READING AND WRITING

QUIZ NO. 2

NAME: _______________________________________________________________ SCORE : _____________________

SECTION: ___________________________________________________________ DATE : ______________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: READ AND ANALYZE EACH ITEM CAREFULLY. STRICTLY NO ERASURES.
I. Classify each statement below as a claim of fact, value, or policy. Briefly explain your choice.
1. National strength can only be built on character.
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2. The Filipinos of the past became strong-willed, earnest, and adventurous by necessity: They had
to brave the seas, clear the forest, and erect towns and cities upon the wilderness in order to
establish communities.
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3. To insure the accomplishment of this task of national spiritual reconstruction, we shall

formulate and adopt a social code that can be explained in the schools, preached from the
pupils, and taught in the streets and plazas, and in the remotest corners of our land.
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4. Teachers are in the best position to inculcate this social code in the youth because they are in
the most contact with them during their formative years at school.
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5. Euthanasia or mercy killing is immoral.

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II. Classify the following assertions into statements of conventions, fact, opinion, or preference.
1. Social media defined as the Internet and mobile-based tools and devices that facilitate
the integration of technology, telecommunications, and social interaction.
2. Facebook is a cooler social media platform than Twitter.
3. In 2012, there were 1.4 billion users of social media worldwide.
4. Teachers should use social media in their lessons to get more students interested.
5. Another name for social media is Web 2.0 because both terms emphasize the social
aspects of the internet as avenues for communication, collaboration, and creative
expression.
6. Many teenagers present obsession with taking selfies shows they are the most
narcissistic generation.
7. Social networks are the most distracting websites on the Internet.
8. In the first quarter of 2014, nearly 300 million smartphone unites were sold all over the
world.
9. Parents ought to enforce stricter guidelines in social media to safeguard their childrens
privacy.
10. Children are learning how to operate mobile devices at increasingly younger ages; many
of them have an idea of how to use a touchscreen tablet before they are two.
III. Formulate and write your own claims and write them in the appropriate columns.

CLAIMS OF FACT CLAIMS OF VALUE CLAIMS OF POLICY

1. 1. 1.

2. 2. 2.

3. 3. 3.

4. 4. 4.

5. 5. 5.