Quarter 4 Reading and Writing Exam

In writing practices, why is an essay considered the most common writing practice/activity?

• It is usually the easiest type of writing. Hence, why it is commonly assigned.

• It is a short and formal piece of writing that usually deals with one subject.

• An essay has the easiest writing structure. Thus, makes it common.

• Writing an essay is a minor writing activity.

Aside from academic essay writing, businessmen also write essays in the business world. In this industry, what term do they use?

• data

• report

• project

• assignment

Which part of a paragraph introduces the readers to the purpose of the text?

• middle

• conclusion

• beginning

• topic sentence

Which of the following is not a technique in text organization?

• arrangement

• text structure

• signal words

• physical format

What cohesion and coherence technique refers to words that connect readers to the original word that they replace?

• transition

• repetition

• pronoun

• none of the above

 

What level of language use is applied as slang, local expression or a text messaging term?

• Informal/Personal

• Standard/Academic

• Business/Technical

• Concise/Specific

What level of language use is known as widely accepted words and phrases found in books, magazines and newspapers?

• Informal/Personal

• Standard/Academic

• Business/Technical

• Concise/Specific

Which type of language use is applied in the statement below?

 

“Note to a Professor:

I missed last night’s class and will email my paper later.”

• Concise/Specific

• Informal/Personal

• Standard/Academic

• Business/Technical

What property of a well written text deals with technicalities and structure such as tenses, grammar, spelling, and capitalization?

• Organization

• Coherence and Cohesion

• Language use

• Mechanics

What kind of basic punctuation is used to indicate that a part of a text has been intentionally left out?

• Parentheses ()

• Hyphen -

• Colon :

• Ellipsis …