Task 1. Read and analyze the statements in each item. Then, classify them as general
statement or evidence. Write GS for the general statement and E for the evidence on
the blank provided before the number
1. Rizal scholar Esteban de Ocampo and historian Ambeth Ocampo attest that the national
hero was an incurable fan of written works by some of the world's best-known authors.
According to them, among the late hero's favorites were the popular novels: The Three
Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Robinson Crusoe.
2. He painted. He sculpted. He planted. He did carpentry.
The superb intellect of our national hero did not stop him from also using his hands to
create.
3. Dr. Rizal had this enviable habit of overcoming the blows that life had dealt him.
His mother was unjustly charged and imprisoned. He was maligned, vilified, and
subjected to an unfair trial.
4. He appears to have been inspired by the adventurous, swashbuckling spirit of these
characters.
It may be safe to assume that the major characters in those novels had a major
influence on Dr. Rizal.
5. Imagination, child psychologists point out, is important in human development. It is
what brings about the so-called "critical thinking" and "creative problem-solving skills."
In layman's terms, these are one's abilities to see and examine all sides of a situation
and to think out of the box as one searches for solutions.
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