Ohio State ELA Test

What perspective about litter do both passages share?

• Littering is a serious problem that needs a solution.

• Restaurants are creating too much litter.

• People need to invent better ways to clean up litter.

• Cleaning up all of the litter is an impossible job.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

Read this sentence from Passage 1. "Lofflin hopes people will find alternatives to plastic straws." (paragraph 3) What is the meaning of alternatives as it is used in the passage?

• careful decisions

• important ideas

• other choices

• traditional ways

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How much time do we have for the Reading (ELA) Test?

• 45 minutes

• 60 minutes

• 75 minutes

• 90 minutes

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

When citing text evidence, you need...

• Relevant Text Evidence, and Quotations Marks

• Relevant Text Evidence, Quotations Marks, and a Citation

• Relevant Text Evidence, and a Citation

• Quotation Marks, and a Citation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Choose the option that correctly punctuates the compound sentence.

• We wanted to go swimming, but the pool was closed.

• We wanted to go swimming but, the pool was closed.

• We wanted to go swimming but the pool, was closed.

• We wanted, to go swimming but the pool was closed.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the semicolon.

• The cat slept through the storm; the dog was restless.

• The cat slept; through the storm, the dog was restless.

• The cat slept through the storm, the dog; was restless.

• The cat; slept through the storm the dog was restless.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What is the main theme of the passage?

• Friendship and loyalty

• Courage and bravery

• Overcoming adversity

• The importance of family

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which word is a synonym for 'happy' as used in the passage?

• Sad

• Joyful

• Angry

• Tired

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?

• To inform

• To entertain

• To persuade

• To describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb 'to be'?

• She are going to the store.

• They is playing outside.

• He am reading a book.

• We are having dinner.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D