READING AND WRITING MIDTERM

Text is derived from the Latin word _____ which means to weave.

_____ comes from the Latin word discursus, which denotes conversation speech.

It is a continuous sequence of sounds forming utterances or conversations in spoken language .

• Discourse

• Text

• Connected discourse

• Writing

Which of the following sentences is correct?

• Please speak softly so that John may hear you.

• Please speak softly so John may hear you.

• Please speak softly for John may hear you.

• None of the above.

Many a man wants to become billionaire and yet they do nothing to become one.

What is the transitional device that is used in the sentence?

The applicant was told that he got the job and to start the next day.

• faulty parallelism

• parallel

Seeing a ghost is believing in ghosts.

• faulty parallelism

• parallel

My friend is honest, sincere, and possesses humility.

• faulty parallelism

• parallel

It shows equal grammatical structure or pattern to clearly express ideas which are given in a series.

________ is a group creativity technique by which efforts are made to find conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a lists of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.

• outline

• organizing

• brainstorming

• none of the above