A. Test I: Identification (10points) Direction: Identify what is being asked on the given questions. Write your answers on the space provided before the number. 1. The word _____ is originated from the French word chanter. It is measured or rhythmical singing or reciting. 2. A traditional story which is verbally or orally transferred from one generation to another. 3. These are Chants that are categorized into genres such as hunting chants and agricultural work chants. 4. These are stories of the distant past which are believed to be true by the peoples of a particular culture. 5. A piece of writing that stimulates the imagination and emotions through the beauty of its language, the passion or intensity of its expression of ideas and feelings, and the mystery surrounding the real or imagined perspective of the poet. 6. These types of chants tend to be sung or recited to express the hazards and the uncontrolled thrill that a hunter experiences. 7. This is a work or manner that attacks, pokes fun of, ridicules, or mocks the abuses, failures, and weaknesses of governments, societies, or people in power, with the intent to embarrass or humiliate in order for such institutions or individuals to improve. 8. They are mostly associated with farm like tilling the soil, planting, harvesting, and threshing. 9. Usually legendary in nature, these narratives are originally told in poetic from used by different social groups to pass from generation to generation. These are narratives born from the oral storytelling traditions of ancient societies. 10. It is a short imaginary story which features beasts or animals that behave, speak, act, and reason like human beings. Test II: Concept Mapping (10points) Identify the distinguishing features of an African Myth found in the story. Write your answers on the concept map. Feature of African Myth Feature of African Myth Feature of African Myth THE GOLDEN CHAIN Feature of African Myth Feature of African Myth Feature of African Myth Test III. Plot Diagram (15pts) Summarize the story of The Man Who Shared His Hut by identifying the literary elements of the story. B. Test I: Fill in the blanks (5points) Fill in the blanks with appropriate coordinating or correlative conjunction to join the parallel elements in the sentences. Select your answer from the words inside the parentheses. 1. African storytelling is a sensory union of image and idea, ______ the storyteller uses realistic images to describe the present, and fantasy images to stimulate the culture’s experience of the past. (but, for) 2. Africa is changing through time, _______ storytelling is alive, never hardened in time. (so, yet) 3. In African storytelling, the storyteller uses ______ voice ______ music to captivate the audience. (either… or, neither… nor) 4. Stories are not meant to be temporarily frozen ______ they are always responding to contemporary realities, but in timeless fashion. (so, for) 5. The language of storytelling _______ includes the patterning of image, ___________ the manipulation of the body and voice of the storyteller. (both… and, either… or) Test II: Sentence Structure (10points) Combine the sentences given in each number to create a single sentence. Use the appropriate coordinate and correlative conjunctions to connect the sentences. Rewrite the sentences in the space provided. 1. A trickster tale conveys folk wisdom. It helps us understand human nature. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Kwanku Anansi is a Spider. He often acts and appears as a man. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. The Anansi tales originated from the Ashanti people of present-day Ghana. They later spread to other Akan groups. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Anansi is an African trickster character. He is considered to be the spirit of all knowledge of stories. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. A trickster character uses his intellect or secret knowledge to play tricks. He uses it to otherwise disobey normal rules and conventional behavior. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ C. Test I. Speech Writing (15points) Write a self-composed Informative speech about a certain topic (topic of your choice) with a minimum of 3 paragraphs. Test II. Graphic Organizer (15Points) Using your composed speech, create a graphic organizer that emphasizes important details found in your piece.
