I. Directions. Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the blanks provided before the number.

__________1. In your opinion, which of the following is an opening statement of an academic text?
a. I cannot give you much more than personal opinions.
b. The researchers believe that addressing the wide difference in the emerging
culture of the Information Age could help students learn effectively
c. Dear Allan, congratulations for winning the Art Competition
d. In the beginning, when God created the universe.

__________2. One of the following is a purpose in reading academic text
a. Predict the main idea c. Identify one's attitude
b. Scan for information d. Determine the target audience

__________3. It is defined as critical, objective, specialized texts written by experts or professionals in a given field.
a. Academic language c. Academic text
b. Non-Academic Language d. Non-academic text

__________4. What will you do to glean better the text you are reading?
a. Read the text loudly c. Read the text slowly
b. Annotate d. Allocate

__________5. What do you call a set of specialized vocabulary and preferred syntactic and rhetorical devices /structures, used by specific socio professional groups for special purposes?
a. Academic language c. Linguistic Register
b. Non-Academic Language d. Jargon

__________6. Which of the following is not a part of a composition?
a. Introduction b. body c. conclusion d. abstract


__________7. What is not summarizing?
a. identifying key ideas b. Add comments about the text
b. Combine details that support the main idea d. Eliminate redundant ideas

__________8. What situation shows the use of summarizing?
a. Joanna wrote down the general and specific ideas in the text
b. Ann included her interpretation of the text
c. Mae extracted the min points in the text
d. Hanz revised the main idea

__________9. In this format of summarizing, the summarized idea comes after the date when the material was published
a. Author Heading Format c. Date Heading Format
b. Heading Format d. Idea Heading Format

__________10. It presents or describes the point of a paragraph
a. Introduction c. synthesis
b. conclusion d. topic sentence

__________11. In your opinion, which of the following is the “big word” in this sentence?
“Reaction papers help us in our everyday decisions: from what movie we should watch, to the clothing that we should wear, and the causes that we should believe in.”

a. Reaction papers c. the causes we should believe
b. everyday decisions d. Reaction papers help us in our everyday decisions

__________12. Locating main ideas is a ______that students must acquire especially in reading classes.
a. tool b. skill c. charism d. talent

__________13. It is a summary that gives the essential features of a text.
a. Outline c. main idea c. thesis statement d. abstract

__________14. Which of the following is not a step in creating a reading outline.
a. Read the entire text first.
b. Skim the text after word.
c. Evaluate the supporting details.
d. Arrange the contents according to topics.

__________15. It is a guide or blueprint in writing to ensure organizations of your ideas.
a. Writing outline c. alphanumeric outline
b. b. reading outline d. decimal outline