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December 6: ACT Reading

ACT READING ESSENTIALS

Overview of the Reading Test:

40 questions in 35 minutes

4 passages (aim for under 9 minutes per passage)

          Social Studies, Natural Sciences, Humanities, Prose Fiction

One passage will be a “paired passage” with two shorter pieces of writing

Tips for doing well on the Reading test:

Practice reading constantly – it doesn’t matter what you read, just that you read often

Practice skimming (reading quickly) and scanning (finding a specific word/sentence on a page)

Do practice tests and work on your timing, get used to the types of questions

Learn “root words” (usually Latin/Greek) to help with vocabulary

Do the easiest questions (vocabulary, detail) first, and save the hardest (inference, main idea) for last

Use the process of elimination

If you run out of time – guess! Never leave an answer blank!

Types of Questions:

Detail

          Find specific facts/details

          Paraphrasing

          Vocabulary in context

Main Idea

          Main idea of whole passage

          Main idea of paragraph or section

Relationships between facts/ideas

          Comparison (ex: in a natural science passage, how does one scientist’s               idea compare to a different scientist’s idea?)

          Cause & effect (ex: how/why did one event cause another event?)

Making inferences

          Determining meaning or author’s intent that is implied or not directly stated           in the text

Author’s writing choices

          Voice, tone, method, and style (ex: why did the author choose to word this           in this way?)