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Summative Test Reading and Writing

This document contains a 30-item summative test on reading and writing given to students at Dahat National Vocational High School in Camarines Sur, Philippines. The test covers topics such as narrative structure, descriptive words, definitions, classification, examples, formatting, grammar, mechanics, claims, explicit vs implicit statements, counterclaims, and what it means to rebut a claim.

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Summative Test Reading and Writing

This document contains a 30-item summative test on reading and writing given to students at Dahat National Vocational High School in Camarines Sur, Philippines. The test covers topics such as narrative structure, descriptive words, definitions, classification, examples, formatting, grammar, mechanics, claims, explicit vs implicit statements, counterclaims, and what it means to rebut a claim.

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Department of Education

Division of Camarines Sur


Dahat National Vocational High School
Dahat, Lagonoy, Camarines Sur

READING AND WRITING


SUMMATIVE TEST

1. Last week, I traveled to Singapore. To write my travelogue, what would be the best
pattern to use?
a. Description b. Definition
c. Narration d. Classification
2. What kind of words would put a picture of a person, place or object into a reader’s
mind?
a. Signal Words c. Short words
b. Accurate words d. Descriptive word
3. How would you explain two terms that mean the same thing?
a. By using negation c. By using classification
b. By using synonym d. By comparing
4. What would make a classification paragraph effective?
a. by using picture words c. by being very detailed
b. by using examples d. by giving description
5. How would you make a paragraph of exemplification more interesting and more
convincing?
a. By using more illustrations c. By using a good topic sentence
b. By using more specific examples d. By using descriptions
8. It provides the framework upon which the text is organized. It consists of the following
structure: Beginning, Middle and End.
a. Structure c. Physical Format
b. Signal Words d. Words
9. It one way to achieve cohesion is to repeat ideas in different words.
a. Repeated words c. Reference words
b. Reference words d. Transitional Signals
10. It is the connection of ideas at the idea level.
a. Coherence c. Transition
b. Cohesion d. Transitional signals
11. This is the level of language that includes use of slang, local expressions, text
messaging. It is usually for family, friends, and colleagues.
a. Informal/Personal c. Business/Technical
b. Standard/Academic d. Cliches
12. Which of the following is an example of cliché?
a. Love is like a rosary c. You will top the board!
b. Philippines is part of the third world country d. Nice to see you, my good
friend!
13. It is the act of writing the first letter of the word in uppercase while the rest of the
letters are in lowercase.
a. Spelling c. Abbreviations
b. Capitalization d. Numbers
14. It focuses on the technicalities of the structure. It determines errors on subject-verb
agreement, preposition, tenses, the grammar and so on.
a. Spelling c. Organization
b. Cohesion d. Mechanics
Which of the following is a claim? Tick (/) off the sentences which state claims.
X the number of the sentence which does not.

15. Cell phones pull students away from learning.


16. Providing students with devices that they can use in the classroom is better
than allowing them to use their cell phones in class.
17. Student’s cell phones should be collected by office personnel when they
enter school.
18. The death penalty does not deter crime.
19. Mac computers are more reliable
20. All men are created equal.

Direction: Identify each statement if explicit or implicit. Write E if explicit and I if


implicit.
21. Tom felt sad. He could not go on the picnic because it was raining. ______
22. Opera is not as entertaining as musical comedy. ______
23. Even in the 2012, some people are under the assumption that it is a woman’s role
in
life to clean and take care of the household. ______
24. While it’s true that some women are still-at-home mothers, where it is their job to
take
care of the house and children, today, more than ever before, mothers and women
are staying in work force, even while they’re raising families. ______
25. Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon. ______

26. Counterclaims are opposite of _________________.


A. Stand
B. Evidence
C. Reason
D. Claims

27. A counterclaim is one of the elements of _______.


A. Position
B. Rebuttal
C. Evidence
D. Argument

28. This is the statement that proves the truth of a claim and generally leads to
the conclusion of an argument.
A. Claim
B. Reason
C. Evidence
D. Counterclaim

29. Counterclaims are claims made to ______________.


A. Rebut new claim
B. Rebut specific claim
C. Rebut previous claim
D. Rebut an unknown claim

30. To rebut means _______________________.


A. To contradict someone’s statement through a formal argument
B. To argue with someone’s point of view about an issue
C. To affirm someone’s statement even if it is wrong
D. To oppose someone’s statement in a contest

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