GURONG PINOY

LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS (LET)

GENERAL EDUCATION – ENGLISH

PREBOARD
Prof. Rhounella Rhane Saba-Magpantay, MA Sped, LPT
Asst. Professor-University of San Agustin

Education Programs
Languages, Humanities & Literature Department
MA Major in Special Education
Centro Escolar University
Diploma in Teaching
West Visayas State University
Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication-Broadcasting (Cum Laude)
West Visayas State University

1. Which of the following statements is false 4. Which of the following statements is false
of the purpose of the establishment and of the MTB MLE framework?
implementation of the MTB MLE language
program? A. MTB MLE focuses on the child’s
A. develop appropriate cognitive and developing skills, creativity and social skills.
reasoning skills B. MTB MLE is simply changing the words in
B. develop lifelong skills the language used by the teacher in the
C. develop learners who are proficient in classroom.
the use of their L1 to connect t their country C. MTB MLE aims to nurture global
D. develop learners to start thinking that participation among learners.
Filipino is a superior language D. MTB MLE aims to build on the child’s
culture and home language in the teaching of
2. After presenting the concept of the concepts.
Present Progressive Tense, Teacher A wants
to know if the students can use the same
concept to construct a sentence in the Past 5. Teacher B wants to gauge the level of
Progressive Tense. Which guiding principle comprehension of the students in the new
in language teaching does Teacher A wish to lesson. To do this, Teacher B writes 3
apply? examples on the board, asks the students to
A. active learning determine which of the following sentences
B. language and academic development is a correct example of the concept and
C. cognitive development explain why they think the example if correct.
D. discovery learning Which guiding principle in language teaching
does Teacher B apply?
3. A salient feature of the MTB MLE
framework that aims to develop confidence A. Active Learning
and proficiency in comprehending texts B. Language and academic development
among learners. C. Cognitive Development
A. Teaching for meaning and accuracy D. Discovery Learning
B. Prior Knowledge
C. Cognitive Development
D. Literacy
6. Tom and Jerry were creeping through the 13. Complete the sentence.
cold clammy cave when they suddenly heard Write your name at the _____.
rocks falling behind them. A. top of the page
The underline group of words is a/an _____. B. page’s top
A. Complex sentence C. page in the top
B. Independent Clause D. page on top
C. Dependent Clause
D. Phrase 14. Which of the following quantifiers modify
plural nouns?
7. The number of students who attended the A. Many
seminar workshop _____ considerably large. B. Each
A. is C. Many a
B. are D. Every
C. was
D. were 15. Which reform in the Philippine
Educational System advocates the use of
8. Juan dela Cruz, the elected mayor, made English and Filipino as media of instruction
the speech _____. in specific learning areas?
A. hisself A. Multilingual education
B. himself B. Alternative Learning
C. itself C. K-12 Program
D. herself D. Bilingual Education

9. The diamond, the mineral form of carbon, 16. Teacher A is about to present a new
is values as a precious stone and also used lesson on tenses, the present progressive
for various industrial processes. tense. Teacher A starts with engaging with
What is the function of the underlined noun? the students by asking what they already
A. Appositive know about the Simple Present Tense and
B. Object Complement asked the students for sample sentences.
C. Object of the preposition Which guiding principle in language teaching
D. Direct Object does Teacher A apply?
A. Discovery Learning
10. My bag is made out of _____ leather. B. Known to the unknown
A. genuine C. Cognitive development
B. most genuine D. Language and academic development
C. least genuine
D. more genuine 17. What is the language of learning and
teaching?
11. Victoria and _____ best friends are going A. lingua franca
on a holiday together. B. English
A. their C. Filipino
B. her D. medium of instruction
C. she
D. they 18. Complete the statement of our former
president Ninoy Aquino lll.
12. Daniel Padilla is a great teenage actor, "We should become______as a country.
_____? Learn English well and connect to the _____ ,
Learn _____ well and connect to our country,
A. isn’t he? Retain to your dialect and connect to your
B. doesn’t he? _______.
C. wasn’t he? A. heritage, trilingual, Filipino, world
D. is he? B. trilingual, world , Filipino, heritage
C. heritage, trilingual, Filipino, world
D. world, trilingual, Filipino, world
19. If the input answers the question how a 25. Which hypothesis on second language
language acquirer develops competency over acquisition states that grammatical structure
time, this hypothesis points that motivation, self proceeds in a predictable order, that is, some
confidence and anxiety affect how an individual grammatical structures are to be acquired early
acquires the language. Which hypothesis is and the others later?
referred to?
. A. Affective filter hypothesis A. Affective filter hypothesis
B. Critical period hypothesis B. Natural order hypothesis
C. Natural order hypothesis C. Input hypothesis
D. Monitor Hypothesis D. Monitor Hypothesis

20. Metacognition can be defined as 26. Which method emphasizes isolated word
“thinking about thinking.” The essence of lists and a thorough examination of its
metacognition includes reflecting, grammar is used in second language
monitoring, self-questioning, and _______. teaching?
A. Self- regulating
B. Self- respect A. Suggestopedia
C. Self- concept B. Grammar translation method
D. Self-recognition C. Total Physical Response
D. Direct method
21. What approach involves a lot of repetition
of the second language grammatical forms 27. Which theory of language learning
especially those that are different from the advanced by Stephen Krashen state that a
learner’s first language? student can learn a second language if the
A. Communicative approach language components are not too complex
B. Natural approach nor too easy?
C. Audio-lingual approach
D. Linguistic approach A. Comprehensible output
B. Linguistic output
22. Which approach is frequently used in C. Language acquisition
task-based language teaching (TBLT) and D. Critical period analysis
features small group activities that promote
positive interaction?
A. Dialogue journals 28. Which of the following is NOT an activity
B. Academic language scaffolding under the total physical response method?
C. Cooperative Learning
D. Total Physical Response A. The teacher gives an activity that involves
students interviewing people in the market
23. In the language acquisition, the following B. The teacher uses body actions such as
are considered language developmental jumping to teach the meaning of the word
milestone during the pre-linguistic stages, “jump”.
EXCEPT _________. C. The teacher opens the door as she gives
A. babbling the command “open the door”.
B. echolalia D. The students repeat the phrase. “I can
C. cooing clap” as they clap their hands.
D. crying

24. The study of illocutionary acts is an area 29. Errors caused mainly by mother tongue
of __________. interference is called ______.
A. pragmatics A. intralingual
B. syntax B. global error
C. semantics C. interlingual error
D. morphology D. local error
30. Identify the error, “ This is the home that 38. Miss Concepcion wants to prepare her
my father built”. students for a lesson that aims to sharpen
A. morphological error the critical evaluative learning skills of her
B. phonological error students. Before making them listen to a
C. lexical error recorded advertisement, she establishes the
D. syntactic error context of the listening text and activates the
background knowledge of the students about
31. “He cried yesterday” instead of “He the nature of advertisement.
relentlessly cried when somebody stepped In what phase or stage is her listening
on her toes yesterday.” This is an example of lesson?
A. simplification
B. fossilization A. Post-listening stage
C. overgeneralization B. While listening stage
D. hypercorrection C. Planning stage
D. Pre-listening stage
32. Errors for a long period of time and has
become quite difficult to get rid of are called 39. What does research say about the nature
___. of listening?
A. global errors
B. induced errors A. Good listening is strictly a bottom up
C. developmental errors process
D. fossilized errors B. Intelligent listening is predominantly top
down
33. SLA means C. Successful listening involves a gradual
A. Student Learning Acquisition movement from sound to word to sentence to
B. Second Language Acquisition text
C. Student Language Acquisition D. Successful listening involves the
D. Second Learner Acquisition integration of information encoded in the
message itself with broader knowledge of the
34. An editing device that may operate world
before language performance
A. LAD 40. Which is one of the most important skills
B. Input device in communication because it is a way of
C. Filter device portraying information in the database, thus
D. Monitor giving more emphasis to the importance of
mental faculty that allows a perceiver to
35.It refers to learning the pragmatic aspect delineate or give details about a target that is
of various speech acts inaccessible to normal senses due to time,
A. linguistic competence distance, or shielding?
B. discourse competence
C. socio linguistic competence A. Viewing
D. strategic competence B. Listening
C. Speaking
36. These relate to the emotional variables in D. Writing
the affective filter hypothesis EXCEPT
A. anxiety 41. Which option below presents
B. tranquility CORRECTLY the steps in the listening
C. stress process?
D. lack of self confidence A. Evaluating-responding-receiving
understanding-remembering
37. The mind has the capacity to internalize B. Understanding-remembering-evaluating-
and construct rules responding-receiving
A. transformational grammar C. Receiving-understanding-remembering-
B. descriptive linguistics evaluating-responding
C. prescriptive grammar D. Remembering-evaluating-responding-
D. applied linguistics receiving-understanding
42. A good language education program 48. Which element of fiction refers to the
should give equal importance to meaning universal aspects of life as the writer
and to _____ from the beginning. perceives them to be so that it determines
A. expression his choice and organization of action,
B. accuracy characters, setting, and point of view?
C. fluency
D. speaking A. Theme
B. Plot
43. Which skill involves understanding and C. Setting
responding to what has been heard and the D. Character
recognition of sounds, syllables, words, and
sentences? 49. Which function of literature is illustrated
A. Writing when aside from its natural gift of pleasure to
B. Viewing the reader, it provides illumination that
C. Speaking enables us to see, interpret and transform
D. Listening our world?

44. Which benefit is derived from literature A. Literature as a form of escape

as we engage ourselves in a continuing B. Literature is a form of pleasure
process of refining our capabilities to use C. Literature as a form of engagement
language and our sensibilities to good D. Literature has aesthetic satisfaction
language use?
A. Language enhancements 50. You are planning to use a video clip from
B. Cultural function YouTube to test the active listening skills of
C. Wisdom your students.
D. Exploration of a worldview What do you need to primarily consider
before using it in your class?
45. Which is an approach to literature and
the other arts that stresses reason, balance, A. It should have clear connection to your
clarity, ideal beauty and orderly form in educational objectives
limitation of the arts of ancient Greece and B. It should be audible and appealing ot the
Rome? students
A. Imagism C. It should be appropriate to the age of the
B. Romanticism learners
C. Realism D. It should have subtitles for better
D. Classicism comprehension.

46. The statement: “Once upon a time in a 51. In selecting instructional materials, the
distant land” exemplifies the ______. following factors need to be considered
A. place of the setting EXCEPT one.
B. time of the setting
C. setting of the story A. Promote faith and confidence in other
D. local color cultures.
B. Represent the many religious and cultural
47. Which of the following element of a short groups
story refers to the struggle of forces that C. Consider the varied interests, abilities and
makes the story move its plot? maturity of the learners.
A. climax D. Stimulate growth in factual knowledge,
B. conflict literary appreciation and aesthetic values.
C. denouement
D. characters
52. In the test prepared by Mica, Mr. Kin 58. Which is a method of speech delivery
commented that she overemphasized on termed as “making it up on the spot” where
knowledge outcomes. the students use more natural delivery and
the audience is less critical?
What might have Mica forgotten to do? A. Extemporaneous
A. Predictability validity testing B. Memorized
B. Table of Specifications C. Manuscript
C. Difficulty distribution D. Impromptu
D. Constructive validity testing
59. Which refers to the processes associated
53. Margaux distributed his test among a with the production and perception of
group of representative and users in the sounds used in spoken language?
same settings and circumstances as the live A. Oral communication
test. B. Speaking
C. Discussing
Which task did Margaux do? D. Speech
A. Assessing
B. Formatting 60. Which speech is delivered during
C. Piloting wedding receptions, graduation ceremonies,
D. Revising religious inductions and other kind?

54. Which among the following is NOT a It strongly suggests that speakers know the
criterion of a good test? background of the events and assess their
A. Relativity audience to determine what information is
B. Authenticity most appropriate to share.
C. Reliability A. Persuasive speaking
D. Balance B. Demonstrative speaking
C. Ceremonial speaking
55. Newspaper articles, advertisement, radio D. Informative speaking
announcement, etc. in the real world when
used in the classroom situations are 61. Which one includes a student telling
classifies as ____________. stories, original or taken from a book, in
A. audio-visual aids his/her own words?
B. mass communication materials A. Creative speech
C. recycled materials B Story reading
D. authentic materials C. Reader’s Theatre
D. Sight reading
56. Invention: discovering the best
arguments; __________: delivery, language 62. Which of the following explains why
and speaking style? research is systematic?
A. disposition A. Research makes use of tools
B. elocution B. Research follows procedures
C. memory C. Research must be based on facts
D. pronunciation D. Research is based on data perceived by
the senses.
57. If informative speaking aims to inform,
what is the aim of demonstrative speaking? 63. Which of the following explains why
research is empirical?
A. to entertain audience A. Research makes use of tools
B. to show audience how to perform a task B. Research follows procedures
C. to shift behaviors of the audience C. Research is based on data perceived by
D. to share some facts and opinions the senses
D. Research must be based on facts.
64. Which is NOT a research tool? 70. Which literary movement is characterized
A. Test by logical thinking and freedom which are
B. Checklist vital in making choices that relate to moral
C. Questionnaire and social choices?
D. Grades A. Neoclassicism
B. Enlightenment
65. If researcher wants to know why teacher C. Renaissance
do not erase writings on the board to make D. Post-modernism
them eventually erase, what type of research
are they into? 71. Which of the following can be the subject
matter of humanism literature?
A. Behavioral A. Faith
B. Propriety B. Sacred
C Pure C. Salvation
D Communication D. Poverty

66. Which research has classroom as its 72. Which was characterized by two broad
locale? events: French Revolution and the Industrial
revolution?
A. Experimental A. Modern Period
B. Action B. Post-modernism
C. Descriptive C. Humanism Revolution
D. Analytical D. Renaissance

67. If researchers want to know if most 73. Which movement reacted against the
English majors have English as their favorite stylistic excess and superfluous artistry and
subject, what purpose of research are they ornamentation of Renaissance writers?
likely to achieve? A. Realism
A. Improve a product B. Neoclassicism
B. Validate generalizations C. Aestheticism
C. Verify existing knowledge D. Romanticism
D. Discover the substance
74. Which of the following exemplifies the
68. Aristotle’s Poetics states that successful device “allusion”?
strategy exploits and appeals to two basic A. Shakespeare is a literary titan.
emotions: fear and pity. These emotions B. Death, be not proud.
offer a “katharsis” or purgation. This belief C. Not yet, Rizal, not yet.
has influenced the works of Shakespeare. D. Philippines, O Pearl of the Orient

Which of Shakespeare’s works does NOT 75. Which is the correct description of motif
reflect this belief? in literary writing?
A. The main insight or central idea in a
A. Twelfth Knight literary work
B. Othello B. An image or idea repeated throughout a
C. King Lear work
D. Romeo and Juliet C. The element of surprise in a work of fiction
D. The writing style adopted by the author
69. Which of the following does NOT allow
intertextual reading of literature? 76. Which of the following best illustrates
the figure of speech “understatement”?
A. Marxism Criticism A. “I’m so thirsty, I could drink a pail of water.”
B. Feminism Criticism B. “That’s wrong, Poe,” Addressing someone
C. New Criticism who does not know the answer)
D. Post-colonial criticism C. “I think our comments differ slightly”. (“I
don’t agree with at all.”)
D. “That sounds not intriguing.”
77. What technique were used in the excerpt 84. What are documents, drawings, and
“Sea nymphs hourly ring his knell/Ding- programs stored on the hard drive called?
dong. Hark!/Now I hear them – Ding-dong A. folders
bell”? B. file
A. Consonance and rhythm C. DVD
B. Onomatopoeia and assonance D. folder properties
C. Assonance and rhyme
D. Onomatopoeia and rhyme 85. What is jumping from one website to
another called?
A. Surfing
B. Hyperlinking
78. What is the meaning of the underlined C. Buffering
phrase in the excerpt? D. Leaping
“As of press time, the senator is abroad and
has not issued a statement.” 86. Which type of error is evident in the
A. As of now sentence “I came, I saw, I conquered”?
B. Before the publication A. Parallelism
C. After the writing of the article B. Punctuation
D. As of yesterday C. Spelling
D. Capitalization
79. Which is TRUE about editorial cartoons?
A. They must contain familiar symbolisms. 87. Which perspective considers the speaker
B. They must be related to the editorial. and his/her background when translating
C. They must not contain words. text?
D. They must be abstract. A. Philological
B. Communicative
80. Which among the following is least C. Socio-semiotic
important to mention in a summary lead for D. Linguistic
sports?
A. Venue 88. What techniques does a translator utilize
B. Score when s/he uses generic terms to culturally
C. Audience sensitive words such as “pasma” and
D. Winner “tampo” without direct equivalent?

81. Which is a CORRECT photo overrun in A. Closest Equivalence

Journalism? B. Idiomatic Translation
A. Barrack Obama is in black. C. Generic Correspondence
B. Barrack Obama delivers his opening D. Cultural Equivalence
remarks last Sunday.
C. Obama shakes hands with APEC 89. The difference between “Don’t oppose”
attendees and “Don’t whimper” lies in their _______.
D. Obama opens APEC in Malaysia Sunday. A. Expressive meaning
B. Denotative meaning
82. _____________ is a technical writing C. Propositional meaning
theorem is crucial for technical writing. D. Selectional proposition
A. Using plain and short words
B. Creating a logical flow
C. Writing short sentences 90. Which of the following elements of the
D. All of these works of Stephen Kung, Banielle Steel, and
John Grisham may NOT be translated into
83. An official suggestion being put French?
forward, is referred as _____________.
A. Proposals A. Characterization
B. Recommendation B. Song
C. Resources C. Theme
D. Conclusion D. Genre
91. Which item is an example of an ESP 98. Fe, a Grade 5 pupil has difficulty
needs analysis? completing school work, using in writing in
A. Target situation analysis everyday situations, producing letters on
B. Advocacy analysis paper, and may not understand the
C. Material-based analysis relationship between letters, words, and
D. Psychoanalysis sounds, shows weaknesses in
understanding letter sound connections, and
92. Which is a jargon of academe? in fine motor skills.
A. Deficit
B. Bureaucracy What learning difficulty does she suffer
C. Pedagogy from?
D. Leverage A. Dysgraphia
B. Dyscalculia
93. Which among the list of activities below C. Dyslexia
should be least prioritized or used in an ESP D. Digraph
class?
A. Case studies 99. While reading orally, John’s word error
B. Simulation range is from 2 to 5 word calling errors per
C. Feasibility studies 100 words of text (95% accuracy or better),
D. Research with at least 80 percent comprehension on
simple recall questions about the story.
94. Which of these words is an example of
slang? In what level does his reading ability belong
A. Goalie
B. Scrub suit A. Independent Reading Model
C. Spy ware B. Frustration Reading Level
D. Ammo C. Instructional Reading Level
D. Successful Reading Level
95. Which type of syllabus would contain the
following set of topics: making 100. What does remedial instruction focus
arrangements, taking part in an interview; on?
buying and selling, etc? A. Grammar
A. Functional/task-based syllabus B. Test
B. Skill syllabus C. Skills
C. Functional-notional syllabus D. Content
D. Structural/situational syllabus
101. Which character is created to contradict
96. Self-monitoring and paying attention another character and invite audience to
belong to which category of learning rethink?
strategies identified by Oxford in 1989? A. Foil
A. Social B. Antagonist
B. Metacognitive C. Protagonist
C. Affective D. Flat
D. Compensation
102. What type of exposition is used in the
97. Which of the following statements excerpt below?
accurately describes the Bottom-Up Model of
Reading? “Dr. Jekyll reiterated to Mr. Utterson that his
A. The reader constructs meaning from all decision was final regarding the will, that
available sources nothing could change it. “I hope you
B. The primary focus of instruction should be understand that I really have great interest in
reading of whole selections poor Hyde…”
C. The emphasis is on comprehension, not A. Foreshadowing
decoding B. Scene
D. Reading is driven by text, not the reader C. Flashback
D. Epiphany
103. What type of diction error is in the next 108. Teaching literature is seeking the
sentence? opportunity for students to relate and
respond to the themes and issues by making
The dirty, filthy kitchen is the prime suspect a connection to their personal lives.
for diarrhea among the household members.
Which model is described?
A. Use of highfalutin words
B. Use of archaic form A. Cultural Model
C. Excessive variation B. Language Model
D. Over modification C. Personal Growth Model
D. Philosophical Model
104. Which of the following is portmanteau
word?
A. Thin and tiny 109. What is the most innovative way of
B. E-book teaching literature?
C. Biopic
D. Black gold A. Students create a collage of their
experiences in relation to the story read in class.
105. Which criterion in effective diction is B. Students are asked to read a literary piece
met when a writer uses Pantene instead of at home.
shampoo?
C. Students memorize the stanzas of a
A. Concreteness
poem.
B. Denotation
C. Connotation D. Students explain difficult words orally.
D. Accuracy

106. According to Aristotle, plays classified 110. Which is the substitution of a term
as tragedy produce an effect where our baser considered inoffensive for one that might
emotions of lust, hatred, jealousy, feat, self- bring the reader or listener too close to an
pity, greed, avarice, sloth, etc. are cleansed uncomfortable reality?
or purged because of dread that the tragedy
that befall the tragic character would happen A. Imagery
to us. B. Euphemism
C. Bathos
In the process, we countercheck ourselves D. Translation
and are ennobled. How is this cleansing
process
called? 111.
A. Caveat Twilight
B. Kinesis Is a young bird
C. Catharsis In gorgeous plumes,
D. Catharses Seeking refuge
Under the soft wings
107. These are true about the reasons for Of its Mother Night.
teaching literature to students EXCEPT one. By Epifanio T. Ramos

Which is the exception? The short poem describes the _____.

A. It contributes to the holistic development
of an individual.
B. It shows value to language experiences A. onset of night
C. It provides an escape from one’s reality. B. high noon
C. rising of sun
D. It develops mostly the analytic skills of the D. plumes
learners.
112. Son of Zeus and Alemene, he was 117. The Trojan War is also known as the
renowned for his superhuman strength and _____.
courage. Sometimes called Aleides, he has
often represented with a bow of club wearing A. Return of the Trojan
a lion skin. B. Greek War
C. Siege of Troy
A. Oedipus D. Rebellion of the Trojan
B. Hercules or Heracles
C. Oddysues 118. What is the Greek name for Venus?
D. Andrcoles
A. Thalassa
113. It is associated with Latin American B. Aphrodite
writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez? C. Venussa
D. Medusa
A. Metaphor
B. Masque 119. Which is the subject in Mythic history
C. Magic realism portrayed in “Musee des Beaux Arts”
D. In medias res painting?

114. In mythology, Zeus, the ruler of A. Daedalus and Icarus

Olympus has two brothers: one who ruled B. Farewell of Hector and Andromache
the sea and the other who ruled the C. Encounter with Polyphemus
underworld. D. Illiad and Odessey

The two were _____. 120.

Fog
A. Achilles and Aeschylus The fog comes
B. Hermes and Ares on little cat feet.
C. Poseidon and Hades it sits looking
D. Apollo and Artemis over harbor and city
on silent haunches
115. A king of Corinth condemned in the and then moves on. – Carl Sandburg
Underworld to roll a huge stone up a hill.
Just as he reached the top, the stone would Among the “senses of the mind,” which one
roll down, forcing him to begin the task is predicted in the poem above?
again.
A. Sense of smell
Who is referred to? B. Sense of touch
C. Thermal sense
A. Sisyphus D. Motion sense
B. Spartacus
C. Stentor 121. Even before the invention of the printed
D. Sphinx page in the middle of the 15th century, oral
literature had been in circulation by word-
116. Who is considered as the herald and out-mouth for centuries.
messenger of the Olympian Gods?
Epics, myths, legends and fables which were
A. Prometheus told hundreds of years ago may be said to be
B. Promachus fall under what literary genre?
C. Zeus
D. Hermes A. Essay
B. Drama
C. Fiction
D. Poetry
122. The one through whose eyes we “see” 128. A mechanism by which a narrative
the story is the _____. sequence of events (story) is structured and
organized is called _____.
A. narrator
B. author A. denouement
C. character B. plot
D. reader C. literary device
D. point of view
123. The term thespian was taken from
Thespis, a 6th B.C. poet who was said to 129. In his masterpiece, the Canterbury
have been the founder of Greek drama and Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer used a literary
the first actor. technique which refers to a narrative within a
narrative.
Thespian means _____.
A. speaker Which technique is referred to?
B. actor
C. teacher A. Frame story
D. orator B. Embedded story
C. Sequential story
124. Which is direct address to someone D. Internal story
absent, long dead or even to an inanimate
object, e.g. “Pack, clouds, away; and 130. Characterization may be revealed or
welcome, day!” gleaned by all of the following EXCEPT
_____.
A. Metonymy A. what the character thinks, says and does
B. Personification B. what the author says about the character
C. Apostrophe C. what the readers say and think about the
D. Metaphor character
D. what the other characters say about the
125. A stanza is a group of lines whose character being described
metrical pattern is repeated throughout the
poem. 131. A great deal of the oldest literature of
A stanza of six lines is called _____. which we have written records is in verse.

A. Quatrain Which genre of literature may we’ll be

B. Octave considered the oldest literary form?
C. Couplet A. Fiction
D. Sestet B. Poetry
C. Drama
126. What is the intention of a drama? D. Essay

A. To be performed before an audience 132. How were American soldiers portrayed

B. To have a script in the story We Filipinos are Mild Drinkers by
C. To transform society Alejandro R. Roces?
D. To present an argumentation A. Proud and heavy drinkers
B. Dominant heroes
127. It is a significant truth about life and C. Unmindful of Filipinos
human nature that is exhibited by the words, D. Selfish and luxurious
actions and decisions of characters. This
element of fiction is known as _____. 133. From a feminist’s point of view, The
picture Wife retold by Keigo Seki, speaks of a
A. point of view ______.
B. setting A. wife submissive to her husband
C. theme B. woman who is capable of fooling a man
D. plot C. wife who is incapable of decision-making
D. wife who is not inferior to man
134. “Say it with Flowers” by Toshio Mori 139. The folk ballad “Lord Randall” uses a
dominantly talks about how ______. refrain that advances the narrative as the real
A. businessmen fool their clients and situation increases. “For I’m weary with
customers hunting, and fain would lie down” serves as
B. to manage a flower shop business the refrain of the first six stanzas of the
C. servants being treated by bosses poem, then is changed to “For I’m sick at the
D. flowers can be able to communicate heart, and fain would lie down” in the last six
messages stanzas.

135. In these last line of poem, In Africa, This refrain where there is a slight change in
black men fly airplanes the persona it illustrates _____.
expresses _____.
A. imagination A. Cumulative repetition
B. dream B. Interval repetition
C. hope C. Incremental repetition
D. hatred D. Extended repetition

136. “Fame Is a Fickle Food” and “Hope Is

the Thing with Feathers” are poems of Emily 140. An Aphorism is a short statement
Dickinson. expressing a TRUTH OR OPINION ABOUT
LIFE. The following are aphorisms taken
Which figure of speech do they share in from “Poor Richard’s Almanack.” A good
common? example is the best sermon. He that cannot
A. Metonymy obey cannot command. Lost time is never
B. Metaphor found again.
C. Simile
D. Personification
Which former US President is ascribed to
137. these aphorisms?
“This widow — woman of whom I tell my tale
Since the sad day when last she was a wife A. Benjamin Franklin
Had led a very patient, simple life.” B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Abraham Lincoln
What literary term is illustrated by the lines? D. Richard Nixon

A. Characterization
B. Point of view 141.This contemporary literature approach is
C. Theme also called “pure” and “formal” approach
D. Setting wherein the selection is viewed intrinsically
or for itself.
138. To what season is the speaker’s life
compared in the first quatrain of A. Humanistic approach
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73? B. Cultural approach
C. Literary approach
“That the time of year thou mayst in me D. Moral approach
behold
When yellow leaves, or more, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs whish shake against the 142. This contemporary literature approach
old. highlights that man is central to literature.
Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet
birds sang.” A. Cultural approach
B. Moral approach
A. Summer C. Literary approach
B. Autumn D. Psychological approach
C. Spring
D. Winter
143. Which statement is NOT a part of the 148. A few Philippine mainstream media
assumptions on the uses and gratifications totally ignored the pro-life and Anti-
theory? Reproductive Health Bill rally held in PICC
several years ago.
A. People are controlled by media and are
influenced by it. This situation is a perfect example of?
B. Media influence on behavior is filtered
through social and psychological factors. A. Media bias
C. Media use is goal-directed. People are B. Fake news
motivated to consume media. C. Digital echo chambers
D. Media is selected based on the expectation D. Media literacy
that it will satisfy specific needs and desires.
149. This was widely used during campaign
144. In what way might an audience use period when a candidate is falsely judged
media to maintain social connections? through the use intentional false
rumors/gossips to discredit him/her.
A. Reading a magazine
B. Advertising products and services online Which term is referred to in this situation?
C. Watching a variety show on television
D. Using Facebook to talk to friends A. Misinformation
B. Disinformation
C. Fake news
145. Finding links between yourself and
celebrity actors shown in the media can be a D. Gossip mongers
form of?

A. Entertainment 150. Which ONE is the function of memes at

B. Personal Identity/Social a fundamental level?
C. Surveillance
D. Personal Relationships A. For entertainment purposes
B. For promotion and marketing of goods
146. Addiction and psychological and services
dependence to Social Media is most likely C. For popularity and increase of viewership
connected to which motive for media use? ad subscribers
(gratifications sought) D. An expression of people’s emotions and
opinions
A. Habit
B. Passing time
C. Escape __END__
D. Entertainment

147. Syrene, a 7-year old girl really loves

Elsa of Disney's Frozen and identifies with it
through songs and costumes. Which is being
showcased by this?

A. Expectancy
B. Uses and dependency value
C. Parasocial interaction
D. Evaluation