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Eng10 Pre-Test
Eng10 Pre-Test
NAME____________________________________________ SCORE___________
YEAR AND SECTION________________________________ DATE____________
PART 1
A.Most Important Elements in Persuasive Writing
Directions: Copy the letter of the word/phrase that is best described by each number.
A. central claim B. evidences c. conclusion d. technique
20. The president himself promised to stop the territorial dispute between two nations.
21. You can protect yourself from harm by taking a few important precautions.
28. The main point of the article is best expressed in sentence no._____.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 5 D. 9
29. The generalization or statement about life or human experience the passage makes is to
A. bring out the best in you C. struggle against the odds
B. stand up for one’s belief D. take strength to bear up the odds
30. To predict is a/an _______ of the word “envision” in sentence no. 8
A. connotation B. denotation C. opposite D. symbol
31. This article/passage would most probably interest a/an___________|
A. teenager B. old man C. child D. infant
32. The passage is an example of a/an_
A. anecdote B. biography C. personal essay D. persuasive essay
33. The writer’s comment/reaction about challenges and opportunities is best supported by:
A. facts B. opinion C. reasons D. statistics
34. The strongest evidence used by the writer to support his opinion about turning challenges to
opportunities is stated in Sentence no._____
A. 3 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
35. An effective persuasive technique used by the author to emphasize his point is through appealing
to________|
A. emotion B. moral C. reason D. both A and C
36. The fallacy committed in Sentence no. 7 is _______
A. attacking the person C. hasty generalizations
B. bandwagon D. plain folks