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Ohio End-of-Course Competency Exams (Algebra I & English II)
Ohio's State Test English Language Arts II (English II) end-of-course — grade-10 reading of literary and informational text plus writing. One of the two exams Ohio requires "competency" (a score of 684 or higher) on to graduate.
5 topics · 19 lessons · 55 practice questions
Read closely and analyze literary texts (short stories, novels, drama, poetry): cite textual evidence, determine theme and its development, and analyze character, plot, structure, point of view, and figurative language.
4 lessons · 11 practice questions
Read and analyze informational and argument texts (essays, speeches, articles, historical documents): central ideas, development and connection of ideas, author's purpose and rhetoric, and evaluating claims and evidence.
4 lessons · 11 practice questions
Determine word meaning from context, analyze figurative language, word relationships, and nuance, and use context clues, word parts, and reference tools — the vocabulary skills assessed across both reading categories.
3 lessons · 11 practice questions
Write clear, well-organized, evidence-based responses to a text-based prompt: develop a controlling idea, support it with text evidence and reasoning, organize logically, and maintain a formal style — the reading-and-writing dimension of the Writing category.
4 lessons · 11 practice questions
Command the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, mechanics, and effective language use — the language dimension of the Writing category: sentence structure, punctuation, agreement, and clarity.
4 lessons · 11 practice questions
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