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Q2 Quiz grade 10

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The following are skills included in reading comprehension except for one.

a)

making generalizations

b)

getting the main idea

c)

making critical judgements

d)

giving opinion about the life of an author

2.

Comprehension comes from the Latin word ___________, which means 'to understand'.

a)

comprehendere

b)

comprehend

c)

comprehender

d)

comprendre

3.

The level of comprehension where the readers react to the selection with knowledge gained through similar life situation.

a)

literal meaning

b)

critical analysis

c)

integration and application

d)

interpretive level

4.

Student Volunteers Needed!

On Saturday, December 12th, from 10 A.M. until 4 P.M., Carverton Middle School will be holding a music festival in the school gymnasium. The special event will feature a variety of professional musicians and singers. The question, What time will the festival begin? requires what kind of comprehension?

a)

literal meaning

b)

interpretive level

c)

critical analysis

d)

integration and application

5.

Identify which type of creative reading activity is exemplified here:


Playing a game of Scrabble

a)

graphics

b)

fun and leisure

c)

writing

d)

dramatics

6.

Identify which type of creative reading activity is exemplified here:


Composing an alternative ending to the story Little Red Riding Hood.

a)

fun and leisure

b)

dramatics

c)

writing

d)

oral interpretation

7.

In order for the listeners to readily understand what the speaker says, a dynamic speaker will do the following except for one.

a)

articulation must be distinct

b)

pronunciation must be clear

c)

observe proper stress and emphasis of important words

d)

look at one person in the audience

8.

The following factors greatly affect the success of the speaker except for one.

a)

delivery

b)

body language

c)

movements on stage

d)

audience

9.

The type of context clues that explains the meaning of a word or phrase immediately after its use.

a)

synonym

b)

antonym

c)

definition

d)

analysis

10.

Context clues:


A word or phrase is clarified by the presentation of the opposite meaning somewhere close to its use.

a)

synonym

b)

antonym

c)

apposition

d)

analysis

11.

Context Clues:


A word or phrase is not immediately clarified within the same sentence. Relationships, which are not directly apparent, are inferred or implied. The reader must look for clues within, before, and after the sentence in which the word is used.

a)

definition

b)

apposition

c)

inference

d)

analysis

12.

Searching for a telephone number in a directory is an example of__________.

a)

scanning

b)

skimming

c)

comprehension

d)

creative reading

13.

Reading the beginning and end of an article, ignoring the details is an example of __________.

a)

creative reading

b)

skimming

c)

scanning

d)

context clues

14.

The use of skimming is use in doing these activities except for one.

a)

look up for a word in the dictionary

b)

see what's in the news on a website

c)

browse through a book to decide if you want to read it

d)

look through the television guide to see what's on

15.

It refers to the flaw in the argument.

a)

hook

b)

topic sentence

c)

opinion

d)

fallacy

16.

COMMON FALLACIES:


This line of reasoning fails by limiting the options to two when there are in fact more options to choose from. Sometimes the choices are between one thing, the other thing, or both things together (they don’t exclude each other).

a)

false authority

b)

false dilemma

c)

ambiguity

d)

false analogy

17.

COMMON FALLACIES:


It is a general statement without sufficient evidence to support it. It is made out of a rush to have a conclusion, leading the arguer to commit some sort of illicit assumption, stereotyping, unwarranted conclusion, overstatement, or exaggeration.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

ambiguity

c)

false dilemma

d)

false analogy

18.

COMMON FALLACIES:


This fallacy happens when we misuse an authority. This misuse of authority can occur in a number of ways. We can cite only authorities — steering conveniently away from other testable and concrete evidence as if expert opinion is always correct. Or we can cite irrelevant authorities, poor authorities, or false authorities.

a)

ambiguity

b)

false authority

c)

false dilemma

d)

false analogy

19.

A good argumentative essay have all the following except for one.

a)

a clear thesis statement

b)

logical reason to support thesis statement

c)

relevant evidence

d)

words that appeals to the reader's emotion

20.

It refers to the facts, examples, appeals to authority or counter-argument to back up your point of view in an argument.

a)

topic sentence

b)

thesis statement

c)

conclusing sentences

d)

support sentences

21.

Who can be considered a mockingbird most in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

a)

Arthur “Boo” Radley

b)

Atticus Finch

c)

Miss Maudie Atkinson

d)

Calpurnia

22.

With strong conviction, wisdom and empathy, he defended a black man charged with raping a white woman which exposes himself and his family to the anger of the white community.

a)

Atticus Finch

b)

Jack Finch

c)

Jem Finch

d)

Scout Finch

23.

An elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches whom Atticus admired for her courage in battling with her morphine addiction.

a)

Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose

b)

Miss Maudie Atkinson

c)

Calpurnia

d)

Aunt Alexandria

24.

The Finches’ black cook who is a stern disciplinarian and the children’s bridge between the white world and her own black community.

a)

Miss Maudie Atkinson

b)

Mayella Ewell

c)

Calpurnia

d)

Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose

25.

The narrator and one of the protagonists of the story, To Kill a Mockingbird.

a)

Jean Louise Finch

b)

Jem Finch

c)

Atticus Finch

d)

Jack Finch