Part 1

1. Sequencing is a reading skill that involves the sequential

events in a passage. It may use connectives, transitional
devices, or organizers to show what things happened first,
until the last or ending of the story or article. It is important to
understand as a reader or emphasize as a writer the
chronological order of events as it helps in giving life to the
passage and allows proper comprehension of whatever is
happening.
2. Compare and contrast involves two things and seeing
their similarities and differences respectively. It does not only
involve tangible things, but also can be used for emotions,
phenomena, etc. There are also words that should be taken
note of in order to indicate whether the author is using
comparison or contrast.
3. Cause and effect talks about the ‘what happened’ and
‘why it happened’ in a passage. Being able to recognize
determine the two makes it easier for the readers to
understand the contexts and even enjoy the author’s work,
such as wondering why such thing happened and what would
be the outcome if this or that happens.
4. Getting the main idea makes reading easier as it helps the
readers understand the context of a whole paragraph with only
a couple of words. This is useful if a person does not want to
invest too much time in reading the details and wants to have
 the main point of the work. The main idea can be seen within
the text.
5. Summarizing is making a long story short. It takes away
the ‘too much details’ and leaves the context of the passage.
6. Determining whether a statement or event is fact or
opinion is one of the most important things to remember
especially when we are aiming to relay or take information.
Not everything we consider factual is actually true, and not
opinions are completely invalid.
7. Assessing evidences, I believe, is connected to identifying
fact and opinion in a way that evidences must be present in
order to support one’s claims of something being a fact or an
opinion. In reading, we can find some evidences within the
passage to see how things happened, or where it may lead our
imagination.
8. Inference & drawing conclusions
9. Author’s purpose
10. Reader response

Part 2

Part 3- For items 1 and 2, please refer to the rubric below, and
answer in 10-15 sentences.
1. State the author’s purpose in the passage, “God’s Coffee”
(refer to the attached file for the passage). Explain your answer
and cite examples from the passage to support your point. (25
points)
-to entertain, but not in a way to bring smiles but to immerse the
feelings of the readers as they try to relate to the characters of
the passage
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2. In making (written) compositions, it is advisable that you use

plain and simple language. On one hand, the use of figurative
language is also suggested. Why do you think figurative
language can play an important role in writing compositions?
Cite examples. (25 points)
-some people may relate to the used figure and will increase the
interesting flavor of the composition.
-it lets the authors be creative with their ideas
-may bring more interest to the readers
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