Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of General Santos City
GENERAL SANTOS CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
School ID: 304642
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THIRD QUARTER SUMMATIVE TEST
ENGLISH 10
SY 2023-2024

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Section: ______________________ Date: ____________________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Read each item carefully and write your answers neatly in cursive. Please avoid erasures.
I. Reading and Comprehension: Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. Write the letter of your choice on your answer
sheet (1 point each).
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

I wandered lonely as a cloud The waves beside them danced; but they
That floats on high o'er vales and hills, Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
When all at once I saw a crowd, A poet could not but be gay,
A host, of golden daffodils; In such a jocund company:
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. What wealth the show to me had brought:

Continuous as the stars that shine For oft, when on my couch I lie
And twinkle on the milky way, In vacant or in pensive mood,
They stretched in never-ending line They flash upon that inward eye
Along the margin of a bay: Which is the bliss of solitude;
Ten thousand saw I at a glance, And then my heart with pleasure fills,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. And dances with the daffodils.

1. What
figure of speech does the title "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" exemplify?
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Personification d. Alliteration

2. What was being referred to in the line “Fluttering and dancing in the breeze”?
a. lake b. trees c. daffodils d. clouds

3. How does the poet feel after witnessing the field of daffodils in “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”?
a. Overwhelmed with sadness c. Disconnected from nature
b. Joyful and uplifted d. Indifferent and bored

4. “The waves beside them danced” on the first line of the third stanza is an example of what figure of speech?
a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Personification d. Paradox

5. Below are the figures of speech evident in this poem EXCEPT:

a. Simile b. Oxymoron c. Alliteration d. Personification

6. The tone of the poem is something .

a. decisive b. reflective c. resentment d. rebellious

II. Literary Criticism. Fill in each blank with the word being described in each sentence (1 point each).
7. The _________ of the short story is the time and place which it happens.
8. A ___________ is a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes a literary piece.
9. The ________________ is a struggle between two people or things in a short story.
10.A ________ is a series of events and characters actions that relate to the central conflict.
11.At the beginning of the story, characters, setting and the main conflict are typically introduced in the ________________.
 12.The part of the story where it begins to slow down and work towards its end, tying up loose ends is the ________________.
13.The ___________________________ is like a concluding paragraph that resolves any remaining issues and end the story.
14.A _____________ is an in-depth evaluation of a story, novel, film, song, etc., for the purpose of giving the public an insight into the
material.
15.When the main character is in crisis and events leading up to facing the conflict begin to unfold and story becomes complicated, this
happens in the ______________.

III. Read each statement below carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If false, change the underlined word to make the
statement correct (1 point each).
16.The Marxist approach is based from the political theory of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. _____________________
17.Formalist/Structuralist approach sees the text as a living thing that lives in the reader’s imagination. _______________
18.Reader-response criticism asserts that a great deal of meaning in a text lies with how the writer responds to it. ______________
19.The Feminist approach is concerned with the role, position, and influence of men and women in a literary text. ______________
20.A critique is an in-depth evaluation of a story, novel, film, etc. for the purpose of giving the public an insight into the material.
_______________
21.Formalist approach suggests that the larger purpose of literature is to teach morality and to probe philosophical questions.
_______________
22.Literary criticism gives us a window into a work of literature. It gives us a particular way of understanding the text from a specific
viewpoint. _______________
23.Moralist approach emphasizes the form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on the literary elements and how they work
to create meaning. _______________
24.A critique seeks to shed light on the content of a “text” in order to help future readers or viewers understand better the material that they
are reading or viewing. _________________
25.Historical approach involves understanding the events and experiences surrounding the composition of the work, especially the life of the
author, and using the findings to interpret that work of literature. ________________

IV. Read each item carefully and encircle the best transitional word to make the entire text cohesive (for items 26-30).

DO YOU ARGUE INTELLIGENTLY?

At its most basic level, argumentativeness is a reflex, not a choice. When we feel threatened in some way, we either respond by
fleeing, freezing, or fighting. (Consistently, Eventually), most people begin to realize that unconsciously responding to random, external
stimuli is exhausting at best and destructive at worst. We begin to censor our responses to things—these are the seeds of self-awareness.
(Also, However), this does not mean that arguing doesn’t serve an important purpose. While it is often a product of grappling with our own
threatened sense of identity, it is also how we can communicate feeling strongly about something important. When done intelligently,
someone who knows how to argue well can be a master of their social surroundings—in business, love, and so on. The first step to doing
so, however, is not sounding as though you’re being argumentative. Enter the hierarchy. To put it bluntly, there are a lot of idiotic ways that
people try to argue with one another, and most of them do not work. They only leave both parties more frustrated, ultimately because they
each avoid addressing the real issue in its entirety.
(Last of all, First of all), name-calling. You deflect from the issue at hand by proclaiming that someone is a “dummy” or an “idiot”
without any argument to back it up. (Secondly, However), Ad hominem. You attack the character or the authority of the person without
addressing the actual substance of the argument. If someone who smokes says: “Smoking is bad,” you respond: “Who are you to say?!”
rather than seeing it as an objective truth. Another is responding to tone. You criticize the tone or the diction of the person making the
argument as a means of deflecting from actually addressing the argument itself. (Furthermore, Lastly), contradiction. You state the
opposing case with little or no evidence to back it up. You’re arguing for the sake of it, you just inherently do not want to validate or agree
with the person for some reason.

V. Analyze each text and identify whether it focuses on any of the following approaches in critiquing a literary selection: A.
Structuralist/Formalist, B. Moralist, C. Marxist, D. Feminist, E. Historical or F. Reader-Response. Write the letter of your answer on the
blank.
_______31. Study The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. This book takes place in the American South in the 19th century and
follows a white boy, Huck, as he helps a black slave, Jim, escape his situation. Here we've got quite a bit more detail. Instead of just
two large classes, society is divided into several smaller ones (Study.com. Accessed August 28, 2020).
_______32. Judith Little and Megan S. Lloyd argue that Alice is a “literally underground image of a woman” battling the “system.” Still, they also
view Alice’s insistence, activity, and curiosity as typically “Un-Victorian” traits that make her an example of a seditious woman. But for
Lloyd, Alice can also be considered as an ideal role model for any society simultaneously (Criticism of ‘Alice’. Accessed August 17,
2020).
_______33. Samuel Johnson once stressed in his novel entitled, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia the following words: “I have here
the world before me; I will review it at leisure: surely happiness is somewhere to be found… Happiness must be something solid and
permanent, without fear and without uncertainty.” He simply recounts the story of a prince ‘who escapes from the valley of happiness,’
to search for perpetual bliss. However, he realizes that this kind of happiness does not exist (“Moral - Examples and Definition of
Moral.” Literary Devices, May 28, 2017).
_______34. Through Phoenix’s strenuous journey in the wild country of Natchez Trace, Eudora Welty uses her protagonist to symbolically show
the struggle of African-Americans toward equality and integration in the South after the Civil War (Writing a Formalist Literary Analysis.
Accessed September 1, 2020).

VI. Types of Speech & Speech Styles. Read and answer each question in one to three (1-3) sentences.
35-37. Define Speech Style and explain its purpose. (3 points)
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38-40. Choose three speech styles that you find most useful in your life as a student. Explain the importance of each. (3 points)
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41-50. Compose a three-paragraph eulogy for a deceased loved one. Use the back page for more space. (10 points)
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Rubric:
Features Expert (5) Accomplished (4) Capable (3) Beginning (2)
Contains thorough and
Content insightful Contains most of the Contains insufficient Contains
understanding of the essential information understanding of the topic extraneous
topic information

Somewhat organized; the

Well-organized; the Organized; the order and Poorly organized; a clear
order and structure allow the
Organization order and structure of structure allow the sense of direction is not
readers to move through
information is readers to move through evident. Flow is
some of the content without
compelling and flows content without confusion frequently interrupted.
confusion. Flow is
smoothly and flows smoothly.
sometimes interrupted.
Grammar Numerous spelling,
There is no spelling, Few spelling and There are a number of punctuation, and
Usage and punctuation, or punctuations errors; spelling, punctuation, or
Mechanics grammatical errors
grammatical error. minor grammatical errors grammatical errors. interfere with the meaning.

Prepared by:

CASSANDRA P. SIGNAR RENALYNE L. BAYLAS

English Teacher English Teacher

Reviewed and Checked by:

RANILO B. GUYANO
Master Teacher I

Noted by:

AILEN V. DINASAS
English Department Head