ACCUPLACER READING COMPREHENSION
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ What is the main idea?
Answer: The author's most important point.
◉ What is a supporting detail?
Answer: A fact or example that explains the main idea.
◉ How do you find the main idea?
Answer: Ask, 'What is the author mostly trying to say?'
◉ What is an inference?
Answer: A conclusion based on clues and evidence.
◉ What is explicit information?
Answer: Information directly stated in the passage.
◉ What is implicit information?
Answer: Information suggested but not directly stated.
, ◉ What is the author's purpose?
Answer: The reason the author wrote the passage.
◉ What are the four common author purposes?
Answer: To inform, persuade, entertain, or explain.
◉ What is tone?
Answer: The author's attitude toward the subject.
◉ What is mood?
Answer: The feeling the reader experiences.
◉ What is point of view?
Answer: The perspective from which the story is told.
◉ What is first-person point of view?
Answer: Uses I, me, my, we, or us.
◉ What is second-person point of view?
Answer: Uses you or your.
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ What is the main idea?
Answer: The author's most important point.
◉ What is a supporting detail?
Answer: A fact or example that explains the main idea.
◉ How do you find the main idea?
Answer: Ask, 'What is the author mostly trying to say?'
◉ What is an inference?
Answer: A conclusion based on clues and evidence.
◉ What is explicit information?
Answer: Information directly stated in the passage.
◉ What is implicit information?
Answer: Information suggested but not directly stated.
, ◉ What is the author's purpose?
Answer: The reason the author wrote the passage.
◉ What are the four common author purposes?
Answer: To inform, persuade, entertain, or explain.
◉ What is tone?
Answer: The author's attitude toward the subject.
◉ What is mood?
Answer: The feeling the reader experiences.
◉ What is point of view?
Answer: The perspective from which the story is told.
◉ What is first-person point of view?
Answer: Uses I, me, my, we, or us.
◉ What is second-person point of view?
Answer: Uses you or your.