Language Arts Practice Questions

Editorials, letters, cartoons, research papers, and petitions would all fall under which of the following?

• personal writing

• creative writing

• subject writing

• persuasive writing

Which kind of paragraph gives a single, clear picture of a person, place, thing, or idea?

• descriptive

• narrative

• expository

• persuasive

There are several methods of arranging details in your writing. Which method is used to explain a subject by showing how it is similar to another better-known subject?

• chronological order

• order of location

• comparison

• contrast

Which of the following list of transition or linking words show location?

• about, after, at, & before

• above, across, against, & along

• in the same way, similarly, likewise, & like

• again, to repeat, truly, & in fact

Identify the type of error in the following sentence:

I never really enjoyed basketball, baseball is my favorite sport.

• sentence fragment

• run-on sentence

• comma splice

• subject-verb agreement

Identify the CORRECTLY written sentence from those listed below:

• Mumps were going around when I was a child.

• The news are particularly upsetting.

• Measles is a terrible disease to have as a child.

• The crew of the sailboat are the best in the world.

Identify the INCORRECTLY written sentence from those listed below:

• Mike and Marty spend most of their spare time shooting hoops.

• Neither Mike nor Marty likes pepperoni pizza.

• There in the distance were the remains of the ghost town.

• John as well as his two friends work at the pizza parlor across town.

Identify the error in the following sentence:

After seeing the movie, the space creatures seemed more believable than ever to all of us.

• misplaced modifier

• double negative

• incorrect usage

• pronoun shift

Identify the following sentence containing an appositive phrase:

• She guards the best player on the team.

• Our best player, Ziggy Smith, scored the most points.

• He gave her a clue to help him get it right.

• Jo, shrieking loudly, scared everyone.

The sentence, "Actually, the pimple looks ferocious like a rhino horn," is an example of which figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia