'D' term for the end of a story, where the conflict has been resolved and all loose ends have been tied up.
What is the denoument?
100
Name the members of the Hammer family.
Dieter, Reinhard, Eva, Ernst and Greta.
100
What does OSSLT stand for?
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
100
Determine the error in the following example: "When I go to the grocery store I need to remember to get milk eggs bread and butter."
Missing commas: "When I go to the grocery store I need to remember to get milk, eggs, bread and butter."
100
How many people are enrolled in our Grade 10 English class?
17
200
This is the country where the short story "The Dinner Party" was set.
What is India?
200
What is Dieter's favourite object in the Hammer family apartment?
The dining room table
200
This is the term for the longest written answer on the entire OSSLT.
What is a series of paragraphs expressing an opinion?
200
Determine the error in the following example: "Get out of here," my sister cried. "Your not allowed in my room!"
Wrong version of the word 'your' - "Get out of here," my sister cried. "You're not allowed in my room!"
200
According to some doctors, eating this fruit is more effective than drinking coffee to help you to feel more alert in the morning.
Apples
300
Name and explain two types of conflict in the story "A Walk Through the Cemetery".
(person vs. person, self, society, nature)
300
Where does Ernst want to strategically position his family in the bomb shelter, in the event that the Russians invade Berlin?
Next to the door
300
If you read the words "Use information from the selection to support your answer", how would you go about answering the question?
Find information directly in the reading to prove your point - "The text says that...therefore, I think..."
300
Determine the error in the following example: The girls aren't going to class. I know their skipping.
Wrong version of the word 'their' - The girls aren't going to class. I know they're skipping.
300
This three-letter word beginning with an 'S' has the most definitions of any word in the English language.
SET
400
Describe the climax of the story "The Sniper".
The point where the Republican sniper kills the opposing sniper and he falls from the roof to the street.
400
"Tiger" is a type of tank used by the Nazis in WW2. Name another type of tank mentioned in the novel.
Sherman or Panzer
400
How many paragraphs are required to fully respond to a series of paragraphs expressing an opinion?
Five.
400
Determine the error in the following example: I can't wait to get to my next class, we're watching a movie.
Comma splice - this sentence should be separated into two with a period. "I can't wait to get to my next class. We're watching a movie."
400
Based on the world's total population, this is the most common month in which to be born.
August
500
What is the definition of a story's theme?
The author's main message or moral of the story.
500
At the end of the novel, what did the Russian soldiers find when they searched Uncle Walter's barn?
Dieter's uniform.
500
What does it mean when a question asks you to summarize a selection?
Write a paragraph that gives the most important information and details from a reading selection.
500
Determine the error in the following example: Due to my low grades. I have to go to credit rescue after school.
Sentence fragment - these two sentences should be made into one by connecting the two parts with a comma. "Due to my low grades, I have to go to credit rescue after school."
500
According to British statistics, this is the most common name for a pet goldfish.