11

2ND SEMESTER

Name: ______________________________________________________ Score: ______________________

Multiple choice. Choose the correct answer and write only the letter on the blank provided before each number.

_________1. It organizes ideas to show how a set of evidence leads to a logical conclusion or argument.
a. comparison and contrast b. Narration c. Persuasion
_________2. The author's purpose in this pattern of paragraph development is to show similarities and differences.
a. comparison and contrast b. Narration c. Persuasion
_________3. It provides specific details about what something looks, smells, tastes, sounds, or feels like.
a. Description b. Narration c. Persuasion
_________4. It is telling a story.
a. Description b. Narration c. Persuasion
_________5. This pattern is used to provide an example of something.
a. Description b. Exemplification c. Persuasion
_________6. Which of the following is not a property of a well-written text?
a. Coherence and Cohesion b. Paragraphing c. Organization
_________7. A well-written text is...
a. the writer’s knowledge of the fundamental properties of grammar
b.built around effective paragraphing, on coherence and on established conventions
c.the properties that show the interplay of both the physical aspects of organization and deeper textual aspects
_________8. Which property of a well-written text constitutes proper paragraphing and logical order of presentation of ideas?
a. Organization b. Coherence and Cohesion c. Language Use
_________9. Which property of a well-written text constitutes features that facilitate textual continuity?
a. Organization b. Coherence and Cohesion c. Language Use
________10. Which property of a well-written text refers to the appropriate language to be used in writing/speaking?
a. Organization b. Coherence and Cohesion c. Language Use
________11. This refers to the “grammatical” aspects of writing and is focused on the degree to which sentences (or even
different parts of a sentence) are connected so that the flow of ideas is easy to follow.
a. Organization b. Coherence and Cohesion c. Language Use
________12. It is organizing ideas by dividing text into paragraphs and making the writer’s thinking visible to the readers.
a. Organization b. Paragraphing c. Outlining
________13. This type of claim makes an assertion about something that can be proved or disproved with factual evidence.
a. Claim of fact b. Claim of value c. Claim of policy
________14. This type of claim argues that something is good or bad, or right or wrong or that one thing is better than another
thing.
a. Claim of fact b. Claim of value c. Claim of policy
________15. This type of claim argues that certain conditions should exist, or that something should or should not be done, in
order to solve a problem.
a. Claim of fact b. Claim of value c. Claim of policy
________16. Which of the following does not describe hypertext?
a. It allows readers to access information particularly suited to their needs.
b. It permits readers to create their own meaning out of the material given to them and learn better associatively.
c. It is a linear way of presenting information and is usually accomplished and connected using “links”.
________17. Which of the following is not a characteristic of hypertext?
a. Text flows in a straight line through a book.
b. It acts as a bridge between two basic, opposite, and complementing elements: free and shortcut.
c. In a hypertext system, the reader is free to navigate information by exploring the connections provided.

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________18. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Hypertext is usually read in a linear manner.
b. A link may stock the reader to only a brief sentence, to a paragraph, or to whole pages of new text.
c. User follows a link from its source to its destination, usually by clicking on source with the mouse.
________19. Which of the following statements is not true about hypertext?
a. All textual information is easily presented in a linear form.
b. A hypertext environment gives the learner control over paths of learning.
c. Hypertext allows readers to analyze information from multiple perspectives.
________20. In 1963, the term hypertext was coined by ______________.
a.Ned Nelson b. Ted Jackson c. Ted Nelson
________21. This method of text development allows the writers to produce texts with borrowed ideas from other writers.
a. Hypertext b. Intertext c. context
________22. Which of the following is not an example of intertextuality?
a. The song Love Story by Taylor Swift was described as one of the modern versions of Romeo and Juliet due to
its lyrics.
b. Clueless was the basis of Iggy Azalea’s music video Fancy.
c. Harry Potter was originally written by J. K. Rowling
________23. Who coined the term ‘intertextuality’ in 1960s?
a. Ferdinand de Saussure b. Laurent Jenny c. Julia Kristeva
________24. Intertextuality is important because _______________________.
a. It allows the writer to reshape a text to be in a better form.
b. It enables the readers to see how original the text is.
c. It promotes originality.
________25.Which of the following is not a kind of an intertextual relationship?
a. Bibliography b. Quotation c. Allusion

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