Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI – Western Visayas
Division of Capiz
COMMISSIONER LUIS R. ASIS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Panay, Capiz
2nd Quarterly Exam
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
First Semester S.Y. 2022-2023

Name: _______________________________Grade & Section: ____________________Score: ___________

I. Multiple Choice. Read the following questions carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided before each number.
___1. Which of the following is NOT true about the critique paper?
A. It is used to carefully analyze a variety of works.
B. It is an academic writing that critically evaluates a work.
C. It may include definition, explication and clarification.
D. It helps us to recognize strengths and weaknesse of a work.
___2. Which critical approach focuses on understanding ways gender roles are reflected or contradicted by texts?
a. Reader-response c. Historical Approach
b. Feminism d. Gender Cristicism
___3. Which critical approach focuses on ways texts reflect, reinforce, or challenge the effects of class, power
relations, and social roles?
a. Historical approach c. Sociological Approach
b. Gender Criticism d. Feminism
___4. Which critical approach focuses on each reader’s personal reactions to a text, assuming meaning is created
by a reader’s personal interaction with a text?
a. Reader-response c. Historical Approach
b. Feminism d. Gender Cristicism
___5. Which critical approach focuses on “objectively” evaluating the text, identifying its underlying form. It may
study, for example, a text’s use of imagery, metaphor, or symbolism?
a. Reader-response c. Sociological Approach
b. Gender Criticism d. Feminism
___6. Which of the following is NOT true about a concept paper?
a. It expounds a concept. c. It clarifies a concept.
b. It defines a concept. d. It is a research paper.
___7. Which CANNOT be used in a concept paper?
a. Definition b. Explicatio c. Reaction d. Clarificati
n on
___8. Which of the following is NOT a technique in definition?
a. history b. synonyms c. negation d. examples
___9. What are the two kinds of concept paper?
a. Old and New c. Implicit and Explicit
b. True and False d. Simple and Complex
___10. Which sample concept paper discussed the history of Filipino language?
a. Boondocks c. Days of the Week
b. Ketchup d. Mercury Pollution
II. True or False. Write T if the statement is true and write F if otherwise. Write your answer in the space provided.
___11. Position Paper reflects series of statements for or against something that involves logic, research evidence
and assertion to make persuasion.
___12. As a type of paper, position paper should not only criticize but should also express challenges.
___13. A manifesto can be written by anybody regardless of status.
___14. A social issue can be a good subject of an essay.
___15. The body of an essay is where evidences are stated to prove a claim.
___16. Conclusions in an essay are more detailed than the body.
 ___17. Evidences in an argument add weight to a claim.
___18. An emphatic statement at the end of an argument will influence adjudicators / judges in a debate to merit
the speak.
___19. Gathering of evidences need not be done as long as words are chosen properly to express strong claim.
___20. Thorough investigation about a subject must be observed in any essay.

III. Matching Type. Match the column A to the word being defined in column B. Write the letter of your answer
before each number.

Column A ___30. Identifies a term and sets it apart from all other
___21. It focused on how human behavior is terms that may be related to it.
determined by social, cultural and psychological Column B
structures. a. Clarification
___22. Literature exists not as an artifact upon a b. Definition
printed page but as a transaction between the c. Concept Paper
physical text and the mind of a reader. d. Formalist
___23. Elements of form –style, structure, tone, e. Gender Criticism
imagery, etc. are given attention in the text. f. Feminist Criticism
___24. Understanding literary work through g. Historical Approach
investigating the artist’s biography and milieu. h. Reader-response Criticism
___25. It examines how sexual identity influences the i. Structuralism
creation and reception of literary works. j. Sociological Approach
___26. Examines concepts of the feminine in myth and
literature and attempts to correct what they
regard as a predominantly male-dominated
critical perspective.
___27. It focuses on man’s relationship to others in
society, politics, religion, and business.
___28. Aims to clarify a concept which can be about
any topic from any fields.
___29. It is an analysis of an abstract concept through
investigation of examples and the identification
of critical and less critical attributes.

IV. Identification. Identify what terms are being described in the sentences below. Write the letter only on the
space provided before each number.

a. argument c. counterclaim e. evidence g. issue i. persuade

b. claim d. defense f. factual h. opinion j. reason

___31. Position Paper reflects series of statements for or against something that involves logic, research evidence
and assertion to make persuasion.
___32. As a type of paper, position paper should not only criticize but should also express challenges.
___33. A manifesto can be written by anybody regardless of status.
___34. A social issue can be a good subject of an essay.
___35. The body of an essay is where evidences are stated to prove a claim.
___36. Conclusions in an essay are more detailed than the body.
___37. Evidences in an argument add weight to a claim.
___38. An emphatic statement at the end of an argument will influence adjudicators / judges in a debate to merit
the speak.
___39. Gathering of evidences need not be done as long as words are chosen properly to express strong claim.
 ___40. Thorough investigation about a subject must be observed in any essay.

V. Find words in the puzzle that pertains to writing a Position Paper. Encircle the words and copy it on the space
provided below. You can go horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

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44. ________________________________________________
45. ________________________________________________

VI. Essay. Briefly discuss your stand on the issue about cheating in a relationship. What could be the reasons and
who is to blame?

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Cohesiveness - 30%
Clarity - 30%
Grammar - 20%
Spelling - 20%

Prepared by:

GENIE S. DADEA RICA D. BULACLAC