Free FTCE ENG 013 Practice Questions

Question 1

In a short story, the narrator lingers over images of damp stone, guttering lamplight, and long silences inside an abandoned house. These details MOST directly establish the story's:

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mood

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tone

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theme

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setting

Question 2

Which sentence is BEST classified as compound-complex?

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After the students read the poem, they discussed it, and the teacher took notes.

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Although the poem is remarkably short, its imagery is dense, unsettling, and deliberately ambiguous.

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The students annotated the poem, and they discussed it in small groups.

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The students annotated the poem carefully before the discussion began.

Question 3

Read the excerpt below from an 1865 presidential inaugural address. 'With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right...' The repetition of the introductory prepositional phrase at the beginning of successive clauses is BEST identified as:

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anaphora

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epistrophe

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chiasmus

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asyndeton

Question 4

A student has completed a first draft of an argumentative essay. Which task is MOST clearly a revising task rather than an editing task?

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Determining whether each body paragraph advances the central claim

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Correcting subject-verb agreement errors throughout the draft

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Checking that verb tense is used consistently across the draft

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Correcting the punctuation of quotations taken from the source text

Question 5

In an analytical essay, a student revises two short, closely related sentences into a single sentence joined by a semicolon. This revision MOST directly:

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signals a close logical relationship and varies sentence length

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condenses the passage so that the paragraph reads more quickly

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repairs a comma splice that had been present in the student's original draft

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replaces coordination with subordination between the two independent clauses

Question 6

A student's argumentative essay states a clear claim and cites three relevant statistics, but each statistic is followed immediately by the next with no commentary. The essay MOST needs development in:

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reasoning that connects the evidence to the claim

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the variety of transitions between pieces of evidence

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the inclusion of a counterclaim and an effective rebuttal

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the credibility of the sources being cited

Question 7

A student rewrites a sentence from a source by substituting synonyms for several words while keeping the original sentence structure, and then cites the source. This is BEST characterized as:

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patchwriting, a form of plagiarism despite the citation

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an acceptable paraphrase, since the source has been properly cited

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a direct quotation that should have been placed in quotation marks

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an acceptable summary, since the wording was not copied exactly

Question 8

A student wants to determine when a word first entered English and how its meaning shifted over several centuries. Which reference source is MOST appropriate?

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A historical dictionary such as the Oxford English Dictionary

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A collegiate dictionary, which lists each word's language of origin

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A thesaurus, which groups words by shared meaning and connotation

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A usage guide, which explains disputed contemporary conventions

Question 9

During a whole-class Socratic seminar, four students contribute repeatedly while most of the class remains silent. Which teacher action is MOST likely to increase substantive participation?

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Having students discuss the question in pairs before the whole-class seminar

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Calling on silent students without warning to keep them attentive

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Grading participation by counting the number of times each student speaks aloud

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Reminding the class at the start that everyone is expected to contribute

Question 10

A novel written in short, plain sentences receives a low quantitative complexity score, yet it sustains an ironic narrative voice and assumes substantial historical knowledge. The MOST appropriate conclusion is that:

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the qualitative dimensions indicate greater complexity than the score suggests

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the quantitative measure should be recalculated with a different readability formula

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the novel is appropriate for independent reading by students who read below grade level

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the text should be replaced with one whose score matches the grade band

Free FTCE ENG 013 Practice Questions

Domain 1: Knowledge of effective use of the English language at the postsecondary level 15% of exam

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Domain 2: Knowledge and understanding of communication skills, techniques, and processes 18% of exam

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Domain 3: Knowledge of literacy processes and instructional practices 15% of exam

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Domain 4: Knowledge of a wide range of literary and informational texts 17% of exam

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Domain 5: Knowledge of effective techniques for listening, viewing, speaking, and presenting 10% of exam

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