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Accuplacer Exam Actual Questions and answers with
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Topic is the subject of a text or what the text is about
Supporting details Provide evidence and backing for the main
point
Theme is an issue, an idea, or a question raised by the
text
Persuasive essay the author is attempting to change the
reader's mind or convince him of
something he did not believe previously
is written to educate and enlighten the reader
informative texts are almost always non-fiction,
Informative text and are rarely structure as a story
deliver information in the most
comprehensible way possible , so the
structure of the text is likely to be very
clear
may be either fiction or nonfiction,
they may describe real or
Entertain imagined people, places, and
events often narratives, or
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stories
Express feelings she may use colorful and evocative language
focuses on a particular subject, and
attempts to depict it in a way that will be
Description clear to the reader
descriptive texts contain many adjectives
and adverbs, words that give shades of
meaning and create a more detailed
mental picture for the reader
Comparing describes the way in which two things are alike
Contrasting describes the ways in which two things are
different
Comparison both, same, like, too, and as well
Contrast but, however, on the other hand, instead, and yet
Cause is an act or event that makes something happen
Effect is the thing that happens as a result of that cause
Analogy is comparison of two things
Point of View is the perspective from which it is told
Two main points of (I) first person and third person
view that authors use
Transitional words guide the reader through the text
Transitional phrases after, before, during, in the middle of
is a story
can b fiction
Narrative passage or nonfiction
also has
characters
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Accuplacer Exam Actual Questions and answers with
complete solutions verified latest update version
2025/2026
Topic is the subject of a text or what the text is about
Supporting details Provide evidence and backing for the main
point
Theme is an issue, an idea, or a question raised by the
text
Persuasive essay the author is attempting to change the
reader's mind or convince him of
something he did not believe previously
is written to educate and enlighten the reader
informative texts are almost always non-fiction,
Informative text and are rarely structure as a story
deliver information in the most
comprehensible way possible , so the
structure of the text is likely to be very
clear
may be either fiction or nonfiction,
they may describe real or
Entertain imagined people, places, and
events often narratives, or
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5
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stories
Express feelings she may use colorful and evocative language
focuses on a particular subject, and
attempts to depict it in a way that will be
Description clear to the reader
descriptive texts contain many adjectives
and adverbs, words that give shades of
meaning and create a more detailed
mental picture for the reader
Comparing describes the way in which two things are alike
Contrasting describes the ways in which two things are
different
Comparison both, same, like, too, and as well
Contrast but, however, on the other hand, instead, and yet
Cause is an act or event that makes something happen
Effect is the thing that happens as a result of that cause
Analogy is comparison of two things
Point of View is the perspective from which it is told
Two main points of (I) first person and third person
view that authors use
Transitional words guide the reader through the text
Transitional phrases after, before, during, in the middle of
is a story
can b fiction
Narrative passage or nonfiction
also has
characters
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