Ohio’s State Tests (OST) is a Computer-Based Assessment that includes a variety of new technology-enhanced questions.
Some of them are Multiple choice-single correct responses, Multiple choice-multiple correct responses, Matching Tables, Drag and Drop, Hot text, Table Fill in, Graphing, Equation/numeric, Extended constructed response, Short answer, and many more.
This page contains several sample English Language arts questions along with practice test links for High School English Language Arts that gives you an idea of questions that your students are likely to see on the test. After each sample question, an answer explanation follows. The explanation includes essential aspects of the task that you may need to consider for the skills, processes, and information your students need to know.
Domain: High School >> Reading: Literature
Sample Question: What word best describes the narrator’s love for Eleanor?
- discreet
- tenderly
- obsessive
- smitten
Answer Explanation: The correct answer is C. The narrator admits that he is mad and deeply in love with Eleanor.
Standards: RL.9-10.2
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Domain: High School >> Reading : Informational Text
Sample Question: What claim about the government is expressed by the author in the passage?
- The government should look to other governments for structure.
- The government harms its citizens who work hard.
- The government lacks the proper protocol to function.
- The government spends inappropriately using its funds.
Answer Explanation: The correct answer is B because Paine believes that the citizens should not be harmed and there is a difference between society and the government
Standards: RI.9-10.5
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Domain: High School >> Language Standards
Sample Question: Select the title of the source in this Works Cited entry for an article. Beck, Julie, “The Psychology of Voldemort”, The Atlantic, 23 Sept. 2015.
- Julie Beck
- The Psychology of Voldemort
- The Atlantic
- September 23, 2015
Answer Explanation: The answer is C because The Atlantic is listed in the spot where the source title should appear in a Works Cited entry.
Standards: L.9-10.3
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Domain: High School >> Speaking & Listening
Sample Question: Carol needs to compare and contrast the events in two different novels. Which tool would most effectively convey the information to enhance her audience’s understanding?
- a pie chart
- a T chart
- a flow chart
- a Venn diagram
Answer Explanation: B because a Venn diagram is a graphic organizer that clearly shows ways in which two topics are similar and ways in which they overlap.
Standards: SL.9-10.5
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Domain: High School >> Writing
Sample Question: Which phrase in the passage BEST sets the tone of the writing?
- “No one would have dared to recall them.”
- “It will not be superfluous.”
- “Destining him to be the heir of his own post.”
- None of the above.
Answer Explanation: Answer A- this answer best shows the tone of the author through his writing choices. Many things are described through the passage as unnecessary which is its meaning.
Standards: W.11-12.3
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