Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION X – NORTHERN MINDANAO
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF VALENCIA CITY
GUINUYORAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
First Periodical Examination
ENGLISH 10
SY 2022-2023
Name: _______________________________________
Section: _____________________
Direction: Read the questions carefully and choose
the letter of the correct answer and write it on the
space provided before each number.
_____7. What type of textual aid gives the gist of
the story?
_____1. It is a text that comes from an argument,
exposition, discussion, review or an
advertisement that aims to persuade the
readers.
A. Informative Text
B. Persuasive text
C. Opinion
D. Assertion
_____2. What are the roles of an author in a
persuasive text?
A. The author is telling a story.
B. The author is informing the reader.
C. The author is convincing the reader to
agree with him/her.
D. All of the above
_____3. What does the term “Average Joe” referred
to in a Persuasive Technique and Devices?
A. Bandwagon
B. Anecdotes
C. Plain Folks
D. Alliteration
_____4. What persuasive technique that a writer
should use when he wants the reader to be
happy, sad, angry in persuading?
A. Appeal to Emotion
B. Rhetorical Question
C. Appeal to Trust
D. Speaking Directly to the viewer
_____5. This persuasive technique is used by making
something sound absolutely necessary and
critical.
A. Appeal to reason
B. Imperatives
C. Exaggeration
D. Anecdotes
_____6. It is a statement used to make a declaration
or to make a strong belief on a particular
topic.
A. Assertion
B. Opinion
C. Persuasive text
D. Fact
A. Title
B. Flow chart
Score: _______
C. Image
D. Symbol
_____8. It is a circular chart which is divided into
slices or potions to illustrate proportion.
A. Venn diagram
B. Concept map
C. Pie graph
D. Flow chart
_____9. Which textual aid is used to identify the
similarities and differences between two
or more concepts.
A. Concept maps
C. Flow chart
B. Graphic organizer D. Venn Diagram
_____10. It is a graphic representation of the passage
of time.
A. Concept map
B. Timelines
C. Pie graph
D. Flow chart
_____11. It is a graphical or symbolic representation
of a process?
A. Concept map
B. Timelines
C. Pie graph
D. Flow chart
_____12. A form of formal definition that gives the
word a similar meaning.
A. Antonyms
B. Synonyms
C. Homonyms
D. Technical definition
____13. What are the three parts of a formal
definition?
A. The word, definition and example
B. The introduction, class, example
C. The introduction, definition and
conclusion
D. The word, class, and the distinguishing
features
____14. It is a logical technique that reveals the
meaning of a term or word.
A. class
B. definition
C. term
D. formal
____15. What literary device is used in drawing
comparison between two unrelated and
dissimilar things, people, beings, places,
and concepts, it is marked with words
“like” or “as”?
A. Analogy
B. Personification
C. Metaphor
D. Simile
____16. It is an extended comparison, which
explains the various points of similarity
between the things compared.
A. Analogy
B. Personification
C. Metaphor
D. Simile
_____17. The practice of attaching human traits and
characteristics to inanimate objects,
phenomena, and animals.
A. Analogy
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Simile
_____18. It is the repetition of usually initial
consonant sounds in two or more
neighbouring words or syllables such as
wild and woolly.
A. Assonance
B. Metaphor
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration
____19. Which is not a characteristic of a good
persuasive writing piece?
A. The writer provides strong arguments as
support.
B. The writer provides information based
from opinions only.
C. The writer entertains the reader with
engaging dialogue between characters.
D. The writer uses illustrations, photographs,
and diagrams to convince the reader.
____20. Which of the following statement best
explains persuasive writing?
A. It is a non-fiction writing used to convince
the reader to agree with the author about
an issue.
B. It is a fictional writing used to convince
the reader to agree with the author about
an issue or topic.
C. It is used strictly for commercial scripts to
convince the audience to buy a
company’s product.
D. Persuasive writing is used to inform the
reader about an issue and will provide no
facts favoring either side.
____21. Which of the following is the correct
definition of persuasive essay?
A. It explains an idea.
B. It asks questions and then answer them.
C. It explains a topic or an action.
D. It sways the audience’s thinking or action.
____22. Which persuasive technique is used when a
writer uses facts, numbers, information,
and logic when persuading?
A. Appeal to emotion
B. Appeal to reason
C. Bandwagon
D. Repetition
____23. How does an author share their opinion
about an issue through persuasive writing?
A. Share their personal opinion
B. support their opinion through evidences
C. make up fictional information to trick the
reader.
D. Share the opinions of others that are
similar to theirs
_____24. How should an author of a persuasive text
back up his/her claim or argument?
A. support
B. claim
C. text
D. argument
_____25. How does a persuasive text begin?
A. with a clear statement or thesis about the
purpose of the text
B. with the reasons about the claim
C. with the summary of the claim
D. with a question
_____26. Which of the following sentences best
explains persuasive writing?
A. It is a non-fiction writing used to convince
the reader to agree with the author about
an issue.
B. It is a fictional writing used to convince
the reader to agree with the author about
an issue or topic.
C. It is used strictly for commercial scripts to
convince the audience to buy a
company’s product.
D. Persuasive writing is used to inform the
reader about an issue and will provide
no facts favouring either side.
____27. The following are things you need to
remember in persuasive writing EXCEPT?
A. Plan your writing before you begin
B. Check your spelling and punctuation
C. The length of your persuasive essay
D. Check and edit your writing when you
are finished
____28. What persuasive technique/device is used in
the statement, “Believe me! I’ve been there
before. I’m just like you.”
A. Appeal to Trust
B. Bandwagon
C. Appeal to Reason
D. Exaggeration
___29. Which of the following is NOT an example
of evidence?
A. Statistics
B. Results from research
C. Expert opinions
D. Personal opinions
___30. Which persuasive technique is used when the
writer uses words like ‘we, you, our and us
which your audience think you are talking
only to them?
A. repetition
B. exaggeration
C. alliteration
D. personal pronouns
____31. Philippine Secretary of Health, Francisco
Duque thinks that junk food should be
banned from the schools’ cafeterias/canteen.
Which Persuasive Technique and Device is
used in the statement?
A. Appeal to Authority
B. Appeal to Reason
C. Appeal to Emotion
D. Appeal to Trust
____32. This the best drink in the world. Which
Persuasive Technique and Device is used in
the statement?
A. Repetition
B. Plain Folks
C. Exaggeration
D. Imperatives
____33. Which Persuasive Technique and device is
used when a writer uses famous people or
experts in an argument?
A. Appeal to reason
B. Appeal to trust
C. Appeal to authority
D. Appeal to emotion
____34. Which of the following is NOT a Common
Persuasive Technique and Devices?
A. Bandwagon
B. Anecdotes
C. Metaphor
D. Imperatives
____35. Which of the following is NOT an example
of Assertion?
A. Sharks eat people.
B. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
C. An ostrich's eyeball is bigger than its brain.
D. If you eat and then immediately go
swimming, you will get stomach cramps.
____36. The following are examples of Opinion,
EXCEPT?
A. Apple phones are better than Android
phones.
B. Rodrigo R. Duterte is the Philippines
Previous President.
C. Spring is the best season of the year.
D. Dogs are much better than cats
____37. Which is TRUE about the meaning of
FACT?
A. A statement that can be proven true or
false.
B. A strong belief, feeling or thought.
C. A statement that many people assume to
be true but it is not necessary.
D. All of the above
____38. Which of the following is TRUE about
textual aids?
A. They are educational instruments used in
linear texts.
B. They are an educational instrument that
summarizes a text.
C. They are instruments that distract
learner’s attention on important points.
D. They are educational instruments written
or printed that emphasized essential
points, graphs and images.
_____39. Which of the following information
should be placed on a timeline?
A. Father’s favorite hobby
B Family members’ birth year
C. Children’s monthly expenses
D. Mother’s collection of souvenir items
_____40. Which of the statement best describes the
use of graphic organizer?
A. They are used to make text presentable
and attractive.
B. They provide visual presentation of
concepts and knowledge.
C. They present ideas in a complex manner.
D. They are effective to use for young
learners.
_____41. Which of the following textual aid refers
to a general organizer that shows a central
idea with its corresponding characteristics?
A. Timeline
B. Venn Diagram
C. Concept Map
D. Pie Graph
_____42. What non-linear illustration will best show
the figures of Covid-19 positive cases,
recoveries and deaths on a daily basis for
a specific month?
A. Pie Graph
C. Table
B. Bar Graph
D. Pictograph
_____43. James is going to discuss in class the
“Water Cycle”. What graph should he use
to show the process?
A. Concept Map
B. Line Graph
C. Flow Chart
D. Pie Chart
____44. John wants to display information about
his monthly expenses for last month. Which
textual aid should he use to display
information?
A. Concept Map
B. Line Graph
C. Flow Chart
D. Pie Chart
For # 45-48. Analyze the Pie Graph and answer the
questions below.
FAVORITE SPORTS
Volleyball
Table Tennis
Chess
Soccer
Cricket
_____45. Which sport is less popular among the
students?
A. Chess
B. Table Tennis
C. Cricket
D. Volleyball
_____46. Which sport is most liked to play by the
students?
A. Volleyball
B. Soccer
C. Table Tennis
D. Chess
_____47. Which sport gained 30% as the second
favorite sports of the students?
A. Volleyball
B. Soccer
C. Table Tennis
D. Chess
_____48. What is the total percentage of students
who liked to play chess and volleyball?
A. 55%
B. 6 %
C. 61 %
D. 5 %
_____49. Which of the following can be presented
using a flow chart?
A. Steps in online enrolment
B. Comparing distance learning
C. Effects of lockdown to employees
D. Number of Covid-19 cases by region and
online learning
____50. John wants to share his expertise in making
Do it Yourself (DIY) face masks? Which
textual aid does John use to present the
steps?
A. Venn Diagram
B. Bar Graph
C. Flow Chart
D. Pie Graph
_____51. Which of the following is an example of
informal definition?
A. Spiders are scary.
B. Spiders are from the order of Arachnids.
C. Spiders are insects that create sticky web.
D. Spiders are small creatures with eight legs.
_____52. Why are definitions included in writing?
A. To help attract more readers.
B. To improve reader comprehension.
C. To make the document more formal.
D. To improve the overall appearance of the
document.
____53. A formal definition of a word is based on a
short, logical pattern that includes as much
information as it can within a minimum
space. It consists of three parts, EXCEPT:
A. The term (word or phrase) to be
defined
B. The class of object or concept to which
the term belongs.
C. The common understanding of the
words based on experience
D. The differentiating characteristics that
distinguish it from all others of its class.
____54. Grass is a plant that has narrow green
leaves. The underline phrase is a ____.
A. Class
B. Definition
C. Differentiating characteristics
D. Term
_____55. What is the informal definition of a
vinegar?
A. A condiment
B. A seasoning
C. a sour liquid consisting of dilute and
impure acetic acid
D. a strong-tasting, dark brown liquid made
from fermented soy beans
____56. The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was
scared to come out. Which literary device is
used in the statement?
A. oxymoron
B. personification
C. Simile
D. Metaphor
____57. The boy believed black birds bite. Which
literary device is used in the statement?
A. Metaphor
B. Alliteration
C. Personification
D. Simile
_____58. The following are examples of Simile
EXCEPT?
A. The men were jumping like a pack of
frantic grizzly bears.
B. The sky is a rainbow of colors.
C. The grass is like an ocean of flowers.
D. None of the above
_____59. Cra-aack! Whumph! The beam broke and
fell on them. Which word express
onomatopoeia in the given phrase?
A. broke
B. Cra-aack! Whumph
C. fell
D. beam
_____60. Which of the following lines is an example
of Alliteration?
A. Claire, close your cluttered closet.
B. The big bad bear bored the baby bunnies
by the bushes.
C. A host, of golden daffodils;
D. Shut the shutters before the shouting
makes you shudder.
Prepared by:
MARY JANE I, BOMEDIANO
Teacher I