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ELAR English Language Arts & Reading VIP Certification Exam
ELAR — This exam mirrors the TExES English Language Arts and Reading 7–12 (Test 231), administered by Pearson/ETS on behalf of the Texas Education Agency (TEA); the real exam consists of approximately 100 selected-response questions, a 5-hour time limit, and a scaled passing score of 240 (roughly 70% correct).
30
Questions
300m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 30👑 VIP
A 10th-grade teacher assigns students to read a passage from Cormac McCarthy's The Road. A student argues that the novel's sparse punctuation and absence of quotation marks make it 'incorrect writing.' Which instructional response BEST helps the student understand the literary function of this stylistic choice? A) Acknowledge that published authors can break grammar rules once they are famous. B) Guide the student to analyze how the stripped punctuation mirrors the post-apocalyptic world's loss of civilization and conventional structure. C) Assign a grammar worksheet so the student can identify the errors McCarthy deliberately made. D) Explain that McCarthy was simply following a trend in 20th-century minimalist fiction.
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