FREE OCCT Language Arts & Reading Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which part of speech expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being?

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Verb

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Adjective

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Adverb

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Preposition

Question 2

In narrative literature, what term describes the struggle between opposing forces that drives the plot?

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Conflict

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Setting

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Theme

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Mood

Question 3

Which element of a sentence contains the noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb?

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Subject

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Predicate

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Object

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Modifier

Question 4

What is the term for the author's attitude toward the subject or audience, as conveyed through word choice and style?

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Tone

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Theme

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Voice

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Plot

Question 5

The phrase “as brave as a lion” is an example of which literary device?

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Simile

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Metaphor

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Personification

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Hyperbole

Question 6

When readers combine clues from a text with their own knowledge to draw conclusions, they are practicing:

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Inferring

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Summarizing

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Predicting

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Scanning

Question 7

A text structure that highlights the similarities and differences between two subjects is called:

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Compare and contrast

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Chronological order

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Cause and effect

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Problem and solution

Question 8

Which Greek-derived prefix means “across” or “beyond,” as in the word “transmit”?

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Trans-

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Sub-

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Inter-

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Pre-

Question 9

In most language arts classes, which citation style is commonly used for research papers?

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MLA

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APA

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Chicago

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IEEE