PACT Essential Academic Skills: Tests 701, 702, 703 Rated A+

PACT Essential Academic Skills: Tests 701, 702, 703 Rated A+ Descriptive writing Writing used to create detailed descriptions of people, places, and things, and/or mood and atmosphere. Can stand alone or be part of a narrative Sensory details descriptions of sight, sound, touch, smell, taste transition words words that create a sense of time and organize events in the story narrative writing writing that tells a story or describes a specific person, place, or thing. Persuasive/argumentative writing writing that seeks to convince the reader ot believe the writer's opinion on a topic Examples of narrative/descriptive writing short stories, vignettes, letters, memoirs, and poems Examples of Persuasive/argumentative writing advertisements, commercials, speeches, newspaper editorials, debates Expository/Informative writing writing that explains a topic or gives general information on a topic examples of Expository/Informative writing compare/contrast essays, brochures, research reports, informative pieces. rhetorical patterns sequential order, chronological order, order of importance, spacial order, cause and effect, problem and solution, claim and refutation, compare and contrast sequential order orderly progression of events, ideas or steps Chronological order orderly progression of events based on time order of importance arrangement of ideas with the most important claim at the top or bottom spatial order arrangement of ideas related o physical space cause and effect event is described followed by the possible outcomes problem and solution author presents a problem and a possible solution claim and refutation arguing against a statement, fact, or claim compare and contrast provides similarities and differences about two ideas key transitional language however-turning point first...second...third- process given for example- illustration of point question determining sequential order Did the author explain a process? Question determining Chronological order Did the author walk through a process or period in history? question determining order of importance Did the author use terms like "most importantly" near the top or bottom? question determining spatial order Did the author keep places together based on geography? Question determining Cause and Effect Did the author explain what would happen after X occurred? Question determining problem and solution Did the author pose a problem and then provide answers? Question determining claim and refutation Did the author provide a statement, use "however" or "in fact", and then provide counter arguments? Question determining compare and contrast did the author create a paragraph of pros and one of cons? Did the author create a paragraph of similarities and one of differences? Did the author provide two very different ideas or characters? Controversial a statement that goes against the accepted societal view criticism author's opinion about an idea or topic Generalization an overarching statement made about a topic Definition how a word or concept is defined or explained comparison points made to show a similarity between two topics summary author provides a recap of an idea, often at the end of the passage