1ST QUARTERLY EXAM IN EAPP
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- Q1
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the language used in academic texts?
It uses figurative language to deliver a different meaning from the literal one.
It avoids colloquial or conversational language, including contractions and informal terminology.
It is impersonal and objective, because it avoids direct reference to individuals or emotions, focusing instead on objects, facts, and concepts.
It is technical because it employs discipline-specific terminology.
30sENG11/12-1-D1 - Q2
How can you make your writing more formal through the vocabulary that you use?
Choose active voice and vivid verbs.
Choose figures of speech.
Choose formal instead of informal vocabulary.
Choose appropriate words.
30sENG11/12-1-D1 - Q3
Which of the following strategies can you NOT use in writing objectively?
Avoid evaluative terms based on non-technical opinions and emotions.
Include personal thoughts, interpretations, viewpoints, feelings, and judgment.
Find authors, researchers, and theorists in books or articles who agree with your point of view and can back it up.
Emphasize things and ideas, not people and feelings.
30sENG11/12-1-D1 - Q4
Which of the following statements is formal?”
“I'm sorry, but the weather will delay the delivery.
“We regret to inform you that the delivery will be delayed due to adverse weather conditions.”
“Sorry, the weather is not nice. Your delivery will be delayed.”
“Sorry, but the delivery will be late because of the weather.”
30sENG11/12-1-D1 - Q5
Which of the following statements is subjective?
This carpet is my favorite color of red.
The temperature outside is around 30°C.
Even though I don’t like folk music, many professional folk musicians are objectively skilled players.
Places that are close to the equator do not have cold winters.
30sENG11/12-1-D1 - Q6
Which of the following parts of an academic text explains how you have conducted your research and what you have done to fulfill your aim and answer your research questions?
Introduction
Aim
Methodology
Research Questions
30sENG11/12-1-D1 - Q7
Directions for building a birdhouse are an example of which structure?
Problem Solution
Sequence order
Compare and contrast
Descriptive
30sCS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Iac-4 - Q8
Which text structure uses the following signal words: as well as, either, similar to?
Sequence order
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
Descriptive
30sCS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Iac-4 - Q9
Which text structure uses the following signal words: because of, since, as a result of?
Cause and effect
Descriptive
Sequence order
Compare and contrast
30sCS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Iac-4 - Q10
Which text structure explains why something happened and the results that followed?
Sequence order
Descriptive
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
30sCS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Iac-4 - Q11
Which text structure explains how something happens in a story that results in a chain reaction?
Descriptive
Cause and effect
Problem Solution
Sequence order
30sCS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Iac-4 - Q12
"It was a cold grey day in late November. The weather had changed overnight, when a backing wind brought a granite sky and a mizzling rain with it, and although it was now only a little after two o'clock in the afternoon the pallor of a winter evening seemed to have closed upon the hills, cloaking them in mist." Which choice best describes how the passage is organized?
Sequence order
Problem Solution
Descriptive
Cause and effect
30sCS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Iac-4 - Q13
"It was exactly two o'clock in the afternoon and I knew I was late. An hour later, all of the people were leaving for the game. I stopped to ask one of them where the game was, and he said that in about 12 minutes, the game will start down the block."
Which choice best describes how the passage is organized?
Problem Solution
Cause and effect
Sequence order
Descriptive
30sCS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Iac-4 - Q14
Students have become obsessed with following the trend as a result of social media. To solve this, parents and schools should work together to guide students. There should be intentional programs in the school and community to divert students' attention.
Which choice best describes how the passage is organized?
Problem Solution
Sequence order
Descriptive
Cause and effect
30sCS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Iac-4 - Q15
The continent measures 3,300 miles at its widest point, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to the Pacific Coast. From Alaska to Mexico, the continent extends 4,900 miles. Europe is made up of many small nations. Unlike it, North America is composed of only three large nations: Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
Which opening sentence goes best with the details in the above paragraph?
Mexico is best known for dry, hot summers.
Canada is the largest country in North America.
North America truly stretches "from sea to shining sea"!
The countries of North America formed NAFTA.
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