ACCUPLACER EXAMPREP ACTUAL

ACCUPLACER EXAMPREP ACTUAL

QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

CERTIFIED QUALITY

⩥ Supporting details. Answer: Provide evidence and backing for the

main point

⩥ Theme. Answer: is an issue, an idea, or a question raised by the text

⩥ Persuasive essay. Answer: the author is attempting to change the

reader's mind or convince him of something he did not believe previously

⩥ Informative text. Answer: is written to educate and enlighten the

reader

informative texts are almost always non-fiction, and are rarely structure as a story

deliver information in the most comprehensible way possible , so the structure of the text is likely to be very clear

⩥ Entertain. Answer: may be either fiction or nonfiction, 1 / 2

they may describe real or imagined people, places, and events

often narratives, or stories

⩥ Express feelings. Answer: she may use colorful and evocative

language

⩥ Description. Answer: focuses on a particular subject, and attempts to

depict it in a way that will be clear to the reader

descriptive texts contain many adjectives and adverbs, words that give shades of meaning and create a more detailed mental picture for the reader

⩥ Comparing. Answer: describes the way in which two things are alike

⩥ Contrasting. Answer: describes the ways in which two things are

different

⩥ Comparison. Answer: both, same, like, too, and as well

⩥ Contrast. Answer: but, however, on the other hand, instead, and yet

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