I.

Vocabulary Words
10. He wrote the famous novel “ The Hunchback of
The following are excerpts from different literary
Notre Dame”
works. Identify the meaning of the underlined words.
A. Alexander Dumas B. Dante Alighieri
C. Victor Hugo D. Edgar Allan Poe
1. Primordial love and ultimate intellect
Only those elements time cannot wear
11. It is one of the stories in Boccaccio’s “Decameron”
A. existing from the beginning
A. Of Men and Mice C. Federigo’s Falcon
B. a brand new one
B. Anna Karenina D. The Raven
C. a new beginning
D. the past
12. Alexander Dumas fictionalize his father’s real life
exploits in his famous novel
2. Here and forever all hope of Paradise:
A.The Prince C. The Three Musketeers
I come to lead you to other shore,
B. Paper Towns D. Sense and Sensibillity
Into eternal dark, into fire and ice.
A. endless C. deep
13. He is the tragic hero of the novel ,”The Huncback of
B. far D. hopeless
Notre Dame”
A. Quasimodo C. Macbeth
3. Sacred justice moved my architect .
B. Federigo D. D’Artagnan
I was raised here by divine omnipotence
A. superb C.crying out in grief
14. This way of speaking is applied to an unmemorized
B. courage D. unlimited power
speech given from notes or an outline.
4. Her sight was so suavely merciless A. extemporaneous C. direct
That I left work to follow her at leisure B. impromptu D. indirect
A. elegantly C. unattractive
B. badly D. understandably 15. Which among the following sentences is NOT
CORRECT about Oxford-Oregon Debate Format?
5. But to me only heavy sighs return A. The affirmative proves the invalidity of the issue or
For her who carried in her little hand topic.
B. Each team has two speakers and one scribe
My heart’s key to her heavenly sojourn
C. A debate moderator enforces the rules to ensure the
A. a temporary stay C. forever debate’s smooth conduct.
B. permanent stop D. All of these D. None of these

II . Multiple Choice: Analyze the following 16. He snores louder than a cargo train. This sentence
statements, then write the letter of the word/s that expresses _______________.
correspond to your answer to each item. A. unsupported generalization C. conclusion
B. exaggeration D. none of these
6. This kind of essay convinces the reader and call to
action. 17. He is drowning in his tears. This sentence
A. persuasive C. argumentative expresses _________.
B. expository D. informative A. unsupported generalization C. conclusion
B. exaggeration D. none of these
7. This essay is more like a debate in a written form.
A. persuasive C. argumentative 18. Snakes are the deadliest reptile of all animals. This
B. expository D. informative expresses ____________.
A. unsupported generalization C. conclusion
8. A form of bias that excludes a group , this kind of B. exaggeration D. none of these
bias caused the missing of topics like homosexuality,
women, those with disabilities from today’s texts. 19. The Philippine Literary work “Ibong Adarna”
A. Invisibility C. Streotyping is a _______________.
B. Unreality D.Fragmentation A. myth C. poetry
B. narrative song D. all of these
9. The most familiar form of Bias , this kind of bias is
more often negative, it assigns a rigid set of 20. The garden is filled with blooming roses, jasmine
characteristics to members of a group at the cost of and sunflowers. This sentence appeals to the ______
individual differences. A. sense of sight C. sense of taste
A. Invisibility C. Streotyping B. sense of hearing D. sense of smell
B. Unreality D.Fragmentation

V. Reading Comprehension. Read carefully the text, and
then answer the questions that follow after.
Thinking Out of the Box
In a small Italian town, hundreds of years ago, a small
business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan-shark.
The loan-shark was a very old, unattractive looking guy that
just so happened to fancy the business owner’s daughter. He
decided to offer the businessman a deal that would
completely wipe out the debt he owed him. However, the
catch was that we would only wipe out the debt if he could
marry the businessman’s daughter. Needless to say, this
proposal was met with a look of disgust.
The loan-shark said that he would place two pebbles into a
bag, one white and one black.The daughter would then have
to reach into the bag and pick out a pebble. If it was black,
the debt would be wiped, but the loan-shark would then
marry her. If it was white, the debt would also be wiped, but
the daughter wouldn’t have to marry the loan-
shark.Standing on a pebble strewn path in the
businessman’s garden, the loan-shark bent over and picked
up two pebbles. Whilst he was picking them up, the daughter
noticed that he’d picked up two black pebbles and placed
them both into the bag. He then asked the daughter to reach
into the bag and pick one.
The daughter naturally had three choices as to what she
could have done:First, refuse to pick a pebble from the bag .
Second, take both pebbles out of the bag and expose the
loan-shark for cheating. Third, pick a pebble from the bag
fully well knowing it was black and sacrifice herself for her
father’s freedom.
She drew out a pebble from the bag, and before looking at it
‘accidentally’ dropped it into the midst of the other pebbles.
She said to the loan-shark,”OH, HOW CLUMSY OF ME. NEVER
MIND, IF YOU LOOK INTO THE BAG FOR THE ONE THAT IS
LEFT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TELL WHICH PEBBLE I
PICKED.”
The pebble left in the bag is obviously black, and seeing as
the loan-shark didn’t want to be exposed, he had to play
along as if the pebble the daughter dropped was white, and
clear her father’s debt. –(Anonymous)
21. What do you mean by loan-shark?
A. a borrower who wants no interest
B. a debtor
C. a moneylender w/ high rates and give illegal deals
D. an illegal recruiter
22. ‘Think out of the box’ is an example of ______
A. idiomatic expression
B. proverbs
C. imperative sentence
D. figures of speech
23. The purpose of the author is to_____________________.
A. to give information
B. to persuade
C. to convince
D. to amuse
24. How did the daughter clear off her father’s debt?
A. by sacrificing herself
B. by thinking out of the box
C. by paying the debtor
D. by choosing the white pebble
25. Is the loan-shark aware that the daughter found
out his fraudulence? How can you say so?
A. Yes, because the daughter is obvious.
B. No, because the daughter acted innocent.
C. Yes, because at the end the daughter confronted him.
D. No, because the loan-shark is busy
VI.
A. Stress. Read each of these words silently.
Decide on which syllable the stress falls.
Choose the letter of your answer from the
box.
first syllable C. third syllable
second SyllableD. fourth syllable
26. a-bout 29. en-hance
27. po-li-ti-cian 30. psy-cho-lo-gy
28. ad-jec-tive 31. Ca-na-dian
B. News . Identify what element of a Newsworthy
Story is used in the following headlines. Choose
the letter of your answer below.
A. Timing B. Significance C. Proximity D. Prominence
32. 'Marlou is dead': Xander Ford trends worldwide
33. Laguna under state of calamity after 'Maring' leaves
34. City Hall honors, gives medals to 250 students
35. Breaking News. President Donald Trump makes a
statement about the mass shooting in Las Vegas
VII. Bibliography
A. Write a bibliography using the APA format with
the given information below. Use correct
punctuation marks.
(36-40) Title of book: Facts about Journalism
Author: Skyy Crawford
Publication Date: October 2013
Published by: Random House
Place of Publication: Koronadal City
B. Write a parenthetical citation for each of the
following cited work.
41-43. Quintana, Harley B. & Jame B. Bell. Love
and Work. Manila City ; Random P 2012. ( ________)
44-45. Wersbeck ,Alodia T. Final Notch. Martin
Books 2009. (__________)
VIII. Arrange the following sentences into a
comprehensive argumentative essay. Use letters
A,B,C,D,E to show sequence. (46-50)
___46.Moving school calendar is an option for colleges
and universities as provided in Republic Act 7797.
___47. It states that the school year shall start on the first
Monday of June but not later than the last day of August.
___48. However, moving the academic calendar means
that the hottest month of the year will be school days.
___49. There are a lot of quality assurance issues that
most higher education institutions need to focus on before
they work on moving their academic calendars.
___50. The first reason cited by schools is to align them
with the international academic calendars.