REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

NEGROS ORIENTAL REGION

DIVISION OF NEGROS ORIENTAL
AYUNGON DISTRICT II
AYUNGON SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL- SHS
TAMPOCON II, Ayungon, Negros Oriental
STEM STRAND
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
IN
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

Name: ______________________ Date: __________________________

Score: __________________ Parent’s Signature: _______________

Test I: True or False

Direction: Draw if the statement is true and if the statement is false.

_____1. Correspondence and Literature have similar language use.

_____2. Claims made by the writers are their thesis statement.
_____3. Quoting and paraphrasing are both necessary in summarizing a text.
_____4. Outlining distinguishes the main idea and the supporting details.
_____5. In evaluating the text, one should express a counter claim.
_____6. In summarizing a text, there should be an introduction, body and conclusion.
_____7. Complex and difficult words are to be used in writing an academic text.
_____8. Use of jargons such as vernacular, mother tongue or first language is acceptable in
academic writing.
_____9. Brainstorming is one of the techniques in organizing information.
_____10. Critical reading is useful in understanding the authors purpose in writing.

Test II: Multiple Choice

Direction: Choose and write only the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is a process that starts with posing a question, problematizing a concept, evaluating an opinion,
and ends in answering the question.
a. Legal documents c. Personal narrative
b. Academic writing d. Creative essay
2. Something that happen, an occurrence or an affair that maybe or may not be participated by man.
a. work of art c. event
b. program d. plan
3. It is one of the main purposes of an academic writing, except…
a. evaluating the topic c. to persuade the reader
b. to narrate an event d. to inform the reader
4. Writing an academic paper involves ____________
a. research c. essays
b. narratives d. facts
5. It means coherence and logical sequence of ideas
a. content c. language and style
b. structure d. mechanics
6. It includes grammar, punctuation, capitalization, formatting and documentation
a. content c. language and style
 b. structure d. mechanics
7. Express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different
words, especially to achieve greater clarity. It is one way to avoid plagiarism.
a. annotate c. outline
b. summarize d. paraphrase
8. A product of one of the fine arts; especially: a painting or sculpture of high artistic quality.
a. work of art c. event
b. program d. plan
10. It means clarity of the purpose and the thesis statement, relevance of the supporting points to the
thesis statement, knowledge on the subject matter
a. content c. language and style
b. structure d. mechanics
11. It is an active process of discovery. It involves scrutinizing any information that you read or hear.
a. creative writing c. creative reading
b. critical writing d. critical reading
12. A written report that states about the cause of death of a victim?
a. Legal Indictment c. From the Autopsy Surgeon’s Report
b. Local Girl Found Slain by Rejected Lover d. The Sob Sister’s Story
13. It is one way of becoming a critical reader. It is to underline, encircle or highlight words phrases
or sentence that contains important details or a marginal note asking questions or commenting on the
ideas of the writer.
a. annotate c. outline
b. summarize d. paraphrase
14. A careful judgement in which you give your opinion about the good and bad parts of something
(such as a piece of writing or a work of art) 2. an act of criticizing; especially : a critical estimate or
discussion ,a critique of the poets’ work
a. reaction paper c. review
b. critique d. summary
15. Is an informed and insightful perspective on art, popular culture and the world. Is a reasoned and
reasonable response to the world. It can be intelligent, humorous, wise, or all of the above.
a. reaction paper c. review
b. critique d. summary
16. A brief statement that gives the most important information about something.
a. annotation c. outline
b. summary d. paraphrase
17. A report that gives someone’s opinion about the quality of book, performance, product, etc.
b. reaction paper c. review
b. critique d. summary
18. Is a plan for--or a summary of--a writing project or speech. It is usually in the form of a list divided
into headings and subheadings that distinguish main points from supporting points
a. annotate c. outline
b. summarize d. paraphrase
19. The story that displays selfish meaning of love and affection
a. Legal Indictment c. From the Autopsy Surgeon’s Report
b. Local Girl Found Slain by Rejected Lover d. The Sob Sister’s Story
20. A news account about the death of a girl from the hands of her lover whom she rejected.
a. Legal Indictment c. From the Autopsy Surgeon’s Report
b. Local Girl Found Slain by Rejected Lover d. The Sob Sister’s Story
21. A text that talks about the importance of speech over gestures was written by:
a. Michael C. Corballis c. Michael C. Corballes
b. James Harvy Robinson d. James Harvey Robinson
22. On Various Kinds of Thinking is written by:
 c. Michael C. Corballis c. Michael C. Corballes
d. James Harvy Robinson d. James Harvey Robinson
23. Who wrote the poem entitled “Porphyria’s Lover”
a. Julliane Love De Jesus c. Marne L. Kilates
b. Robert Browning d. Paul Roberts
24. _______________ is a technique that provides a graphic representation of your ideas, allowing
you to visualize your connections and/or relationships of your ideas.
a. scrutinizing c. freewriting
b. brainstorming d. clustering
25. ___________is the mulling over of ideas by one or more individuals in an attempt to devise or
find a solution to a problem.
a. scrutinizing c. freewriting
b. brainstorming d. clustering
26. _____________is to put down into writing the ideas that you think of so that later you will be able
to generate ideas and narrow them down into a single topic for your paper.
a. scrutinizing c. freewriting
b. brainstorming d. clustering
27. ________________ refers to the general mood of the essay.
a. tone c. informative tone
b. formal tone d. informal tone
28. One way to avoid plagiarism in writing is to ____________________
a. annotate c. outline
b. summarize d. paraphrase
29. ______________ is the act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that
person.
a. downloading c. copyrighting
b. plagiarism d. essentialism
30. _______________ is the claim or stand that you will develop in your paper. It is the controlling
idea of your essay. It gives the reader idea of what your paper is all about.
a. thesis writing c. thesis statement
b. thesis title d. thesis claim
31. _________________ means finding the connections of one point to another and establishing a
link from one point to another.
a. outlining the text c. paraphrasing the context
b. organizing ideas d. introducing the topic
32. __________for academic essay provides a background of your topic, poses a question regarding
the topic, explains how the question is problematic and significant and give the writer’s thesis
statement.
a. content c. introduction
b. conclusion d. solution
33. ______________ should bring together the points made in your paper and emphasize your final
point.
a. content c. introduction
b. conclusion d. solution
34. What scenario was depicted in Pablo’s painting?
a. Peace c. War
b. Agony d. Reality
35. ___________________ is the part of the newspaper that we can consider as reaction paper.
a. Word news c. Classified adds
b. Editorials d. Entertainment
36. ___________ is a text that is read in court hearings.
a. Legal Terms b. Legal Basis
 b. legal Indictment d. Legal Grounds
37. The act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person
a. Summarize c. Paraphrase
b. Plagiarism d. Outline
38. To avoid plagiarism the researcher often use ________________
a. Summarizing c. Paraphrasing
b. Plagiarizing d. Outlining
39. In writing academic text, thinking of people who will possibly read your paper means
a. writing about your family and friends c. talking about self - experiences
b. considering your field of studies d. taking into consideration the readers
40. Works created by artists like painting sculpture and etc.
a. work of art c. event
b. program d. plan
1. A mode of paragraph development that answers the questions: What is it? What does it mean?
What are its special features?
a. Term c. Genus
b. Differentia d. Definition
2. Why is Definition important?
a. It clarifies the meaning of a word or concept
b. It limits the scope of that particular word or concept
c. Limiting the scope controls and avoids misinterpretation, vague notions, and /or broad
ideas
d. All of the above
3. Why is it that the words democracy love equality and democracy cannot be defined by giving their
genus and differentia?
a. the definition is too vague
b. the definition is too many
c. the definition is too lengthy
d. the definition is too weak
4. The most common technique in defining which you are given a term to be defined and you define
the term by giving the class where the word belongs.
a. extended definition
b. definition by function
c. formal definition
d. definition by example
5. The characteristics that distinguish the term from other terms
a. genus c. definition
b. term d. differentia
6. The class where the word/term belongs
a. genus c. definition
b. term d. differentia

7. The definition that is needed to define abstract concepts.

a. extended definition c. definition by function
b. formal definition d. definition by example
8. One of the techniques in defining that defines the term by stating what it is not
a. definition by etymology c. definition by example
b. definition by contrast d. definition by negation
9. One of the techniques in defining that is stating what the term is for
a. extended definition c. definition by function
b. formal definition d. definition by example
10. One of the techniques in defining that explains where a word came from or the history of a word.
a. definition by etymology c. definition by example
b. definition by contrast d. definition by negation

11. One of the techniques in defining that compares the term to another object /concept ideas / that
shares the same characteristics
a. definition by etymology c. definition by example
b. definition by comparison and contrast d. definition by analogy
12. One of the techniques in defining that compares two people or things and to show how they are
different
a. definition by etymology c. definition by example
b. definition by contrast d. definition by negation
13. One of the techniques in defining that shows similar cases or parallel instances to show that
general statement is true
a. definition by etymology c. definition by example
b. definition by contrast d. definition by negation
14. One of the techniques in defining that explain the nature and meaning of something
a. definition by analysis c. definition by example
b. definition by contrast d. definition by synonyms
15. One of the techniques in defining that uses a similar word or phrase to define a word
a. definition by etymology c. definition by synonyms
b. definition by contrast d. definition by negation
16. One of the techniques in defining that compares how people or things similar or different
a. definition by etymology c. definition by synonyms
b. definition by comparison & contrast d. definition by negation
17. Who wrote the concept paper entitled “Being a Man”?
a. Paul Thiroux c. Paul Theroux
b. Paul Theraux d. Paul Theruox
20. Concept paper defines an idea or a concept and explains its essence in order to clarify the
“_________” of that idea or concept.
a. concept c. content
b. whatness d. whatever

Test III. Enumeration

List down four academic texts that we have discussed. (4)

What are the techniques in summarizing variety of academic texts? (3) Outlining,
paraphrasing,annotating
Give at least two important ___ in summarizing a text. (2) mechanics, language use, etc

Prepared by: ELMITH S. JORE

GAS Adviser
42. The review of the life of Heneral Luna written by Clarence Tsui is an example of what kind of
review?
a. Speech Review c. Epic Review
b. Movie Review d. Film Review

46. Dead Water by Wen Yi – Tuo is an example of what review?

a. Poem Review c. Epic Review
b. Movie Review d. Film Review
47. The review of Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy is an example of what kind of
review?
a. Speech Review c. Epic Review
b. Movie Review d. Film Review
48.

44. How does reaction paper differ from a diary entry?

a. Reaction paper is societal while diary entry is personal
b. Reaction paper is personal while diary entry is societal
c. Both are written by a person but their formats are different
d. Both are academic writings with different purpose

37. Reaction as a response to the world can be________________

a. Intelligent c. wise
b. Humorous d. all of the above

34. Who said that in art there can be no effect without twisting the truth?
a. Pablo Pecasso c. Pablo Picasso
b. Georges Braque d. Georges Barque

34. The painting that was painted using the form of cubism
a. Guernica c. Guerneca
b. Guirneca d. Guernicca