7.

Who are the target readers of an academic

essay?
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region XI
a. Parents, workers, teachers
Division of Davao Oriental b. Teachers, students, academic community
LUPON VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL c. Students, out-of-school youth, gov’t officials
d. None of the above
Summative Test in EAPP
8. What are the purposes of doing academic
Name: ____________________________ Score: ____ writing?
Section: __________________ Date: _____________ a. To guess, to hypothesize, and to make
conclusions
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b. To settle, to negotiate and to inform
Multiple Choice c. To inform, to persuade and to argue a
specific point
Directions: Read carefully. Choose the letter that
d. To defend, to challenge and to question
best answers the given question. Encircle the letter
of your choice. Strictly NO ERASURES. 9. An academic essay must use appropriate
vocabulary words but not too pretentious,
1. What are the three main parts of an essay?
highfalutin words. Which among these words is the
a. The introduction, the body and the simplified version of the term”
conclusion supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”?
b. The topic sentence, the body and the
a. Hardworking; industrious
conclusion.
b. Beautiful; pretty
c. The hook, the main idea and the conclusion
c. Exquisite; one-of-a-kind
d. None of the above
d. Extraordinarily good; wonderful
2.What is the purpose of the topic sentence?
10. Writing academic papers require deliberate,
a. To help with the flow of sentences
thorough and careful thought. Therefore, what
b. To help the reader understand what the
should one do to achieve a well-crafted academic
paragraph will be about
essay?
c. To give coherence to the paragraph
d. None of the above a. One must depend on his/her own opinions
3. What is ‘academic writing’? alone.
b. One must conduct a research on the topic
a. The writing you find in textbooks
at hand.
b. How university professors write
c. One must not consult the internet for unsure
c. A technique to write balanced, accurate and
sources.
professional assignments
d. One must depend highly on the internet
d. An old-fashioned way of writing
11. Why should we cite specific source?
4. Choose three words to describe academic
writing: a. It makes the reaction paper reliable.
b. It makes the paper more substantial.
a. Subjective, obscure, vague
c. It is an additional creative part of the paper.
b. Decisive, divisive, derisive
d. It can attract many readers to read your
c. Talented, stylish, inspiring
paper.
d. Precise, clear, objective
12. Which of the following is NOT a form of
5. What is true of the introductory paragraph?
research paper?
a. Ends with the thesis
a. Reflection b. Appeal
b. Introduces the big idea of the essay
c. Starts with a hook c. Protest d. Sports report
d. All of these
13. Which of the following is needed to make
6. What is the sequence of an essay? objective assessment?
a. Introduction, Body paragraph, Conclusion, a. Personal views b. Assessment
Body paragraph
c. Objectives d. Facts
b. Introduction, Body paragraph, Body
paragraph, Conclusion 14. Which of the following can be a form of reaction
c. Body paragraph, Introduction, Conclusion, paper?
Body paragraph,
d. Conclusion, Introduction, Body paragraph, a. Book review b. News report
Body paragraph c. Romantic report d. Incident report
15. Which of the following is NOT true about the c. It documents the steps clearly.
reaction paper?
d. It gives opportunity for fund sources.
a. It purely expresses one’s opinions on
24. Which is NOT an important part of a concept
certain issues and concerns.
paper for academic research?
b. It is mainly written to communicate a fair
assessment. a. Budget b. Rationale
c. It conveys incisive insights into its analysis
of events. c. Timeliness d. Statement of the problem
d. It may include the main purpose of the 25. What detail should you include in writing the
event. project description part?
16. Which critical approaches focuses on a. Review of related studies
understanding ways gender roles are reflected or
contradicted by texts? b. Proponent’s agency

a. Reader-response b. Feminism c. Expected outcome

c. Historicism d. Marxist d. Budget

17. Which critical approach focuses on ways 26. This way of presenting the concept uses
reflect, reinforce, or challenge the effects of class, examples to develop the ideas in the paragraph.
power relations, and social roles?
a. Definition b. Clarification
a. Marxist b. Feminism
c. Explication d. Explanation
c. Historicism d. Reader-response
27. Which of the format should you use if you are
18. Which critical approach focuses on planning to conduct a study on the “Effectiveness of
understanding texts by viewing texts in the context Online Learning on Physics Subject to Grade 12
of other texts? Students?”

a. Marxist b. Feminism a. Concept Paper for Project

c. Historicism d. Reader-response b. Concept Paper for Academic Research

19. Which critical approach focuses on each c. Thesis Format

reader’s personal reactions to a text, assuming
d. Book Review Format
meaning is created by a reader’s or interpretive
community’s personal interaction with a text? 28. Which of the following is a purpose of writing a
concept paper?
a. Marxist b. Feminism
a. To communicate one’s intention
c. Historicism d. Reader-response
b. To get possible source of income
20. Which critical approach focuses on “objectively”
evaluating the text, identifying its underlying form. It c. To show one skill in conceptualizing ideas
may study, for example, a text’s use of imagery,
metaphor, or symbolism? d. To present a feasible project worth future

a. Reader-response b. Media Criticism funding

c. Formalism d. Historicism 29. This type of definition makes use of a

parenthetical explanation.
21. What academic writing that tells what the
project is all about, the reasons of conducting the a. Informal definition b. Formal definition
project as well as the process of carrying it out? c. Clarification d. Explication
a. Concept paper b. Research paper 30. Why do you need to include the distinguishing
c. Position paper d. Critique paper feature in formal sentence definition?

22. Another name of concept paper is? a. To be specific in meaning

a. Summary document b. Document b. To be different in some terms

c. Review d. Report c. To recognize it from the other terms

23. Why is a concept paper necessary? d. To present the unique qualities of a term

a. It brings societal change.

b. It explains ideas clearly.
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Purposes
Answer Key (Summ. Test M1-M3)
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. D
14. A
15. A
16. B
17. A
18. C
19. D
20. C
21. A
22. A
23. D
24. A
25. C
26. B
27. B
28. D
29. B
30. D