ENGLISH 10

3 Quarter Summative Assessment

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Name: _________________________________________________ Score: _________________

Year & Section: _________________________________________ Date: __________________
I. DIRECTIONS: Read each item carefully and identify the correct answer by writing the
letter
of your choice on the blanks provided.
____________1. Which of the following is a characteristic of an argumentative essay?
A. It presents arguments about an issue.
B. It provides readers with enough detailed descriptions.
C. It tells a story about a personal experience.
D. It provides information about a certain topic.
____________2. Which of the following is NOT a feature of argumentative writing?
A. It refutes the opposing argument.
B. It presents and explains an issue.
C. It gives reasons and supports these reasons.
D. It tells a story about a person
____________3. What are the main parts of an argumentative essay?
A. Lead, details and body C. Claim, counterclaim and refutation
B. Facts, evidences and examples D .Introduction, body and conclusion
____________4. What lies at the heart of an argumentative essay?
A. Controversial Issue B. Action C.Tone D. Purpose
____________5. What is the main goal of argumentative writing?
A. Make the reader agree with the writer’s opinion.
B. Describe a person, place or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader's mind.
C. Explain the topic to increase the understanding of the reader.
D. Convince readers to believe in an idea and to do an action.
____________6. How do you support and prove your claim as valid?
A. Copy the opinion of other writers. C. Use facts and evidences.
B. Use your opinions solely. D. Use a strong conclusion.
____________7. What refers to the statement that summarizes the main points of an essay?
A. Call to action B. Evidence C. Details D. Thesis statement
____________8. What term refers to a style of writing that provides factual information?
A. Argumentative C. Narrative
B. Informative D. Persuasive
____________9. Which of the following answers the questions what happened and why?
A. Cause and effect C. Sequence
B. Compare and contrast D. Problem and solution
____________10. Which type of text structure describes events in order?
A. Cause and effect C. Sequence
B. Compare and contrast D. Description
____________11. Which of the following shows how two or more things are alike and different?
A. Cause and effect C. Description
B. Compare and contrast D. Problem and solution
____________12. What is the purpose of informative writing?
A. To describe how a scene might look in novel
B. To persuade you to buy a product
C. To provide clear facts about something
D. To tell you how to do something
____________13. Which of the following is NOT an example of informative text?
A. A recipe book C. An editorial
B. An obituary in local newspaper D. A church newsletter
____________14. What words or phrases help the writer move from one idea to another?
A. Adjectives B. Evidences C. Opinions D. Transitions
____________15. Which of the following cohesive devices are used essentially to provide variety of
words to avoid repetitions?
A. Repetition of a key term/phrase C. Pronouns
 B. Synonyms D. Transitional Words

____________16. Which of the following are used to cue readers with the relationship between
sentences?
A. Repetition of a key term/phrase C. Pronouns
B. Synonyms D. Transitional Words
____________17. Which of the following cohesive devices are used to help readers follow along and
keep ideas together?
A. Sentence Patterns C. Pronouns
B. Synonyms D. Transitional Words
____________18. Which of the following cohesive devices are used to avoid repetitions on the subject
and usually are used for referring to something mentioned?
A. Sentence Patterns C. Pronouns
B. Synonyms D. Transitional Words
____________19. Which of the following cohesive devices are used to help in emphasizing and focusing
with the ideas presented?
A. Sentence Patterns C. Repetition of a key term/phrase
B. Synonyms D. Transitional Words
____________20. Which is the first step in writing a critique?
A. Read and understand the text.
B. State a conclusion as well as reasons for it.
C. Review the ideas and their flow in the text.
D. Orient the reader regarding the text.
____________21. What literary criticism approach analyzes the structure or form of each individual part of
a story and it focuses only on the text itself?
A. Feminism Approach C. Marxist Approach
B. Formalist Approach D. Moralist Approach
____________22. Which of the following refers to the evaluation, analysis, description, or interpretation of
literary works?
A. Literary approach C. Literary criticism
B. Literary device D. Literary genre
____________23. Which of the following is TRUE about formalism?
A. It is concerned with the historical events outside of the story, cultural, and religious beliefs.
B. It uses quick reading to get the main idea of the text and compare it with other related works.
C. It analyzes the work as a whole, the form of each individual part of the text from the individual
scenes and chapters, elements, and literary devices.
D. It evaluates the social class manifested in the story.
____________24. Which of these features of a text would a formalist critic be most interested in?
A. Structure C. Reader
B. Author D. Content
____________25. What is the most exciting part of a story?
A. Exposition C. Resolution
B. Climax D. Rising Action
____________26.How to analyze a text using formalist approach?
A. Examine a text including the biographical information about the author and the effect on the
reader.
B. Scrutinize the point of view, structure, social and political ideas.
C. Analyze how the elements work together to give meaning to the text.
D. Evaluate the historical events that is shown in the text.
____________27. What is an approach to literary criticism that focuses on its morality?
A. Feminist B. Moralist C. Historical D. Marxist
____________28. Which of the following best describes moralist criticism?
A. It explains why a certain action is right or wrong.
B. It states the literary content.
C. It tells the lesson of the literary piece.
D. It teaches morality.
____________29. Which of the following is a body of standards or principles derived from a code of
conduct from a particular philosophy, religion or culture?
A. morality B. idealism C. philosophy D. principle
____________30. If you are going to critic a literary work based on moralist approach, which one will you
consider?
A. The work in its totality not the passages taken out from the context
B. The content showing struggle between the rich and the poor
C. The opposite meaning of ideas presented
D. The meaning of struggle
____________31. The following are principles of moralist criticism EXCEPT__________________.
A. Morality is a body of standards derived from a code of conduct.
B. Morality is quality of human acts by which we call them right or wrong.
C. Human beings have the potential to totally change the world.
D. Our action is right when it conforms with the norms, rule or law of morality.
____________32. Which of the following statements is following the moralistic view in critiquing a literary
selection?
A. It is anchored on viewing the importance of factual events.
B. It is predetermined based on crafting possible problems to solutions.
C. It is focused on judging the value of literature according to moral lessons or ethical concerns.
D. It is centered on aligning basic literary concepts.
____________33. What is Marxism Approach?
A. A religion B. A theory C. A disease D. An idea
____________34. In Marxist contexts, this group is the capitalist class who owns most of society's wealth
and controls the means of production.
A. Bourgeoisie B. Proletariat C. Baby Boomers D. Parliament
____________35. In Marxist contexts, this group is composed of workers or working- class people.
A. Bourgeoisie B. Proletariat C. Baby Boomers D. Parliament
____________36. If you were to answer the question "Does, the work suggest a solution to society’s class
conflicts?" which critical lens would you use?
A. Feminism b. Historical C. Marxism D. Formalism
____________37. Marxist literary theory could be described as...
A. focusing on the struggles between social classes and those who oppress and those are
oppressed
B. focusing on communism
C. A criticism of any rich characters
D. being irrelevant after 1991
____________38. Which is the main goal of Marxist criticism?
A. It determines whether the social content or its literary form are progressive.
B. It judges the value of literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teachings.
C. It interprets meaning of hard work and struggles.
D. It gives reason to survive every struggle.
____________39. What is feminist criticism?
A. It examines literature in the cultural, economic and political context in which it is written or
received.
B. It seeks to understand the effect of a literary work upon its original readers.
C. It is concerned with the ways in which literature reinforce economic, political, social, and
psychological oppression of women.
D. It examines how sexual identity influences the creation/reception of literary works.
____________40. Which of the following is NOT a focus of feminist criticism?
A. The marginalization of women in a patriarchal culture
B. The subordination of women is reflected in or challenged by literary texts
C. The experiences of women from all races, classes, and cultures
D. The exclusion of freedom and equality to women
____________41. What is main goal of feminism?
A. To understand the effect of a literary work upon its original readers
B. To create literary subjects with which female readers can identify
C. To discover the text's primitive or original meaning
D. To establish a reconstruction of the historical situation of the author and recipients of the text
____________42. What does feminist approach want for women?
A. Freedom from discrimination
B. Leadership in the government
C. To show that women are superior than men
D. To promote gender bias
____________43. Which question may be applied to literary analysis from a feminist approach?
A. How is the relationship between men and women portrayed?
B. What do the historical elements of the text teach us about the actual history of the period?
C. How are political, social, and economic conflicts reflected in the text?
D. What commonly held beliefs of the period are shown in the text?
____________44. Which of the following is a way of analyzing a feminist literary text?
A. It examines the author’s background and his past experience.
B. It investigates if the cultural and political forces affect the literary work.
C. It focuses on the past life events of the author.
D. It examines the portrayal of the characters, both female and male.
____________45. What is historical criticism?
A. It uncovers intellectual, social, and cultural background
B. It recreates the original intent and meaning
C. It is strictly related to historical and religious texts
D. It is a study of the author's milieu and biography
____________46. Which of the following is NOT the key goal of historical criticism?
A. Determine how such elements work together with the text’s content to shape its effects upon
readers.
B. Understand the effect of a literary work upon its original readers.
C. Analyze how sexual identity influences the reader of a text.
D. Examine only the past events of the author’s life and forget its connection to the text.
____________47. Which of the following is a function of historical criticism?
A. To understand lessons, the author was trying to teach through the story
B. To show what the era was like when the piece was written
C. To examine the portrayal of the female character
D. To see how society has changed since the time the piece was written
____________48. What pivotal question can be answered in historical approach?
A. Are there any special circumstances during the time in the work was written?
B. How are women portrayed in the literary work? As stereotypes? As individuals?
C. How is the woman’s point of view considered?
D. Is male superiority implied in the literary text?
____________49. Which is a philosophy of historical criticism?
A. The past affects the author's choice of setting
B. It aligns with the other criticism
C. Literature shapes history
D. History shapes literature
____________50. Which statement best describes the similarities between the feminist and historical
approaches to literary analysis?
A. Both focus on the past events of the author’s life.
B. Both look beyond the text.
C. Both value the importance of character portrayal.
D. Both consider how cultural and political forces affect the literary work.