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A type of folktale that often begins with “once upon a time…”

A. Fables

B. Fairytales

C. Legends

D. Myths

2. A type of folktale which usually explain why something as it is or how something came to be.

A. Fables

B. Fairytales

C. Pourqoui Stories

D. Trickster Tale

3. They are born to memorize events, songs, and dances which transmitted the history of families,
villages and kingdoms.

A. African Tribes

B. Griots

C. Natives

D. Villagers

4. This refers to the highness and lowness of the voice.

A. Intonation

B. Pitch

C. Stress

D. Volume

5. From the story entitled “Owner of the Sky: Olorun”, how many days took to make the earth?

A. 7 Days

B. 6 Days

C. 5 Days

D. 4 Days
6. It is one of the most important animal tricksters in most West African Legends.

A. Anansi

B. Legba

C. Onini

D. Trickster

7. It is a type of reading strategy which you use clues like pictures or images as many as possible to give
you some background information.

A. Dependent Reading

B. Intensive Reading

C. Scanning

D. Skimming

8. These are words like noun, verb, adjective and adverb that carry ideas or thoughts.

A. Base words

B. Content Words

C. Context Words

D. Structure Words

9. This is the syllable that takes on the stress in the words that end in ic, sion and tion.

A. First syllable of the word

B. Last syllable of the word

C. Second syllable from the end of the word

D. Third syllable from the end of the word

10. A type of speech that might give a description of the state of a given topic. This is one way to
condense highly complex information into an easily retainable package for the audience.

A. Definitional Speech

B. Descriptive Speech

C. Demonstration Speech

D. Explanatory Speech
Identify if this is hyperbole or not.

11. I’m so angry, I could kill him!

12. I’ve asked you not to do that a thousand times.

13. If he doesn’t call by tonight, I will absolutely die.

14. She’s as skinny as a toothpick.

15. She is not a beauty queen.

Identify the types of irony.

• If unexpected by a character, it’s dramatic.

• If unexpected by everyone, it’s situational.

• If it’s sarcasm, it’s verbal.

16. The water is clear like mud.

17. In a movie where a detective does not know that the criminal responsible for the crimes in the city is
his partner.

18. A cat is being chased by a mouse.

19. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo finds Juliet in deep and drugged slumber, assumes her dead, kills
himself ignorantly before Juliet wakes up, discovers her dead lover and kills herself.

20. A shoe maker without shoe

21. Exclaiming “oh great” after failing an exam

22. A police station gets robbed.

23. When watching a talk show, the audience knows why a person has been brought on the show.
However, the person in the chair does not know that they are going to be reunited with a long lost
friend.

24. “Oh great! Now you have broken my new camera.”

25. You get into a wreck and the passenger says, “You’re a great driver!”

Directions: Identify whether the statement is rising or falling intonation. In your answer sheet write
DOWN if the statement signifies Falling Intonation and UP if it is Rising Intonation.

1. Does this store sell books?

2. Time waits for no one.
3. The store sell books, magazines, and newspapers.
4. Did I hurt you?
5. What is your greatest failure?

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Write the correct transition word or phrase given in the
parentheses to complete the passage.

(First, Outside), the woman called the manservant. (Next, And), she gave him some money and gave him
instructions. (Then, Opposite to), a woman neighbor came and knocked at her door. (Alongside, While)
she was giving the manservants some instructions, the men in the cockpit started to shout. (Meanwhile,
Soon), the shouts stopped and the game was over.

Identify the meaning of the underlined words.

1. He belonged to several benevolent societies and charitable organizations.

a. generous

b. heartless

c. brutal

d. barbarious

2. There is no legitimate reason for prescribing this medication to a child.

a. illegal

b. unlawful

c. accepted

d. unreasonable