LAKES CITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
San Francisco, San Pablo City
S.Y. 2023-2024
Long Test
READING AND WRITING
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Teacher:
I.
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Encircle the letter of the best answer.
1.
What is reading considered to be, based on the definition of Lapp and Flood?
a. A recollection process
c. A memorization process
b. A comprehension process
d. A visualization process
2. What is the main reason why most people read?
a. To build a good vocabulary
b. To anticipate and predict certain things
c. To develop a broad background regarding a certain topic
d. For pleasure and enjoyment
3. Why do people write?
a. To entertain themselves
b. To persuade others
c. To anticipate and predict certain things
d. To develop a broad background regarding a certain topic
4. What is the benefit of writing mentioned in the text?
a. It motivates writers to engage with the text they are reading
b. It develops a broad background regarding a certain topic
c. It shows readers how to write more complex sentences
d. It allows readers to hear the thoughts of others
5. What does reading enable us to understand better?
a. To develop a broad background regarding a certain topic
b. To understand longer pieces of information
c. To persuade others
d. To anticipate and predict certain things
6. What is the main reason mentioned in the text for reading machines?
a. To anticipate and predict certain things
b. To develop a broad background regarding a certain topic
c. To motivate and create interest
d. To anticipate and predict certain things
7. What is the connection between reading and writing?
a. They are completely independent of each other
b. They are not connected in any way
c. They always go hand in hand and cannot stand without the other
d. They are only connected when reading aloud
8. What is the main reason mentioned in the text for creating motivation and interest through reading?
a. To anticipate and predict certain things
b. To develop a broad background regarding a certain topic
c. To motivate and create interest
d. To build a good vocabulary
9. What type of text that has a primary purpose to give knowledge?
a. Imaginative
b. Persuasive
c. Informative
d. Literary
10. What type of text that has a primary purpose to inform the reader about the natural or social world?
a. Imaginative
II. Identify the following.
b. Persuasive
c. Informative
d. Literary
_________________11. It is a narrative of person’s life, a true story about a real person.
_________________12. Based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science.
_________________13. Usually set in the future or on other planets
_________________14. Story that can actually happen and is true to life.
_________________15. Traditional narrative, often partly based on historical events that reveals human
behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism.
_________________16. Deals with the solution of crime or the unraveling of secrets.
_________________17. Intention is to make their audience laugh.
_________________18. Events evoke a feeling of fear or dread in both the characters and the reader.
_________________19. Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
_________________20. A story sometimes about a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also
includes imaginative material.
_________________21. Songs, stories, myths and proverbs of a people or folk as handed down by word of
mouth.
_________________22. Stories about fairies and other magical creatures, usually for children.
_________________23. Demonstrates useful truth in which animals speak as humans.
_________________24. Intended to be more serious in tone.
_________________25. Usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotions are expressed
through dialogue and action.
_________________26. A book or set of books giving information on many subjects or many aspects of one
subject.
_________________27. A publication consisting of several large sheets of folded paper on which news,
advertisements, and other information are printed.
_________________28. A publication with paper cover which is issued regularly contains articles, stories,
photographs, and advertisements.
_________________29. Contain fact about subject that is used by people studying.
_________________30. The primary purpose of this genre is to inform the reader about the social world.
_________________31. This genre usually aesthetic but may also contain political beliefs.
_________________32. A particular subject or style of literature, art, or music
_________________33. A class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form.
_________________34. A decoding process breaking down of written codes.
_________________35. A method of representing language in visual or tactile form.
_________________36. Literal meaning of a word.
_________________37. Emotion and associations connected to a word.
_________________38. He coined the term brainstorming.
_________________39. Simply involves listing down ideas about a particular topic.
_________________40. Other term for idea mapping
Drama
Writing
Reading
Periodical
Magazine
Detonation
Connotation
Mystery
Mythology
Realistic fiction
Literary text
Informational text
Genre
Encyclopedia
Textbook
Drama
Fable
Science fiction
Biography
Idea listing
Fairytale
Fantasy
Folklore
Epic
Historical fiction
Horror
Humor
Web clustering
Alex Faickney Osborn
III. Write T if the statement is true and write F if the statement is False.
__________41. An encyclopedia is a type of literary text.
__________42. Autobiographies are always written by someone other than the person whose life is being narrated.
__________43. Science fiction texts are often set in the past and focus on real scientific developments.
__________44. Historical fiction consists of fictional characters and events set in a historical backdrop but could
actually happen in real life.
__________45. Folklores are often handed down by word of mouth and belong to a specific culture.
__________46. Brainstorming is defined as the process of writing down specific topics from different sources.
__________47. Idea mapping is defined as a visual representation of ideas and their connections to one another.
__________48. In cubing, an idea is examined from four different viewpoints.
__________49. Free writing requires following specific rules and structures.
__________50. Writing is a system of graphic symbols that can be used to convey meaning.
IV. Complete the following sentence.
51. Outlining is planning for writing or creating a _________ that gives the essential features of a text.
52. Outline shows how the parts of a text are related to one another as parts that are of equal importance, or
sections that are subordinate to a main idea which is _____________.
53. Alphanumeric uses both ________ and numbers as labels.
54. Decimal outline format only uses ________ as labels.
55. Sentence outline uses ____________ sentences as its entries.
56. Topic outline is a systematic arrangement of ideas using broad topics in the form of words or simple phrases as
__________.
57. Chain diagram uses logical sequence of ________.
58. Linear timeline shows how events happened within ____ period.
59. Problem-solution map displays the nature of the problem and how it can be _____.
60. Spider map used to investigate and enumerate various aspects of a central idea, which could be a concept,
topic or theme; also known as _______________.
Answer Key
1. B
2. C
3. A/B
4. A/D
5. B
6.A/D
7. A/C
8. c
9. c
10. d
11. Biography
12. Science Fiction
13. Science Fiction
14. Realistic Fiction
15. Mythology
16. Mystery
17. Humor
18. Horror
19. Historical Fiction
20. Legend or Epic
21. Folklore
22. Fairytales
23 Fable
24. Drama
25. Drama
26. Encyclopedia
27. periodicals
28. Magazines
29. Textbooks
30. Informational Text
31. Literary Text
32. Genre
33. Genre
34. Reading
35. Writing
36. Denotation
37. Connotation
38. Alex Faickney Osborn
39. Idea listing
40. Web Clustering
41. T
42. T
43. F
44. T
45. T
46. T
47. T
48. F
49. F
50. T
51. summary
52. blueprint
53. letters
54. numbers
55. complete
56. headers
57. events
58. one
59. solved
60. semantic