Diagnostic Assessment in English

You are asked to write an argumentative essay about the issue on Covid-19 Vaccine Prioritization Policy. As part of your introduction, construct a thesis statement that affirms with the prioritization policy.

A counterclaim is an opposing view to your argument. Suppose you are writing an essay about the benefits of going to school, what counterclaim should you address in one of your paragraphs?

How should you conclude an argumentative essay to make it compelling?

Cohesive devices are words or phrases that show the relationship between paragraphs or sections of a text. Fill in the blank with the correct word to complete the text below:

Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and recover without special treatment. ____________, some may become seriously ill and require medical attention.

A rhetorical question is an effective writing technique used to hook readers’ interest by using questions intended to make a point, rather than get an answer. Which of the following rhetorical questions best complements the informative text below? The casual killing of dolphins by commercial tuna fleets has become a global ecological problem. In the eastern Pacific, yellowfin tuna follow certain types of dolphins. By locating schools of dolphins, fishermen also locate tuna. During the early days when tuna were caught by hook and bait, the dolphins and fishermen are allies. Today, however, speedboats herd schools of dolphins and tuna together tightly. When mile-long nets are cast, the dolphins become helplessly entangled under water and are unable to rise to the surface to breathe. In 1986 alone, between 125,000 and 129,000 of these warm-blooded, air-breathing creature died unnecessarily.

As a writer, you ought to use patterns in paragraph development that fit the train of ideas you want to convey. Arrange the following sentences logically using analysis as pattern of development.

I. Our constitution created a national government with three distinct branches.

II. This separation of powers prevents any one branch or person from becoming too powerful.

III. No one branch has its absolute power; each one has its own duties and limitations.

IV. They are the legislative (Congress), the executive branch (the President/Cabinet), and the judicial branch (justice system).

V. For example, the President is the one to appoint Supreme Court justices, but those appointees must be approved by the Congress.

VI. When Congress on the other hand, makes a law, the President has the right to vote it, and the Supreme Court may determine whether it is constitutional or not.

Suppose you are writing a critique of a research study and you find the theoretical framework difficult to understand, which of the following sentences will you use to soften the absolute statement?

Using language structures helps a writer avoid absolute statements in writing a critique. Fill in the blank to complete the critique statement below:The text _________ inappropriate for Grade 10 students who may have a little background of the topic.

Suppose you are writing a critique about “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, which of the following information will you include in your introduction?

I. One evening, Mathilde’s husband went home with an invitation for a fancy ball.

II. Mathilde and his husband soon found out that the borrowed necklace was just fake.

III. This story mirrors the author’s understanding of the French society of his time.

IV. Mathilde dwelled on lacking a fancy dress and jewelry to wear for the ball.

V. Maupassant manages to highlight the travails of life one entertains as a result of being class-conscious.VI. Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is a short story of Mathilde Loisel and the experience she had with a diamond necklace.

Analyze to which part of a critique the text must be included:

Mathilde’s character is influenced by the materialistic values of the French society during that time. The necklace only signifies man’s reliance to material things. For the Loisel’s, it represents their dream of a luxury life which later led to a problem. The universality in this story applies to any society where people have to hide behind clothes and commodities in order to gain respect.

For items 12-18, read the story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and critique the selection guided by the questions that follow.

The name Fortunato, which reminds you of the word fortunate, is an example of which literary device?

What literary device is used when Fortunato says “the cough is mere nothing; it will not kill me, I shall not die of a cough”?

How should the story be analyzed based on Marxist approach?

How should the story be analyzed based on Structuralist/Formalist approach?

Evaluate to which approach to criticism the passage could be best analyzed:

Fortunato’s fate in the story is viewed by others as karma or a payback for the countless injuries (although not specified) he had done to Montressor. It might be argued that Fortunato got what he deserved as his sins finally caught up with him in a horrendous end.