ACCUPLACER READING
COMPREHENSION EXAM SCRIPT
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What is subjective writing?
Answer: Writing based on opinions or feelings.
◉ What is chronological order?
Answer: Events arranged from first to last.
◉ What is cause and effect?
Answer: Why something happened and what resulted.
◉ What is problem and solution?
Answer: A structure showing a problem and how it was solved.
◉ What is compare and contrast?
Answer: A structure showing similarities and differences.
◉ What is description?
Answer: Text giving details about a topic.
, ◉ What is sequence?
Answer: The order of events.
◉ What is rhetoric?
Answer: How authors use language to influence readers.
◉ What is synthesis?
Answer: Combining ideas from multiple passages.
◉ What is transition?
Answer: A word or phrase connecting ideas.
◉ What does however usually signal?
Answer: A contrast.
◉ What does therefore usually signal?
Answer: A conclusion or effect.
◉ What does because usually signal?
Answer: A cause.
◉ What does although usually signal?
Answer: An unexpected contrast.
COMPREHENSION EXAM SCRIPT
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What is subjective writing?
Answer: Writing based on opinions or feelings.
◉ What is chronological order?
Answer: Events arranged from first to last.
◉ What is cause and effect?
Answer: Why something happened and what resulted.
◉ What is problem and solution?
Answer: A structure showing a problem and how it was solved.
◉ What is compare and contrast?
Answer: A structure showing similarities and differences.
◉ What is description?
Answer: Text giving details about a topic.
, ◉ What is sequence?
Answer: The order of events.
◉ What is rhetoric?
Answer: How authors use language to influence readers.
◉ What is synthesis?
Answer: Combining ideas from multiple passages.
◉ What is transition?
Answer: A word or phrase connecting ideas.
◉ What does however usually signal?
Answer: A contrast.
◉ What does therefore usually signal?
Answer: A conclusion or effect.
◉ What does because usually signal?
Answer: A cause.
◉ What does although usually signal?
Answer: An unexpected contrast.