INFORMATIONAL TEXTS
Which best describes an informational text?
A. A text that presents imagined people and events
B. A text that presents factual people, places, and events
C. A text that presents personal feelings, thoughts, and emotions
D. A text that presents creative ideas, stories, and entertainment
B. A text that presents factual people, places, and events
A documentary mainly combines what two types of media?
A. Written and printed media
B. Audio and visual media
C. Musical and dramatic media
D. Digital and handwritten media
B. Audio and visual media
Which feature is MOST commonly associated with a vlog?
A. Sharing personal views and experiences
B. Presenting scientific facts and evidence
C. Discussing historical events and records
D. Using formal language and explanations
A. Sharing personal views and experiences
IDENTIFY THE PURPOSE:
A video gives facts about the causes of earthquakes. What is its primary purpose?
INFORM
Which of the following completes the analogy correctly?
Introduction: Captures the audience’s attention:: Body: ________
A. Presents the main ideas and details
B. Ends the video with a final message
C. Introduces the topic
D. Provides only the title of the video
A. Presents the main ideas and details
Your teacher asks you to find information about the causes of air pollution. Which source would BEST fit the purpose?
A. A fantasy novel
B. A love story
C. A fictional poem
D. A news report
D. A news report
Which description BEST matches a documentary?
A. Mainly experience-based with personal perspectives
B. Mainly focused on personal stories and experiences
C. Mainly created for fictional stories and characters
D. Mainly research-based with reliable supporting evidence
D. Mainly research-based with reliable supporting evidence
Documentary: research-based:: Vlog: ________
A. experience-based
B. scientific
C. historical
D. evidence-based
A. experience-based
IDENTIFY THE PURPOSE:
A video teaches viewers how earthquakes happen and explains scientific terms. What is its primary purpose?
Educate
Which part of an argumentative text is described as “PROVE IT!” because it provides facts, reasons, and evidence to support the claim?
Body
TRUE OR FALSE
Ana watches a video about the history of her town. The video contains interviews with older residents, photographs, historical records, and narration. The video can be considered an informational text mainly because it uses photographs and interviews to make the video entertaining.
FALSE
A documentary about marine pollution includes interviews with marine biologists, statistics, scientific studies, and actual footage of polluted oceans. What feature of documentaries is clearly shown by these elements?
Reliable evidence/Factual evidence/Use of credible sources/Evidence-based information/Supporting evidence/Use of factual/verified information
Mark records a video about his first day in senior high school. He talks directly to viewers, shares his experiences, adds background music, and shows clips from his day. Which feature of a vlog is MOST evident?
A. Personal experiences with creative presentation
B. Scientific information with supporting evidence
C. Historical information with visual documentation
D. Formal research with detailed explanations
A. Personal experiences with creative presentation
A documentary shows the effects of plastic pollution on marine animals. It presents facts and scientific evidence. What is the MOST likely purpose?
A. To entertain only
B. To share the filmmaker's daily experience
C. To tell a fictional story
D. To inform and educate
D. To inform and educate
A documentary begins with this scene: "Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that there is no clean water left in your community." The narrator then introduces the topic of water shortage. What is the MAIN purpose of this opening?
A. To capture attention and introduce the topic
B. To present all the evidence
C. To summarize the documentary
D. To give the final message
A. To capture attention and introduce the topic
Carlo watches a video that looks educational. However, the creator makes several claims without evidence or reliable sources. What lesson should Carlo remember?
A. Information should still be examined for reliability.
B. Videos are more reliable than written texts.
C. All educational-looking videos are reliable.
D. Personal opinions are always factual.
A. Information should still be examined for reliability.
A documentary filmmaker cannot record an event that happened 50 years ago. Instead, the filmmaker recreates the event using actors while narration explains what happened. What documentary technique is being used?
A. Personal perspective
B. Viewer engagement
C. Dramatization
D. Conversational tone
C. Dramatization
A vlogger discusses the importance of exercise by sharing her personal experience, giving her opinion, and encouraging viewers to try exercising. Even though the vlog provides information, it can still be considered a vlog because vlogs may share information through personal experiences.
True
At the end of a documentary about plastic pollution, the narrator says:
"Small changes in our daily habits can help protect our oceans. Start by reducing your use of single-use plastics." What purpose is MOST evident in this part?
A. Inform
B. Educate
C. Entertain
D. Inspire
D. Inspire
In the documentary, the filmmaker presents statistics, interviews an expert, shows examples, and explains the causes of the problem. Which part of the video is being described?
A. Introduction
B. Body
C. Conclusion
D. Hook
B. Body
MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE:
Two students create videos about the same environmental problem. Video A is experience-based, while Video B is research-based.
False. Video A is research-based, while Video B is experience-based.
MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE
A student says, “This video must be a documentary because it gives information.” This conclusion is incomplete because only documentaries can give information.
FALSE – Documentaries and vlogs can both share information.
Two videos are about studying.
Which statement BEST distinguishes the two?
A. Video A uses expert research; Video B shares personal experiences.
B. Video A shares personal experiences; Video B uses expert research.
C. Video A uses personal opinions; Video B presents research findings.
D. Video A presents personal stories; Video B includes expert interviews.
A. Video A uses expert research; Video B shares personal experiences.
A 10-minute video first explains the causes of deforestation, then teaches viewers about its effects, and finally asks them to plant trees and protect forests. Which combination of purposes is BEST represented?
A. Entertain → Inform → Educate
B. Inform → Educate → Inspire
C. Inspire → Entertain → Inform
D. Educate → Entertain → Inform
B. Inform → Educate → Inspire
MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE
A documentary about teenage stress begins with a surprising question to capture viewers’ attention, presents expert explanations and statistics about the causes of teenage stress, and ends by summarizing the key ideas and encouraging students to manage stress in healthy ways. The sequence of this documentary is Conclusion → Body → Introduction.
FALSE. Introduction → Body → Conclusion