English Performance Task 4 Read each statement. Tell what type of lead is being used. Choose from the words inside the box.

Question lead
Striking statement lead
Descriptive lead
Exclamation leads
Summary lead
Quotation lead
Character lead


1. It takes a village to raise a child_____________

2. Is smartphone a necessity or a luxury nowadays______________

3. An ominous silence, broken only by the call of a faraway bird, hung over the battle-scarred hills when suddenly an explosion followed by the yells of charging troops smashed the stillness______________

4. Victory Day! Magsaysay High School celebrated on March 18 its Fifth Victory in the city-wide journalism contest_____________

5. If you think that COVID-19 is just a joke, think again__________________​