Diagnostic Grade 11 Reading and Writing

This ability is to engage in rational, independent and reflective thinking.

• Cognitive

• Metacognitive

• Critical Thinking

• Psychomotor

It is the ability to apply certain processes, theories and models to enhance text comprehension.

• Critical Reading

• Previewing

• Skimming

• Scanning

It is commonly used as a prewriting exercise.

• Persuasive

• Free writing

• Worksheet

• Descriptive

It tells a story, usually from the experiences and points of view of the writer.

• Descriptive essay

• Expository

• Narrative Essay

• Definition Essay

It is a genre of an essay that describes a person, object, place, emotion, experience, and situation.

• Persuasive Essay

• Descriptive Essay

• Narrative Essay

• Definition Essay

This essay aims to share a certain understanding about an idea.

• Definition Essay

• Expository Essay

• Persuasive Essay

• Narrative Essay

It is the assertion of the writer or the speaker about a certain topic.

• Magazine

• Journal

• Book

• Thesis

This is a rhetorical appeal where the "rhetor" is perceived by the audience as credible or not.

• Pathos

• Logos

• Ethos

• Echo

It is a way of convincing or persuading the audience by evoking sympathy and other feelings such as sadness, pity, envy and indignation.

• Kairos

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

This appeal is the use of logical arguments.

• Kairos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Emotions