Ohio State Test English Language Arts Review Questions for Grades 9-12

Question 1

Choose the ABSTRACT nouns

Accepted Answer

Courage, Wisdom

Question 2

A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

Accepted Answer

Cliché

Question 3

a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group

Accepted Answer

adverb

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a character in the book Animal Farm by George Orwell?

Accepted Answer

Scout

Question 5

Who is the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God?

Accepted Answer

Zora Neale Hurston

Question 6

Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

Accepted Answer

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 7

This type of poem has five lines and is usually humorous.

Accepted Answer

Limerick

Question 8

A gerund is a word ending in...

Accepted Answer

ing

Question 9

What is the significance of the title To Kill a Mockingbird?

Accepted Answer

Destroy Innocence

Question 10

Select any words that are homophones.

Accepted Answer

There, Their

Question 11

Should be able to visit.

Accepted Answer

Fragment

Question 12

How many lines are in a Shakespearean Sonnett?

Accepted Answer

14

Question 13

Special words used by a particular profession and are difficult to understand.

Accepted Answer

Jargon

Question 14

If lines 1 and 2 of a poem rhyme, and the 3rd and 4th lines rhyme, what is the rhyme scheme?

Accepted Answer

AABB

Question 15

A comparison using like or as

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 16

What does OST stand for?

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Which of these is NOT an example of an idiom:

Accepted Answer

This weather is crazy!

Question 18

Which words represent onomatopoeia?

Accepted Answer

Splash, Drizzle

Question 19

I rode my bike over the rocks, I got a flat tire.

Accepted Answer

Comma Splice

Question 20

TRUE or FALSE: The main character(s) in Of Mice and Men are not actually a mouse.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

A noun which can be identified through one of the five senses is...

Accepted Answer

Concrete

Question 22

If a sentence is asking a question, it is WHAT TYPE of sentence?

Accepted Answer

interrogative

Question 23

We wanted to have a party everyone agreed to come.

Accepted Answer

Run-on

Question 24

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 25

TRUE OR FALSE: Semicolons are always an appropriate substitute for commas.

Accepted Answer

False

Ohio State Test English Language Arts Review Questions for Grades 9-12

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Ohio State Test English Language Arts Review Questions for Grades 9-12

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