1st Quarter Prelim Exam in Oral Communication

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Instruction: Encircle the letter of your answer. God bless!
Multiple Choice:
1. The communication or interaction between two or more people from different cultures.
a. International b. National c. Intercultural d. Multi-cultural
2. The individual is very open to world views when accepting new perspectives.
a. Adaptation b. Integration c. Denial d. Defense
3. Communication motivates and encourages people to live better.
a. Control b. Social Interaction c. Emotional Expression d. Motivation
4. You are having a bad day or you feel frustrated. What kind of barrier?
a. Use of Jargon b. Noisy environment c. Emotional d. Lack of confidence
5. A process of sharing messages between two or more people.
a. Decoding b. Communication c. Encoding d. Talking
6. How you communicate reflects who you are as a person.
a. True b. False c. Maybe
7. The individual does not recognize cultural differences.
a. Adaptation b. Integration c. Denial d. Defense
8. Use of too many fillers (like ahmm, uhh) can distract your listeners.
a. True b. False c. Maybe
9. Verbal communication is better than non-verbal communication.
a. True b. False c. Maybe
10. Consider ethics in your speech at all times.
a. True b. False c. Maybe
11. Communication functions to control behavior.
a. Control b. Social Interaction c. Emotional Expression d. Motivation
12. There are certain words that are only appropriate at certain times and places.
a. True b. False c. Maybe
13. Intercultural communication happens only between individuals from different nations.
a. True b. False c. Maybe
14. The process of interpreting the encoded message of the speaker by the receiver.
a. Context b. Decoding c. Channel d. Encoding
15. Cultural sensitivity matters in intercultural communication.
a. True b. False c. Maybe
16. You are asked to speak in front but you are hesitant because you are shy. What kind of barrier?
a. Use of Jargon b. Noisy environment c. Emotional d. Lack of confidence
17. Nonverbal communication that includes hand-shaking, nodding, etc.
a. Body language b. Proxemics c. Facial Expressions d. Posture
18. Communication allows individuals to interact with each other.
a. Control b. Social Interaction c. Emotional Expression d. Motivation
19. Nonverbal communication that refers to the personal space or distance.
a. Body language b. Proxemics c. Facial Expressions d. Posture
20. The reactions, responses, or information provided by the receiver.
a. Context b. Channel c. Message d. Feedback
21. Nonverbal communication that refers to how you stand or sit, whether your arms are crossed, and so on
a. Body language b. Proxemics c. Facial Expressions d. Posture
22. The information, ideas, or thoughts conveyed by the speaker in words or in actions.
a. Message b. Channel c. Barrier d. Context
23. The medium or the means in which the encoded message is conveyed.
a. Message b. Channel c. Barrier d. Context
24. Refers to an interaction where behavior is used to convey and represent meanings.
a. Verbal communication b. Intercultural Communication c. Nonverbal Communication
25. You are having conversation with friends when a song was played loudly. What kind of barrier?
a. Use of Jargon b. Noisy environment c. Emotional d. Lack of confidence
26. Communication facilitates peoples expressions of their feelings and emotions.
a. Control b. Social Interaction c. Emotional Expression d. Motivation
27. To achieve clarity, we must speak the same language as our listeners.
a. True b. False c. Maybe
28. Refers to an interaction in which words are used to relay a message.
a. Verbal communication b. Intercultural Communication c. Nonverbal Communication
29. Nonverbal communication that includes smiling, frowning, and blinking.
a. Body language b. Proxemics c. Facial Expressions d. Posture
30. A competent communicator is a person who is effective in intercultural communication.
a. True b. False c. Maybe
 1st Quarter Prelim Exam in EAPP

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(Items 1-10: Identify if it is an example of academic text. Write YES if it is and NO if not.)
1. Reaction Paper 6. Personal Essay
2. Concept Paper 7. Formal Report
3. Position Paper 8. Creative Essay
4. Survey and Scientific Report 9. Legal Document
5. Informal Report 10. Thesis

Enumeration:
Three purpose of Academic Writing Four ways to help you become a critical reader
11. 14.
12. 15.
13. 16.
17.

Three steps in choosing a topic:

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20.

Multiple choice (Encircle your answer):

21. Refers to the clarity of purpose and the thesis statement, and relevance of the supporting points.
a. Content b. Structure c. Language and Style d. Mechanics
22. Refers to the word choice and sentence construction.
a. Content b. Structure c. Language and Style d. Mechanics
23. Refers to the coherence and logical sequence of ideas.
a. Content b. Structure c. Language and Style d. Mechanics
24. Refers to the grammar, punctuations, capitalization, etc.
a. Content b. Structure c. Language and Style d. Mechanics
25. It involves scrutinizing any information that you read and hear.
a. Academic Writing b. Critical Writing c. Critical Reading d. Researching

Identification:
26. This fallacy occurs when someone draws expansive conclusions based on inadequate or insufficient
evidence.
27. A personal attack: that is, an argument based on the perceived failings of an adversary rather than on the
merits of the case.
28. An argument in which a general rule is treated as universally true regardless of the circumstances.
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29. A fallacy in which one event is said to be the cause of a later event simply because it occurred earlier.
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30. An argument that involves an irrelevant or highly exaggerated appeal to pity or sympathy.
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Identify what logical fallacy is committed: (Choose your answer from the box below)

Ad hominem Ad Misericordiam Appeal to the popular

Non Sequitur Appeal to Pity Poisoning the Well

31. You can't believe that the President is going to lower taxes. He's a pathological liar!
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32. You owe me big time because I really stuck my neck out for you.
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33. We know why it rained today: because I washed my car.
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34. Frank is pompous, arrogant, and thinks he knows everything. So, let's hear what Frank has to say about
the subject.
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35. Everyone else is doing it. Why shouldn't you?
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 1st Quarter Prelim Exam in 21st Century Literature

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I. Multiple Choice (Encircle the letter of your answer):

1. A traditional story in prose concerning details of gods and demigods and the creation of the world.
a. Epic b. Legends c. Folktales d. Myth
2. It explains how things came to be, why things are as they are.
a. Epic b. Legends c. Folktales d. Myth
3. It narrates the adventures of a tribal hero.
a. Epic b. Legends c. Folktales d. Myth
4. It is a description of objects in terms intended to suggest something entirely different.
a. Proverb b. Riddle c. Folktale d. Fairytale
5. The time and location in which the story takes place.
a. Plot b. Conflict c. Theme d. Setting
6. Main character of the story.
a. Antagonist b. Protagonist c. Stock d. Dynamic
7. The essence of fiction that creates the plot.
a. Plot b. Conflict c. Theme d. Setting
8. The development of the story in terms of beginning, middle, or end.
a. Plot b. Conflict c. Theme d. Setting
9. A simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common
sense or experience.
a. Proverb b. Riddle c. Folktale d. Fairytale
10. A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an
antagonist.
a. Plot b. Conflict c. Theme d. Setting

II. Arrange the sequence of the Tale of Tonyo the Brave. Use 1-5 to arrange the sequence. Write it on
the space provided.
_____ 11. Tonyo stabbed the Manlalayug backwards which caused it to writhe it pain and tried to quell the
flowing of her blood.
_____ 12. The killings in the town stopped. Tonyo was no longer named Tonyo the Wimp. He became
Tonyo the Brave.
_____ 13. Tonyos tatay came with a bad news that the body of Budok was found dead. His internal organs
were pulled out.
_____ 14. Tonyos lolo explained that a Manlalayug is a creature that possesses special powers. Once she is
hunting, she transforms into a very beautiful woman .
_____ 15. Apo told the story of his encounter with the Manlalayug.

III. Complete the table.

Elements of the story The Creation of the World On the Origin of Earth and Man

A. Setting

1. Time and Place

B. Character/s

C. Conflict
1. Cause of Conflict

D. Result
1. Things created

2. Source of man and

woman

3. Source of different races

 21st Quarter Prelim Exam in Creative Writing

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1. Define CREATIVE WRITING (5 pts.)

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II. ENUMERATION:

Four reasons why we write:

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3. Ten forms/kinds of Creative Writing:
4. 1.
5. 2.
3.
Three Principles of Creative Writing: 4.
6. 5.
7. 6.
8. 7.
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Two steps in the Writing Process 9.
9. 10.
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III.Identify what kind of Imagery is used in each sentence.

1. The familiar tang of his grandmothers barbeque sauce reminded him of his youth.

2. The sunset was the most dazzling theyd ever seen; the clouds were decorated with orange and gold.

3. The concert was so loud that his ears rang for days afterward.

4. After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.

5. The tree bark was rough against her skin.

6. It was dark and shadowy in the forest.

7. He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.

8. The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric.

9. The fresh and juicy orange is very cold and sweet.

10. The children were screaming and shouting in the meadows.

11. She smelled as sweet as roses.

12. Clang of pots and pans signaled that breakfast was almost ready

13. The sweet smell of roasted marshmallows filled the air.

14. Her hair grazed across my shoulder, tickling me.

15. The deep blue hues of twilight were reflected in the still water.