Paiisa National High School

Paiisa Tiaong Quezon

THIRD QUARTERLY EXAMINATION
ENGLISH-Grade 10
S.Y. 2023-2024
FAMILY NAME: GIVEN NAME: MI.

Yr. _______ & Section: Date:

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*GENERAL INSTRUCTION: ERASURE MEANS WRONG.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the following statement carefully then, choose the letter of the best answer and write the letter of
your choice in the space provided before each number.
_____1. What is Literary Criticism?
A. It evaluates and interprets literature. B. It focuses on critiquing events and ambitions.
C. It emphasizes real communications and services. D. It promotes practical activities and social functions.
______2. What is the critic's main purpose?
A. to enrich the reader's understanding of the literary work B. to entertain the reader's emotions to forget their difficulties
C. to impede the reader's comprehension of the literary selection D. to criticize the reader's statements for better interpretation of texts
______3. The structuralist/formalist approach studies a text where it generally emphasizes the form of work. Which among the sentences
used the structuralist/formalist approach?
A. Liza studies the moral of the literary piece she read.
B. Rhoda analyzes the role of Katniss Everdeen in Hunger Games.
C. John analyzes the reading selection by identifying some factual events and evidence.
D. Kath analyzes the significance of the characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in society.
______4. What is the importance/purpose of critique writing?
A. to give the public an insight into the text.
B. seeks to shed light on the content of the text.
C. * to help future readers understand better the material they are reading and also give what makes sense of what they are reading
most importantly it can also inform decisions on what other good materials to be read next.
D. to come up with whether the material is significant, beautiful, or not.
______5. What is the importance of using a correct pronoun?
A. by using correct pronouns, it affirms gender identities
B. *by using a correct pronoun, you can become a better ally and help normalize gender identity and sexual orientation. Using
someone’s correct pronouns is also a way to show you respect them and helps create an inclusive environment. It signals that the
person matters.
C. by using correct pronouns, it creates spaces by referring to people in the way that feels most accurate to them.
D. using correct pronouns, affirms a person’s gender identity.
______6. The moralist approach judges literary works, according to moral principles. Which among the sentences used the moralist
approach?
A. This poem is a quintain, which has four stanzas and each one contains five lines.
B. The poem is not just about individuality, as one might suppose; instead it is about an individual's choices and experiences.
C. This suggests that the poem reinforces the idea of individualism and self-reliance, which are values often promoted in capitalist
societies.
D. Either A or C
______7. What is a structuralist/formalist approach to writing a critique?

A. it is a school of thought that stems from linguistic theories of structure.

B. this approach has an underlying structure that organizes language and the way language expresses our thoughts.
C. * a structuralist/formalist approach in writing a critique this approach has an underlying structure that organizes language and the
way language expresses our thoughts and has a deep structure that is universal to a particular genre. For example, A structuralist
may hold that all novels are expected to have a plot, characters, a setting, a core conflict, etc.
D. this approach deals with the philosophy that holds that there is structure to everything, seeing an organizing code in music,
economy, and even social life.
______8. What is the best question that you need to ask yourself in assessing the characterization elements of a critique?
A. Are there unnecessary/necessary characters?
B. *Do we know enough about the characters, their lives, their attitudes, some type of history, etc. to make them interesting and
relatable?
C. How well-drawn that the characters in the story?
D. What type of character are they?
______9. It is grounded on Karl Marx's theories, wherein it concerns the insinuations and snags of the capitalist system. What approach
scrutinizes the text as "an expression of contemporary class struggles"?
A. Feminist B. Marxist C. Moralist D. Reader's Response
_____10. It involves the following fundamental methods: Identifying female characters and reevaluating literature and the world in which
literature is read. What approach is used that examines the text in the context of recognizing women's knowledge in literary concepts, and in
terms of valuing their experiences?
A. Feminist B. Marxist C. Moralist D. Reader's Response
II. IDENTIFICATION: Read and identify the following statements. Choose your answer from the pool of choices inside the box
and write your answer in the space provided before each number.

Persuasive Writing Rhetorical Questions Marxist Approach

Critique Structuralist Approach Literary Criticism
Feminist Approach Critic Informative Writing
Bandwagon
INFORMATIVE WRITING 1. It is also known as exploratory or expository writing; it educates readers about a topic or a subject and it answers the
five W’s and H's.
STRUCTURALIST APPROACH 2. This Literary approach focuses on the literary elements, devices structure, and language of literary works.
FEMINIST APPROACH 3. This approach to literary criticism focuses on female representation in literature, paying attention to female
points of view, concerns, and values.
MARXIST APPROACH 4. This literary approach examines the relationship of a literary product to the actual economic and social reality of
its time and place including class relations.
BANDWAGON 5. This is a technique that convinces a reader to believe in an idea because the majority or everybody else believes it’s true.
LITERARY CRITICISM 6. It refers to the act of interpreting and studying literature. It is sometimes called the “lenses” in different
perspectives in analyzing literature.
CRITIC 7. A person who judges the merits of literary, artistic, or musical works, especially one who does so professionally
CRITIQUE 8. A technique that aims to study, discuss, evaluate, and interpret literary works.
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS 9. This is a question that is not intended to be answered. Instead, it is meant to state the obvious, challenge the
readers, and make them think.
PERSUASIVE WRITING 10. It is any written work that tries to convince the reader of the writer’s opinion. It is usually containing evidence
or information to support an opinion.

III. Read each sentence below and underline the personal pronoun that best completes each sentence.

1. Please tell him that (she/he) needs to eat before soccer practice.
2. The judge notified (they/her) that she won the case.
3. (She / I) want to travel around the world.
4. (They, Them) work together as a team.
5. Do you know if (me / I) was selected as the captain?
6. (I / He) can’t stand it when I forget my keys in my car.
7. Do you know if (he/they) wants to watch movies?
8. Make sure (he / I) knows the rules of the board game.
9. Why does (she/it) not have the directions on the box?
10. Does (he/she) believe in ghosts?
11. Madeline (herself/himself) can do the household chores.
12. Do (him/you) know what time it is?
13. Please tell (I/me) the score when you get a chance.
14. (We/ They) are excited about our first day of school.
15. (He, I) wants to say something nice to his mother.

IV. Analyze the approaches of Literature describe in the following situation below. Choose the correct answer from the pool of
choices and write your answer in the space provided before the number.
Feminist Approach Moralist Approach Structuralist/Formalist Approach

Marxist Approach Reader-response Approach Historical Approach

FEMINIST APPROACH1. The story depicted a young lady who worked for her entire life as a slave to a rich boss.
MARXIST APPROACH 2. The old version of the story “Cinderella” presented her as an abused maid who had just taken out of a miserable
life when the prince married her.
MORALIST APPROACH 3. “Daedalus and Icarus” intends to teach the reader about the right actions and attitudes that should be possessed.
HISTORICAL APPROACH 4. The novels of Jose Rizal illustrated how the Spaniards treated the Filipinos when the Philippines was
colonized.
READER-RESPONSE APPROACH 5. In your English class, you were asked to give your critique about the story of the Two Brothers
written by Leo Tolstoy.
STRUCTURALIST/FORMALIST APPROACH 6. Teacher Baylon instructed you to analyze a sonnet by looking into the number of
syllables, the number of lines, the sounds of last words, and the theme.
MORALIST APPROACH 7. Gian studies the moral of the story he read.
FEMINIST APPROACH 8. In the short story, Chopin reveals a deep-rooted problem that women face in marital relationships.
MARXIST APPROACH 9. The story of Pride and Prejudice reflects how the relationship was determined by wealth and class status in pre-
industrial England. Subsequently, the novel also displays the emergence of the Gardiners and how they affect class relations.
STRUCTURALIST/FORMALIST APPROACH 10. In the movie “Grease” mirrors the time figures, you can see this in the dialogue,
costumes, and settings.

V. Label each sentence according to the techniques in Persuasive Writing. Choose your answer in the parenthesis.
(Rhetorical Questions, Repetition, Bandwagon, Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority.)

REPETITION 1. What I didn’t realize back then was just how dangerous secondhand smoke was. Secondhand smoke is indeed very
dangerous.
RHETORICAL QUESTION 2. Wouldn’t you do anything to make your family proud?
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY3. The statistics show that the crime rate has decreased, and the city mayor has also confirmed it.
APPEAL TO EMOTION 4. Be thankful that you have more than what you need. Other children do not even have a roof above their
heads, but they study harder than anyone.
BANDWAGON 5. Nine out of ten students got higher graces because of the Modular Learning Modality.
-END OF TEST-

- “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness
and others have greatness thrust upon them.
Prepared by: Reviewed by:
MARY ROSE C. MERCADO LEONIDA R. ANGELES
SST-III/Subject Teacher Master Teacher I
Checked By:

LEA L. LOPEZ
OIC/Principal I