Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS
City of Naga, Cebu
ULING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

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FILIPINO SA PILING LARANG (AKADEMIK)
PINAL NA PAGSUSULIT SA FILIPINO (UNANG SEMESTRE)
STEM 12 AT GAS 12

NAME: ______________________________ YR. AND SEC: ______________ SCORE: _______

Directions: Read each item comprehensively and write the letter of the correct answer on
extra sheet of paper.
1. This refers to a published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the
issuer, be it an individual, group, political party or government
a. Law
b. Texts
c. Manifesto
d. Arguments

2. This is a kind of writing where the students establishes a position in a given topic
and then uses evidence to persuade the audience to see things from his/her point of
view.
a. Academic text
b. Literary Writing
c. Argumentative writing
d. Comprehensive Writing

3. In academic writing, this is usually a main idea, often called a “claim” or “thesis
statement,” backed up with evidence that supports the idea.
a. concept
b. question
c. research
d. argument

4. In analyzing an issue and developing an argument, the following may be included as

supporting evidence EXCEPT;
a. diaries
b. current issues
c. in-depth studies
d. position papers and analyses

5. The following are the things to do to write a great argument, EXCEPT;

a. make a diary of events
b. make an educated stance
c. investigate several sides of the argument
d. collect evidence, including facts, statistics, and claims

6. What is the best definition for claim?

a. A statement you believe to be false
b. A statement you believe to be true
c. Evidence that proves something right
d. An opinion

7. What does ‘reasonable argument’ mean?

a. A strong statement
b. A written response to a claim
c. An explanation that connects your evidence back to the claim
d. An opinion you believe in

8. It is the proof from credible sources used to support the writer's claims.
a. Claim
b. Counter Argument
c. Argument
d. Evidence

9. Champorado or chocolate rice porridge is Filipino’s most favorite food for breakfast. The
statement is an example of…
a. Claim
b. Counter Argument
c. Evidence
d. Defense

10. According to the American Health Association, peanut butter is a great source of
protein. The statement is an example of…
a. Defense
b. Claim
c. Evidence
d. Counter Argument

11. The doctor told me to eat less sugar as it can cause health issues later in life. What
type of appeal is used in this statement?
a. Ethical
b. Emotional
c. Logical
d. Ethical

12. The temperatures in the summer, on average, are much warmer than any other
season. The statement is an example of…
a. Counter Argument
b. Defense
c. Claim
d. Evidence

13. It is the opposing claim; the other side.

a. Claim
c. Counter Argument
b. Evidence
d. Defense _

14. Which of the following is the best example of an argument?

a. How COVID Patients Survive: Five Surprising Facts
b. Video gamers should play Fortnite because it increases mental agility and you can
make new friends.
c. Have you ever wondered what makes Philippines susceptible to earthquake?
d. Milk is healthier than soda.

15. Which of the arguments is logical appeal?

a. Everyone knows that bottled drinking water is healthy.
b. Water bottles can be recycled, but many don't get recycled.
c. Filipinos use 163 million plastic sachet packets daily
d. Using refillable water bottles can help reduce the amount of trash in our landfills.

16. The following situations allow the speaker to use ethical appeal, EXCEPT
a. A commercial for a certain detergent claims that you should use it because studies
have shown that it leaves colors 20 percent brighter than other detergents and costs 25
percent less than other brands.
b. One of the contestants on The Voice argues that the judges should choose her not
because her voice sounds good, but because she has so much experience singing
and knows everything required of her to be a top-notch rock star in today’s media.
c. In a campaign commercial, a politician cites promises he has made and kept in
previous offices and jobs, showing that he will make a reliable, trustworthy leader.
d. Another commercial for a detergent has a well-known talk show host who often
has housekeeping tips on her show present the product as better than the competition.

17. Which one is an example of a reason to support a claim?

a. My parents say I don't need more allowance, but they don't realize what my expenses
are.
b. I need a larger allowance because I don't have enough money for lunch or
transportation.
c. I need a larger allowance.
d. Students allowance should be increased

18. Which of the following is the best claim/stand for increasing legal driving age?
a. No, the legal driving age should not increase.
b. The legal driving age should be increased to 20 so you have less accidents.
c. I believe the legal driving age should remain at eighteen.
d. The legal driving age is18.

19. What is strong evidence?

a. Opinions
b. Facts
c. Counterclaims
d. Numbers

19. Which piece of evidence could BEST be used to defend this claim: The government
SHOULD decide what students eat for lunch.
a. School lunches, on average have only about 550 calories; however, lunches brought
from home have about 850 calories.
b. Report said that students refused to eat school lunches for three weeks.
c. The rules make lunches cheap for students, but they cost schools money.
d. School canteen should prepare healthy lunch for students.

20. A position paper is sometimes called .

A. Concept paper
B. Technical report
C. Point of view paper
D. Critique paper

21. The following are essential in writing the position paper, except
A. Introduce the topic
B. Provide background on the topic to explain why it is important
C. Assert the thesis
D. Provide explanation but not the evidence

22. It is a one- sentence statement about the topic.

A. Thesis
B. Argument
C. Main idea
D. Introduction
23. What source to use if you are doing introductory information and overviews?
A. Books, government reports
B. B. Academic journals
C. Newspapers, magazines
D. Directories, encyclopedias, handbooks

24. The following are asked to present a strong argument, except

A. Is it a real issue, with genuine controversy and uncertainty?
B. Can you identify at least two distinctive positions?
 C. Is this a lengthy issue?
D. Are you personally interested in advocating one of these positions?

25. What type of academic writing that presents the writer’s stand or viewpoint on a
particular issue by outlining arguments and proposing the course of action?
a. Concept Paper
c. Critique Paper
b. Position Paper
d. Research Paper

26. It is a document or letter publicly declaring the position or program, a set of ideas,
opinions, or views and can also lay out a plan of action and is often political in nature.
a. Research Paper
c. Abstract
b. Book Review
d. Manifesto

27. In which part of a manifesto or a position paper where the writer expresses his/her
stand about an issue which is strongly supported by evidence?
a. Introduction
c. Body
b. Conclusion
d. Reference

28. In which part of a manifesto or a position paper where the writer’s vision about the
issue are stated ending with a powerful call for action?
a. Introduction
c. Body
b. Conclusion
d. Reference

29. It represents the writer’s thoughts and opinions about an issue.

a. argument
c. reason
b. stand/claim
d. counterclaim

30. Which of the following can be used as supporting evidence?

a. factual knowledge
c. personal opinion
c. hearsays
d. suggestion

31. In a faulty analogy, the things being compared are…

a. Sufficiently similar
b. Sufficiently similar in irrelevant ways
c. Complete opposites
d. Not sufficiently similar in relevant ways

32. Rejecting a claim by criticizing the person who makes it rather than the claim itself is
known as the fallacy of…
a. Appeal to emotion
b. Appeal to the person
c. Badwagon
d. Post Hoc

33. Slippery-slope pattern of argument is fallacious when…

a. It is hypothetical
b. There is good reason to think that doing one action will inevitably lead to another undesirable
action
c. There are only two possible results
d. There is no good reason to think that doing one action will inevitably lead to another
undesirable action.

34. The statement below is an example of ________.

“ I guess I should buy my 6-year-old son an iPhone. Everyone at her new
school has one and I want him to fit in with the other kids.”
a. Appeal to false authority
b. Bandwagon
c. Slippery slope
d. Straw man

35. What is a logical fallacy?

a. An argument with a premise and conclusion
b. An argument that contains a non-statement
c. An argument that contains mistake in reasoning
d. All of the above

36. Why is this a logical fallacy? “All elephants are big. Some boys are big. Therefore
some boys are elephants.”
a. It over simplifies.
b. It only gives two choices in a lager problem.
c. It says the two thing always happen together.
d. It says A is true so B is true so A+B must be true.

37. The following are examples of False Dilemma except…

a. Do you want your taxes to go up? If not vote for Johnny for president.
b. Use our fertilizer or your crops will wither.
c. Liver damage leads to alcoholism.
d. Love me or leave me.

38. In a conditional statement, the first part is the antecedent and the second part is
the…
a. Consequent
b. Disjunctive
c. Predicate
d. Subject

39. Identify the consequent in the following statement: If I have caffeine in the evening,
then I will be awake all night.
a. If I have a caffeine in the evening
b. If I have caffeine
c. Then I will be awake all night
d. All night

40. Which of the following involves the fallacy of denying the antecedent?
a. If I move to the ocean-side, I can go swimming in the summer. I am not moving
to the ocean-side. Therefore, I cannot go swimming in the summer.
b. If I move to the ocean-side, then I can go swimming in the summer. If I don’t
move to the ocean-side, I can probably still go swimming elsewhere.
c. If I don’t move to the ocean-side, I cannot go swimming in the summer. I’m
moving to the ocean-side, but still won’t go swimming.
d. All of the answers are correct.

41. Choose the option which will best replace the underlined word in the sentence to make it
correct. The hotel accomodation was luxurious.
a. acommodation
b. accommodation
c. accomadation
d. Accommerdation

42. What does this sentence suggest? A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
 a. Your own possessions are always worth more to you.
b. Birds are hard to catch, so hang on to one if you catch it.
c. To have something is better than having nothing at all.
d. A trained bird is twice the value of an untrained one.

43. The boy’s incorrigible behaviour puzzled his sister. The word incorrigible in this sentence
means:
a. appalling
b. reformed
c. incurable
d. Frustrated

44. For the little boy, a lolly was tangible, whereas a promise was not. The word tangible in this
sentence means:
a. basic
b. untouchable
c. actual
d. Edible

45. The clown pulled silly faces to make the children laugh. The word silly in this sentence
means:
a. funny
b. Bad
c. tricky
d. Scary

46. A tour leader needs to be a gregarious person. The word gregarious in the above
sentence means:
a. well-travelled
b. retiring
c. adaptable
d. Chatty

47. Far from being upright and moral, his behaviour showed him to be fallible. The word fallible
in this sentence means:
a. capable of falling over.
b. weak-kneed.
c. capable of error.
d. immoral

48. He was a morose man, so people tended to avoid him. The word morose in this sentence
means:
a. large
b. cheerful
c. idiotic
d. Sullen
 ANSWER KEY IN FILIPINO SA PILING LARANG (AKADEMIK)
PINAL NA PAGSUSULIT (UNANG SEMESTRE)

1. A 21. D 41. D

2. B 22. A 42. D

3. C 23. B 43. D

4. D 24. D 44. D

5. B 25. D 45. D

6. D 26. A 46. C

7. C 27. D 47. C

8. A 28. B 48. A

9. C 29. D

10. A 30. B

11. D 31. D

12. C 32. A

13. C 33. B

14. A 34. C

15. B 35. B

16. C 36. A

17. C 37. A

18. C 38. A

19. C 39. A

20. A 40. D
 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS
City of Naga, Cebu
ULING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

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FILIPINO SA PILING LARANG (AKADEMIK)
TALAAN NG ESPISIPIKASYON
PINAL NA PAGSUSULIT (UANG SEMESTRE)
S.Y 2022-2023
MGA KASANAYANG KINALALAGYAN NG AYTEM
MADALI KATAMTAMAN MAHIRAP BILANG NG AYTEM KABUUAN
PAMPAGKATUTO

 Naisasagawa nang
mataman ang mga 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
hakbang sa pagsulat ng 8 3 1 30,31,32 12
mga piniling 44
akademikong sulatin
CS_FA12PU-0d-f-92

 Napagtitibay ang
natamong kasanayan sa
9,10,11,12,13,14,15
pagsulat ng talumpati sa
7 4 2 33,34,35,36 13
pamamagitan ng 45,46
pinakinggang halimbawa
CS_FA12EP-0a-c-39
 Nakapagsasagawa ng
panimulang pananaliksik
kaugnay ng kahulugan,
kalikasan, at katangian 16,17,18,19,20,21,22
ng iba’t ibang anyo ng 7 3 1 37,38,39 11
sulating akademiko 47
CS_FA12WG-0p-r-93
o

 Naisasaalang-alang
ang etika sa binubuong 23,24,25,26,27,28,29
akademikong sulatin 7 4 1 40,41,72,43 12
CS_FA12EP-0p-r-40 48

KABUUAN 48

Inihanda ni:

JOESA A. ALFANTE
Teacher III

Pinagtibay ni:

MA. JANICE DC. SERVADO

School head