This accurate and thorough guide has been uniquely aligned to help provide you with the specific standards issued by the Educational Testing Service. This guide features the 4 competencies and 17 skills found on the PRAXIS Middle School English Language Arts 0049, 5049 test. The subareas covered in great depth are: - Reading and Literature Study- Language Study - Composition and Rhetoric- Short EssaysAnd, it provides 80 sample test questions and 2 essays to help you quickly and efficiently determine areas that need further understanding or study time!