READING AND WRITING SKILLS

Remedial Summative Quiz 1

Name ___________________________________ Schedule_______

I. Answer the following items by choosing the best answers from the choices given. Copy the letters of
your answers in your test booklet.

1. This may be described as “getting meaning” from written text.

A. Listening C. Reading
B. Speaking D. Writing

2. To make the sense of the text, you use your __________ or past experiences and knowledge
collectively, and combine it with the information from the text.
A. metacognitive skill C. schemata
B. experience D. thinking

3. This type of schemata refers to the reader’s prior knowledge of a particular vocabulary and
grammar rules.
A. Formal schemata C. Content schemata
B. Linguistic schemata D. Context schemata

4. The question, “What does this remind you of in another book you’ve read?”, focuses on the
________________ connection.
A. text-to- the world C. text-to-text
B. text-to-self D. reader-author

5. This reading strategy uses mental images that emerge from reading the text to aid in
understanding.
A. visualizing C. interpreting
B. surveying D. thinking aloud

6. Which of the following illustrates the “text-to-the world” connection?

A. Have students talk about how their experience helps them to better understand the text
and how the text helps them to build their store of knowledge and experience.

B. If the students are reading “Tar Beach” by Faith Ringgold, have them think about what
they know about life in the city that can help them to better understand the story.

C. Have students share how a book they are currently reading reminds them of another
book they read with the class.

D. A & C

7. This refers to "a visual and graphic display that depicts the relationships between facts, terms, and
or ideas within a learning task.
A. graphic organizer C. image
B. illustration D. photo

8. This type of schemata refers to a person’s knowledge of how a text is logically organized to make
it understandable to readers.
A. Linguistic schemata C. Content schemata
B. Context schemata D. Formal schemata

9. As reading technique, __________________ is done by reading quickly to locate specific

information.
A. speed reading C. summarizing
 B. scanning D. skimming

10. This helps a reader decode meaning through his/her knowledge of text’s language feature.
A. syntactic knowledge C. morphological knowledge
B. general world knowledge D. socio-cultural knowledge

11. Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic steps in critical reading?
A. Restating what a text says C. Describing the text
B. Interpreting the text D. Finding fault in the author’s idea

12. This pattern of paragraph development is very similar to telling a story, which is very familiar to
almost all people.
A. Exemplification C. Classification
B. Comparison and Contrast D. Narration

13. It is an organized account of vivid sensory details which appeals to the reader’s senses.
A. Description C. Narration
B. Definition D. Cause and Effect

14. This type of paragraph focuses on the ways things or ideas are similar and / or different from one
another.
A. Definition C. Comparison and Contrast
B. Narration D. Process Analysis

15. This paragraph pattern appeals to the audience’s emotion or logical thinking.
A. Comparison and Contrast C. Cause and Effect
B. Problem-Solution D. Persuasion

II. Match the graphic organizers in Column A with their descriptions in Column B. Copy the letters
only.

Column A Column B

1. Fishbone Map A. adding more details to a single topic

2. Flowchart B. cause and effect factor associated with a complex topic
3. Cycle Map C. workflow or process, showing the steps
4. Spider Web D. a network of ideas based on stimulus
5. Venn Diagram E. recurring cycle of events with no beginning and no end
F. similarities and differences

MR. VIRGILIO R. BIAGTAN

SHS Teacher

READING AND WRITING ANSWERS KEY

I. x2

1. C
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. D
12. D
13. A
 14. C
15. D

II. x2

1. B
2. C
3. E
4. A
5. F

III. Answers vary.

1. 5 points
2. 5 points

TOTAL - 50 points