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Q3 CNF Summative Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3600secs

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Class
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1.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. What is the central idea or message that the story or text revolves around?

a)

Character

b)

Point of View

c)

Theme

d)

Plot

2.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. Which idea refers to the specific and deliberate use of language to convey meaning and is considered a device?

a)

Literary Device

b)

Literary Technique

c)

Poetic License

d)

Figure of Speech

3.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. Which of the following items does NOT belong to the group?

a)

Love

b)

Heroism

c)

Poverty

d)

Symbolism

4.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. What literary technique is employed when you encounter statements in a text such as, “I remember one occasion in the year 2018, during Christmas Eve…”?

a)

Irony

b)

Flashback

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Representation

5.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. “I experience a lot of heartaches from the community I belong to. Because I am a black man, I was rejected by a few, if not some.” If this statement is part of the text, what is its theme?

a)

Discrimination

b)

Poverty

c)

Religiosity

d)

Friendship

6.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. Which statement best shows Heroism as a theme?

a)

I never thought I could do that. I ran away from the killer!

b)

To save one’s life is not a choice. It is a duty to God and to fellowmen. I saved the boy, even if it risked my life.

c)

Looking back to our life status before, we are compared to a stray dog with no permanent refuge, no food to eat, no single penny, and no one dares to lend us a helping hand.

d)

I worked hard every day to achieve my dreams and improve my life.

7.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. When Achilles thought that he is completely invincible, he manifested ______.

a)

Tragic figure

b)

Tragic flaw

c)

Tragic hero

d)

Tragic weakness

8.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. In Elie Wiesel’s Night, the setting from the lines below is: “And then, one day, all foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet. And Moishe the Beadle was a foreigner. Crammed into cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently. Standing on the station platform, we too were crying. The train disappeared over the horizon; all that was left was thick, dirty smoke. Behind me, someone said, sighing, ‘What do you expect? That’s war.’”

a)

1940s, Hungary

b)

1940s, station platform at Sighet

c)

1950s, Hungary

d)

1950s, station platform at Sighet

9.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. In Arguilla’s How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife, the lines below exemplify ______: “The sky was wide and deep and very blue above us, but at the saw-tooth rim of the Katayagan Hills to the southwest flamed huge masses of clouds. Before us, the fields swam in a golden haze through which floated big purple and red and yellow bubbles when I looked at the sinking sun.”

a)

Anthropomorphism

b)

Imagery

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

10.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. When the mother said “Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair,” in Langston Hughes’ Mother to Son, she used ______.

a)

Allusion

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Symbolism

11.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. The underlined phrase in the sentence “I would take your part in the play tonight at the drop of a hat!” means ______.

a)

Behaving inappropriately

b)

Doing it immediately

c)

Something is easy or nice

d)

Very eager for something

12.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. The sentence “She accepted it as the kind cruelty of the surgeon’s knife.” exemplifies ______.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Irony

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Paradox

13.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. The sentence “It was a cold, stormy night that would introduce her to eternal darkness, forever changing the course of her life.” applies ______.

a)

Euphemism

b)

Exposition

c)

Flashback

d)

Foreshadowing

14.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. In a Creative Non-Fiction, what do you call the framework of a particular story?

a)

Blueprint

b)

Plot

c)

Sequence

d)

Timeline

15.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. What is the most appropriate question that should be asked to analyze the characters and their characterizations in the story?

a)

What are the names of the characters?

b)

What are the dialogues that they uttered?

c)

How many characters are there in the story?

d)

How did the characters exemplify their roles in the story?

16.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. Which of the following guidelines should be taken into consideration when you need to analyze the Point of View used in the story?

a)

The important dialogues should be considered.

b)

The characters’ speech should be analyzed based on their attitude.

c)

The narrator of the story and the pronouns he/she uses should be considered.

d)

The author of the story should point out the overall meaning of the story.

17.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. What level of thinking is best applied when you ask this question: “How did the conflict affect the succeeding events in the story?”

a)

Literal Level

b)

Interpretive Level

c)

Lower Order Thinking Skills

d)

Higher Order Thinking Skills

18.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. “God’s faithfulness is evident” is an example of ______.

a)

Mood

b)

Moral

c)

Theme

d)

Tone

19.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. How do you analyze the symbolism present in a CNF story?

a)

Look at the object on a literal level.

b)

Try to compare the object with another object of its kind.

c)

Look for the deeper meaning of the object and connect it with how it is valued or given importance in the story.

d)

Figure out what’s in the object that cannot be found in another object, for you to unveil its symbolism in the story.

20.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. How do you analyze the different figurative languages in the story?

a)

Interpret them in its surface level.

b)

Read them as if you are reading them normally.

c)

Read them in their deeper sense and see their relationship with the story.

d)

List the different figurative languages that you can see and identify what kind they are.

21.

Multiple Choice: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer. What are the most essential skills in analyzing the elements in a CNF story?

a)

The ability to read the text.

b)

The ability to read and understand the texts.

c)

The ability to read, understand, and analyze the texts.

d)

The ability to read, understand, and analyze both the texts and the elements of the story.

22.

Which of the following lines appeals to the sense of sight?

a)

The roaring of the lions.

b)

The munching of the hungry apes.

c)

The verdant trees dotting the horizon

d)

The sweet, mellow love songs

23.

Which of the following lines is an example of alliteration?

a)

"She sells seashells by the seashore."

b)

"Hear the mellow wedding bells."

c)

"Try to light the fire."

d)

"It's nice and easy."

24.

Which of the following is not true when choosing your topic?

a)

It should touch the hearts of the readers.

b)

It should evoke less emotion in the readers.

c)

It should generate more interest in the reader rather than in the writer.

d)

It should fit your target readers.

25.

When a writer describes an event or series of events, he uses:

a)

Climactic order

b)

Random order

c)

Spatial order

d)

Chronological order

26.

You want your readers to visualize a space, or if you want to evoke a scene using the senses, you use:

a)

Climactic order

b)

Random order

c)

Spatial order

d)

Chronological order

27.

What do you call the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work?

a)

Convention

b)

Figurative language

c)

Technique

d)

Theme

28.

Annabelle, not suspecting anything, went inside the room, turned on the light, and was surprised when she saw her jewelry box fallen on the floor, empty. The preceding sentence is an example of:

a)

Climactic order

b)

Random order

c)

Spatial order

d)

Chronological order

29.

Read the short narrative below. Then, answer the question following it. Rich Dad, Wise Son One day, a father and his rich family took his young son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" The boy replied, "Very good, Dad!" The father continued, "Did you see how poor people can be?" The boy just said, "Yeah!" The father asked again, "And what did you learn?" The boy answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden; they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars; our patio reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horizon. When the little boy was finishing, his father was speechless. The son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are!" What kind of ending does the story have?

a)

It has an open ending.

b)

It has an ending that is resolved.

c)

It has an ending that returns to the beginning.

d)

None of the above.

30.

People have different ways of learning. Some are better at making mental pictures of new ideas. Others are more comfortable with writing lists of things to memorize. Certain people can learn best when listening to music, while others need silence to concentrate. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

a)

Mental pictures help many to learn.

b)

Some people prefer lists to making mental pictures.

c)

To learn well, you need to be comfortable.

d)

Different individuals have different ways of acquiring information.

31.

If you hold a piece of copper wire over the flame of a wooden match, heat will be conducted by the copper wire to your fingers, and you will be forced to drop the wire. You will, however, still be able to hold the match because wood is a poor conductor of heat. Which of the following is implied in the passage above?

a)

Copper is a good conductor of heat.

b)

Matches should be made of copper.

c)

Wood and copper conduct heat equally.

d)

Wood is an excellent conductor of heat.

32.

Arrange the sentences to form a comprehensive paragraph. 1. There was desultory conversation, but after a while, a silence fell, and we sat waiting—waiting. 2. Every chair was filled, and some patients were standing. 3. Finally, an old man stood up and remarked, "Well, I guess I'll go home and die a natural death." 4. I had been sitting in the doctor's waiting room for a long time. Which sequence forms the best paragraph?

a)

1234

b)

3241

c)

3124

d)

4213

33.

Arrange the sentences to form a comprehensive paragraph. 1. If you get a present that does not interest him, then your choice of a gift is a poor one. 2. If you select something that he can enjoy or use, he will appreciate it. 3. Whatever the occasion, you should remember what a person likes when you buy him a present. That way, you can buy an appropriate gift. 4. Whenever you buy a gift, you should always consider the interests of the receiver. Which sequence forms the best paragraph?

a)

1234

b)

3241

c)

3124

d)

4321

34.

Arrange the sentences to form a comprehensive paragraph. 1. A computer is basically a machine that can make extremely fast calculations, millions of them a second, and can store facts in its electronic memory to use in those calculations. 2. For if the programming is wrong, then the answers will be wrong. 3. However, computers can only do what they are told to do. They must be instructed or "programmed." 4. It is said, with some justice, that a computer is no better than the person who runs it. Which sequence forms the best paragraph?

a)

2134

b)

1342

c)

3124

d)

4321

35.

Arrange the sentences to form a comprehensive paragraph. 1. It shovels information at us in such quantities so relentlessly and with such impact, we believe it instead of believing our own guts. 2. Television has lied to us about ourselves. 3. We find it harder to understand each other. 4. We find it harder to understand ourselves. Which sequence forms the best paragraph?

a)

3412

b)

1342

c)

3124

d)

2134

36.

Arrange the sentences to form a comprehensive paragraph. 1. Allow plenty of time to get ready so that you won't be late for your interview. 2. Before you leave the house, check whether you have a pen or an extra personal data sheet. 3. Dress appropriately and observe proper grooming to create a good impression. 4. To prepare for an interview, sleep early to be at your best, both physically and mentally. Which sequence forms the best paragraph?

a)

1324

b)

2134

c)

3421

d)

4132

37.

Of the 138 million acres of land that Native Americans owned in 1887, 90 million acres were taken away by whites by 1932.

a)

Native Americans owned 138 million acres of land in 1887, whereas whites had only 90M acres.

b)

In 1932 alone, the white settlers took 90 million acres of land that belonged to Native Americans.

c)

By 1932, Native Americans had lost almost all of their land.

d)

Native Americans owned in 1932 a little more than half of the land they had owned in 1887.

38.

Read each statement carefully. Choose the option that best restates or paraphrases the given sentence without changing its original meaning.

Martha thinks that the issue of adolescent problems is important to write about.

a)

Martha believes that the dream of most adolescents is to write something important.

b)

Martha thinks that adolescents like to write about their problems.

c)

Martha feels that writing about adolescent problems is worthwhile.

d)

Martha thinks that adolescents can write about their problems.

39.

Read each statement carefully. Choose the option that best restates or paraphrases the given sentence without changing its original meaning.

Research data suggest that girls who witnessed maternal abuse may tolerate abuse as adults more than girls who did not.

a)

Women who witnessed the abuse of their mother as teens are more likely to become abusive adults.

b)

Women who observed the abuse of their mothers when they were young are more likely to endure abuse themselves.

c)

Girls who testify about maternal abuse tolerate abuse as adults more readily.

d)

Women who were abused as children are more likely to abuse their own children.

40.

A woman who was nominated by the president to head the department was quickly approved by the board of trustees. Which statement best restates this?

a)

The board of trustees agreed with the president to appoint a woman as head of the department.

b)

The president quickly approved the decision of the board of trustees.

c)

The woman and the president approved the decision of the board of trustees.

d)

The board of trustees approved the woman's interest in being head of the Department.