RLA Study Guide 2026

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📋 RLA Exam Format at a Glance

Questions

150 min

Time Limit

60%

Passing Score

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📚 RLA Topics to Study (32)

Language Arts Completing Sentences · 11 cards Reading Comprehension · 11 cards Analyzing Argument Structure · 7 cards Analyzing Informational Texts · 7 cards Analyzing Literary Texts · 7 cards Author's Purpose and Tone · 7 cards Grammar and Word Usage · 7 cards Inference and Drawing Conclusions · 7 cards Inference and Drawing Conclusions · 7 cards Main Idea and Details · 7 cards Main Idea and Details · 7 cards Main Idea and Details · 7 cards Main Idea and Details · 7 cards Sentence Structure and Punctuation · 7 cards Sentence Structure and Punctuation · 7 cards Sentence Structure and Punctuation · 7 cards Sentence Structure and Punctuation · 7 cards Structuring the Extended Response · 7 cards Structuring the Extended Response · 7 cards Structuring the Extended Response · 7 cards Structuring the Extended Response · 7 cards Vocabulary in Context · 7 cards Analyzing Argument Structure · 6 cards Analyzing Informational Texts · 6 cards Analyzing Literary Texts · 6 cards Author's Purpose and Tone · 6 cards Evaluating Claims and Evidence · 6 cards Grammar and Word Usage · 6 cards Main Idea and Details · 6 cards Sentence Structure and Punctuation · 6 cards

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✍️ Sample RLA Questions & Answers

1. Which is the best version of sentence (4)?

✓ Remember to include, and periodically rotate, medications you take every day such as insulin and heart medicine.

Explanation: This choice is correct because it uses commas to set off a phrase. Choice A omits the comma after "rotate." Choice C uses a comma after "Remember" where it is not needed. Choice D uses no commas at all, which is not correct.

2. Which is the best version of sentence (1)?

✓ Just like having a working smoke detector in your home, having emergency supply kits will put the tools you may need at your fingertips.

Explanation: This choice is correct because both verbs agree. Choice A is not correct because "have" does not agree with the first verb, "having." Although the correct verbs are used in choice B, it still is incorrect because the singular article "a" should not be used with the plural noun "detectors." Choice D incorrectly uses a semicolon, although the verb choices are correct.

3. Which option correctly punctuates a list using the Oxford comma?

✓ I bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

The Oxford comma is placed before 'and' in a series of three or more items.

4. How should the writer handle two source texts that present conflicting evidence in the Extended Response?

✓ Analyze both sources and explain which evidence is stronger and why

Evaluating conflicting evidence and explaining why one position is better supported demonstrates critical thinking, which is scored in the Extended Response.

5. A student is asked to write a main idea sentence for a paragraph about volcanoes. Which option is BEST?

✓ Volcanoes are powerful geological events that can reshape landscapes and affect climate.

Option C makes a broad, meaningful claim about volcanoes that supporting details about geology and climate effects could develop.

6. A narrator describes events in a story but admits, 'I may have misremembered some details from that night.' What type of narrator does this indicate?

✓ Unreliable narrator

An unreliable narrator is one whose credibility is compromised, often signaled by admissions of faulty memory or bias.

🎯 Free RLA Practice Tests

Reading Comprehension · 11 questions Language Arts Completing Sentences · 11 questions Sentence Structure and Punctuation · 7 questions Sentence Structure and Punctuation · 7 questions Analyzing Informational Texts · 7 questions Sentence Structure and Punctuation · 7 questions Sentence Structure and Punctuation · 7 questions Author's Purpose and Tone · 7 questions Inference and Drawing Conclusions · 7 questions Grammar and Word Usage · 7 questions

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