Analyzing Messages Conveyed in a Text

I am very delighted that my teachers exert effort in communicating with us— not just because it is their job, but because of the love and compassion they have for the learners. What word in the statement signals a positive message?

• love

• exert

• effort

• delighted

None of the Grade 8 learners are allowed to go out to get their modules due to age restriction imposed by the government to mitigate COVID-19 infection risk. What word signals a negative message in the statement?

• mitigate

• infection

• restriction

• none

“Aye, aye, captain. I will do what I am told,” yelled the young cadet. What word in the statement signals a positive message? A. do B. aye C. told D. yelled

• do

• aye

• told

• yelled

Neither of my internet service providers satisfies my needs for online class. What word in the statement indicates a negative message?

• online

• neither

• internet

• satisfies

We are grateful to the frontliners who risk their lives in these very trying times.

• Positive

• Negative

The figure of speech that uses overstatement to express a message is called

• Irony

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What you did was brilliant!

• Positive

• Negative

I’m so sad that I’m drowning in tears.

• Positive

• Negative

Michelle’s love is like the sun that lights up my whole world.

• Positive

• Negative

Michelle’s love is the sun that lights up my whole world.

• Positive

• Negative