NEXT GENERATION ACCUPLACER
READING AND SENTENCE SKILLS
COMPLETE SOLUTION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Inductive reasoning. Answer: "Bottom up": We build on facts and
details to eventually lead us to a conclusion
●● Deductive reasoning. Answer: Starts with a conclusion and then
leads to facts, details and conclusions
-links premises with conclusions
-if all premises are clear and true, then the conclusion also must be clear
and true
ex: All dogs are mammals. All mammals have hearts. Therefore dogs
must have hearts
●● Deductive reasoning. Answer: "Top-down": Start with known
conclusions and then go to facts and details
●● cause and effect relationship. Answer: When something happens that
makes something else happen
, ●● The rain came down so hard that all of the leaves fell out of the tree.
Answer: Cause: Heavy rain, effect: Leaves fell off of the trees
●● Billie was skating on the ice rink. The laces of one of his shoes came
loose and it caused him to be unable to control his skating. This caused
him to collide with another skater. Answer: Cause: loose laces. effect:
collision with another skater
●● POV. Answer: the perspective from which a story is told
●● First person. Answer: Main character, saying "I, me we"
●● Third person. Answer: Most common POV, saying "he, she and they"
●● third person omniscient. Answer: the narrator knows all of the
thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work
●● Main point. Answer: what the author is trying to convey (what the
author is hoping to achieve)
●● Purpose. Answer: why the author is trying to convey this information
(why the author is trying to achieve this)
●● conclusion. Answer: Main point is a ___________
READING AND SENTENCE SKILLS
COMPLETE SOLUTION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Inductive reasoning. Answer: "Bottom up": We build on facts and
details to eventually lead us to a conclusion
●● Deductive reasoning. Answer: Starts with a conclusion and then
leads to facts, details and conclusions
-links premises with conclusions
-if all premises are clear and true, then the conclusion also must be clear
and true
ex: All dogs are mammals. All mammals have hearts. Therefore dogs
must have hearts
●● Deductive reasoning. Answer: "Top-down": Start with known
conclusions and then go to facts and details
●● cause and effect relationship. Answer: When something happens that
makes something else happen
, ●● The rain came down so hard that all of the leaves fell out of the tree.
Answer: Cause: Heavy rain, effect: Leaves fell off of the trees
●● Billie was skating on the ice rink. The laces of one of his shoes came
loose and it caused him to be unable to control his skating. This caused
him to collide with another skater. Answer: Cause: loose laces. effect:
collision with another skater
●● POV. Answer: the perspective from which a story is told
●● First person. Answer: Main character, saying "I, me we"
●● Third person. Answer: Most common POV, saying "he, she and they"
●● third person omniscient. Answer: the narrator knows all of the
thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work
●● Main point. Answer: what the author is trying to convey (what the
author is hoping to achieve)
●● Purpose. Answer: why the author is trying to convey this information
(why the author is trying to achieve this)
●● conclusion. Answer: Main point is a ___________
