Midterm Exam, Eapp
Midterm Exam, Eapp
Midterm Exam, Eapp
II. Identify the correct answer for each item. Choose from the words inside the box.
____________________16. Refers to a style of expression that researchers and professionals use to define the intellectual
boundaries of their disciplines and their specific areas of expertise.
____________________17. This means that the main emphasis is given on the information and arguments that the author
wants to convey rather than on personal opinion.
____________________18. Words are clear and concise and not ambiguous.
____________________19. is when you mean what you say, literally.
____________________20. is created when you mean something else, something that might be initially hidden.
____________________21. This is the main section of an academic text and is also the longest. It is the most substantial
part of the text because this is where the arguments are presented that support the thesis statement or answer the question
posted in the introduction.
___________________22. The thesis statement or the problem is revisited. It may include the evaluation and explanation
whether the aim was reached or the problem presented in the introduction solved or not.
___________________23. The first part of the teach where in the topic is being introduced and the overview of the text.
___________________24. is a brief or short statement or account of something that consists of the main ideas and
important details of a text.
___________________25. is what the text is about. You can find it in the Topic Sentence or Thesis Statement.
___________________26. are arguments or information that are used to support the main idea.
___________________27. is a summary that gives the essential features of a text. It shows how the parts of a text is
related to one another as parts that are of equal importance, or sections that are subordinate to a main idea.
___________________28. This is a one- sentence statement of the main idea of the article. It is the beginning of the
traditional outline.
___________________29.is a kind of academic writing in which the student researches a controversial issue and writes a
paper that explains his/her stand or viewpoint on it.
___________________30. A set of ideas, opinions, or views, but it can also lay out plan of action.
III. Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer from the box.
A. Feminism B. Formalism
C. Reader-response D. Marxism
_________31. This criticism examines how women characters are portrayed, exposing the patriarchal ideology implicit in
the so-called classics, and demonstrating that attitudes and traditions reinforcing systematic masculine dominance are
_________32.This criticism seeks to be objective in analysis, focusing on the work itself and eschewing external
considerations. It pays particular attention to literary devices used in the work and the patterns these devices establish
_________33. This criticism views literary works as a product of work and economics in broadly historical terms.
_________34. Which of the following critical approaches attempts to describe what happens in the reader’s mind while
interpreting a text?
IV. Arrange logically the following statements on writing a position paper by placing numbers 1-10 before each
statement.
Across
1. It is a type of writing that seeks to explain, describe, define, inform, or clarify.
2. A kind of academic writing in which the student researches a controversial issue and writes a paper that explains his/her
stand or viewpoint on it.
Downward
3. It tries to explain how two subjects are either similar or different.
4. This writing provides factual information, critical analysis, and space for more than one viewpoint.
5. A type of writing intended to judge something according to a set of criteria.
III. ENUMERATION:
CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD POSITION PAPER
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.