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S.Y. 2016-2017
English for Academic & Professional Purposes
1st Quarter Examination

I. Modified True or False.

Directions: Write T if the statement is TRUE. If the statement is FALSE, write the word/ phrase that makes it
wrong and write the correct term. (2 pts. each)

1. Academic writing refers to a particular style of expression that researchers use to define the intellectual
boundaries of their disciplines and their areas of expertise.
2. Academic writing has a general purpose, which is to inform, to argue a point, and to persuade.
3. A reaction paper is just a paper where you express your opinion.
4. Critical reading means not easily believing information offered to you by a text.
5. Fallacy is the use of valid or otherwise faulty reasoning, or "wrong moves" in the construction of an
argument.
6. Arriving at a hasty generalization without considering evidence is a fallacy.
7. Finding the topic to write about is an easy task.
8. Paraphrasing is the only way to avoid plagiarism.
9. Women and men are born to perform specific roles, is not a good thesis statement.
10. Organizing the ideas in a logical order is the main aim of the writer.

II. Identification.
Directions: Give the equivalent term of the words below.

Original Word Politically correct alternatives

Asians 11

12 Outcast

13 Sanitarian

Negro 14

Bald people 15

16 Financially-challenged

17 Bisaya, Bicolano

Squatter area 18

19 To share ones feelings

Gifted 20
III. Directions: Arrange the following information to MLA format. (5 points each)
Print
New York
Jeanette Winterson
Atlantic Monthly Press
1987
Oranges Are Not the Only fruit

Koenraad Kuiper (main author)

Palgrave Macmillan
2004
An Introduction to English Language: Word, Sound, and Sentence
W. Scott Allan
New York

IV. Matching Type.

Directions: Match the items in Column A to the items in Column B.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. It is any writing that goes outside the bounds a. Academic writing

of normal professional, journalistic, academic,
or technical forms of literature. b. Persuasive writing
2. It relates a clear sequence of events that
occurs over time. c. Creative writing
3. It is the clear description of people, places,
objects, or events using appropriate details. d. Expository writing
4. It is a type of writing that is used to explain,
describe, give information, or inform. e. Descriptive writing
5. It is a form of writing in which
the writer uses words to convince the reader f. Narrative writing
that the writer's opinion is correct in regards to
an issue.

IV.
1. Give ways to help you become a critical reader. (4 points)
2. Give the pre-writing processes. (3 points)
3. Give 6 things to consider when revising a written composition. (6 points)
4. Enumerate the processes involved in post-writing. (2 points)

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work learning from failure.
~ General Colin Powell
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Prepared by: Elaine Grace P. Plaza