SCORE

READING AND WRITING

Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________

Last Name First Name Middle Initial
Grade and Section: ________________________

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read the following directions carefully before answering the given items. Follow the
indicated instructions and AVOID ERASURES.

I. MATCHING TYPE. Match the items in Column A with their corresponding meanings in Column B.
Write only the letter of your choice before the number item; use capital letters.

Column A Column B

1. Brainstorming A. Used to show the flow of the story

2. Cycle B. Technique for generating ideas
3. Plot Diagram C. Used words and phrases as entries when organizing ideas
4. Venn Diagram D. Used to show repeated results
5. Topic Outline E. Used to show similarities and differences
6. Network Tree F. Used to represent hierarchy, classification, and branching.
7. Fishbone Map G. Used to map out arguments and evidence that prove a viewpoint
8. Timeline H. Used to better understand the causal relationship of a complex
9. Spider Map phenomenon
10. Persuasion Map I. Used to show how events occurred chronologically
J. Used to investigate and enumerate various aspects of a central
idea
II. IDENTIFICATION: Identify the following terms being stated. Write your answer on the space provided.

_________________ 11. It is the use of words to exchange thoughts and ideas in an orderly and organized manner.
_________________ 12. A pattern of development where the writer finds out the root cause and analyzes its
effects.
_________________ 13. A strategy under brainstorming where an idea is examined from six distinct viewpoints.
_________________ 14. A type of discourse which intends to convince readers to do or believe in something.
_________________ 15. This refers to conventions regarding capitalization, abbreviation, use of italics, and the
writing of numbers.
_________________ 16. A pattern of development which presents the similarities and differences of two or more
persons, things, places, situations, events, or ideas
_________________ 17. This requires the use of examples to show, prove, or explain a general idea or point.
_________________ 18. A word which means to stick together.
_________________ 19. It clinches or summarizes the topic.
_________________ 20. It is defined as the shortened forms of words and phrases.

III. FORMAL/INFORMAL. Read the following sentences comprehensively. Some have formal words,
some use informal words. For the formal used of language, write FORMAL while informal used of
language, write INFORMAL on the space provided.

21. The fam wants the kids home early. ____________________

22. The summer vacation is too short. ____________________
23. Went to Barcelona for the weekend. Lots to tell you. ____________________
24. The school bus arrived early at the library. ____________________
25. Shes decided to accept the job. ____________________

IV. INSTRUCTION: Put an X if the sentence is capitalized incorrectly and a C if it is capitalized correctly.

26. _____ Big Ben of London is a clock.

27. _____ I drove east to the city and turned north.
28. _____ My family supports the American cancer society.
29. _____ Yellowstone National Park is a great Park.
30. _____ I work for the New York Times.
31. _____ She is a republican and proud of it.
32. _____ The Emancipation proclamation was issued in 1862.
33. _____ Buddhists have been around a very long time.
34. _____ The Sidney Opera House is a Gorgeous Building.
35. _____ The Bronze Age lasted for several thousand years.