REVIEW FOR ACHIEVEMENT TEST (ENGLISH 8 2PT)

What is the study of all the elements of language that contribute toward acoustic and rhythmic effects?

• prosody

• speech

• prose

Which refers to the degree or force with which a syllable or word is uttered?

• intonation

• tone

• stress

• pitch

Which pattern of idea development is used to present an action that can be taken to address an identified concern or issue?

• cause and effect

• problem-solution

• claim-counterclaim

• general to particular 

What refers to a group of sentences organized to discuss a topic?

• paragraph

• essay

• composition

• clauses

Which essential part of a paragraph elaborates the topic by including specific details or evidence?

• concluding sentence                 

• supporting sentences

• topic sentence

• thesis statement

Which essential part of a paragraph uses a transitional device like thus, therefore, indeed, or finally in restating the topic of the paragraph?

• thesis statement

• topic sentence

• supporting sentences

• concluding sentence     

What principle of paragraph writing is evident when all sentences in the paragraph talk about one central idea

or topic?

• coherence

• development

• organization

• unity

What principle of paragraph writing is applied when a paragraph describes, elaborates, explains, or supports its topic sentence, leaving no significant questions in readers’ minds?

• development

• coherence

• organization

• unity

What pattern of paragraph development uses series of examples to support and further explain the topic sentence?

• cause and effect

• comparison/contrast

• definition

• exemplification

What is the topic sentence in the paragraph below?

E-mail is not something you can hold in your hand and send in the mail. It is simply a mail put into digital form and can be sent to its recipient through the internet. Also, you don’t need a stamp to send it. E-mail has been turned into something electronically made that can be sent in anyplace, anytime, as long as the recipient has an internet connection. For example, a person does not need to go to the post office just to send an important letter or message. All he or she has to do is simply open his or her E- mail account, type a message and send it to the recipient’s E-mail address. In other words, E-mail is an electronic mail.

• E-mail has been turned into something electronically made that can be sent in anyplace, anytime, as long as the recipient has a internet connection.

• E-mail is not something you can hold in your hand and send in the mail.

• E-mail is a mail put into digital form and sent to its recipient through the internet.

• In other words, E-mail is an electronic mail.