ACCUPLACER READING COMPREHENSION EXAM
LATEST ACTUAL VERIFIED QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question 1.
What is compare and contrast?
ANSWER
A structure showing similarities and differences.
Question 2.
How do you answer inference questions?
ANSWER
Use clues from the passage.
Question 3.
What does although usually signal?
ANSWER
An unexpected contrast.
Question 4.
What is rhetoric?
ANSWER
How authors use language to influence readers.
Question 5.
What is the biggest mistake students make?
ANSWER
Answering from memory instead of the passage.
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, Question 6.
What is the goal of ACCUPLACER Reading?
ANSWER
Show that you understand, analyze, and interpret written passages.
Question 7.
What is chronological order?
ANSWER
Events arranged from first to last.
Question 8.
What is sequence?
ANSWER
The order of events.
Question 9.
What is transition?
ANSWER
A word or phrase connecting ideas.
Question 10.
What does because usually signal?
ANSWER
A cause.
Question 11.
What should you eliminate first?
ANSWER
Answers that contradict the passage.
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LATEST ACTUAL VERIFIED QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question 1.
What is compare and contrast?
ANSWER
A structure showing similarities and differences.
Question 2.
How do you answer inference questions?
ANSWER
Use clues from the passage.
Question 3.
What does although usually signal?
ANSWER
An unexpected contrast.
Question 4.
What is rhetoric?
ANSWER
How authors use language to influence readers.
Question 5.
What is the biggest mistake students make?
ANSWER
Answering from memory instead of the passage.
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, Question 6.
What is the goal of ACCUPLACER Reading?
ANSWER
Show that you understand, analyze, and interpret written passages.
Question 7.
What is chronological order?
ANSWER
Events arranged from first to last.
Question 8.
What is sequence?
ANSWER
The order of events.
Question 9.
What is transition?
ANSWER
A word or phrase connecting ideas.
Question 10.
What does because usually signal?
ANSWER
A cause.
Question 11.
What should you eliminate first?
ANSWER
Answers that contradict the passage.
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