The Official ACT Reading Guide
Published on 20. May 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-119-63455-3 (ISBN)
Description
Are you prepared to do your best on the ACT reading section test?
The Official ACT Reading Guide is the only test prep resource created by the makers of the ACT to prepare you for the ACT reading test. This step-by-step guide reviews the entire ACT reading test, allowing you to familiarize yourself with the types of questions you can expect to see on test day. You'll learn tips and advice that will help you do your best, as well as how to approach each question type. Learn how to quickly read and retain information, and see explanations of each question's answer to improve your performance and gain the confidence you need to succeed!
Additionally, the book includes a PIN on the inside front cover that provides access to the full print version and pool of questions online. This offers a customizable learning experience.
The Official ACT Reading Guide helps you work toward the score you're targeting and take one major step toward achieving your educational goals!
The only book with real ACT reading questions organized by question type
Includes tips and advice for reading more quickly and retaining information
Detailed explanations for every official ACT reading question in the book
With this concept-based guide straight from the makers of the ACT, you know you're preparing to do your absolute best on the ACT reading.
The Official ACT Reading Guide is the only test prep resource created by the makers of the ACT to prepare you for the ACT reading test. This step-by-step guide reviews the entire ACT reading test, allowing you to familiarize yourself with the types of questions you can expect to see on test day. You'll learn tips and advice that will help you do your best, as well as how to approach each question type. Learn how to quickly read and retain information, and see explanations of each question's answer to improve your performance and gain the confidence you need to succeed!
Additionally, the book includes a PIN on the inside front cover that provides access to the full print version and pool of questions online. This offers a customizable learning experience.
The Official ACT Reading Guide helps you work toward the score you're targeting and take one major step toward achieving your educational goals!
The only book with real ACT reading questions organized by question type
Includes tips and advice for reading more quickly and retaining information
Detailed explanations for every official ACT reading question in the book
With this concept-based guide straight from the makers of the ACT, you know you're preparing to do your absolute best on the ACT reading.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-63455-3 (9781119634553)
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ACT (Iowa City, IA) is a not-for-profit organization providing assessment, research, information, and program management services to support education and workforce development. Known most widely as the makers of the ACT exam--the college readiness and placement assessment taken by some 1.8 million high school students each year--ACT produces a number of assessments and services reaching more than 10 million people along the kindergarten through career continuum. ACT's rigorous research informs policy decisions and helps develop programs that boost lifelong learning potential in schools and workplaces around the world. To learn more, visit www.act.org.
Content
Introduction vii
Chapter 1: An Overview of the ACT Reading Test 1
Passage Types 1
Timing and Pacing 3
Checking Your Answers 3
Scaled Scoring 3
Take a Diagnostic Practice Test 4
How to Use This Guide 4
Chapter 2: General Reading Skills 7
Skimming 7
Scanning 15
Speed Reading 16
Annotating 17
Chapter 3: Test-Taking Strategies 19
Invest Most of Your Time in Answering the Questions 20
Invest Your Time in Reading Upfront 20
Save Your Worst Passage for the End 21
Worry Less about Each Individual Answer 22
Vary Your Reading Pace According to the Passage 22
Change the Order of the Passages 22
Read Half the Passage Then Answer Half the Questions 23
Answer the "Easy" Questions First 23
Chapter 4: Questions and Answer Types 27
EXCEPT and NOT Questions 27
Common Wrong Answer Types 37
Chapter 5: Skills and Reporting Categories 45
Chapter 6: Key Ideas and Details 47
Main Idea Questions 47
Strategies for Determining the Main Idea for Social Science, Humanities, or Natural Science Passages 48
Function of Detail Questions 52
Fact Finding 58
Inferences 67
Paraphrasing Complex Ideas 75
Compare and Contrast 76
Questions about Shifts 100
Chapter 7: Craft and Structure 105
Using Context Clues 105
Word-Meaning Questions 106
Vocabulary 118
Interpreting Figurative Language 123
The Author's Point of View 127
The Primary Purpose of the Passage 133
Chapter 8: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 139
Arguments 141
Reasoning and Evidence 142
Chapter 9: Passage Type 143
Literary Narrative Genre Conventions 143
Social Science and Humanities Genre Conventions 157
Natural Science Genre Conventions 160
Paired Passages 166
Chapter 10: Practice Questions 177
Chapter 11: Answers and Explanations 207
Answer Key 208
Explanatory Answers 209
Chapter 1: An Overview of the ACT Reading Test 1
Passage Types 1
Timing and Pacing 3
Checking Your Answers 3
Scaled Scoring 3
Take a Diagnostic Practice Test 4
How to Use This Guide 4
Chapter 2: General Reading Skills 7
Skimming 7
Scanning 15
Speed Reading 16
Annotating 17
Chapter 3: Test-Taking Strategies 19
Invest Most of Your Time in Answering the Questions 20
Invest Your Time in Reading Upfront 20
Save Your Worst Passage for the End 21
Worry Less about Each Individual Answer 22
Vary Your Reading Pace According to the Passage 22
Change the Order of the Passages 22
Read Half the Passage Then Answer Half the Questions 23
Answer the "Easy" Questions First 23
Chapter 4: Questions and Answer Types 27
EXCEPT and NOT Questions 27
Common Wrong Answer Types 37
Chapter 5: Skills and Reporting Categories 45
Chapter 6: Key Ideas and Details 47
Main Idea Questions 47
Strategies for Determining the Main Idea for Social Science, Humanities, or Natural Science Passages 48
Function of Detail Questions 52
Fact Finding 58
Inferences 67
Paraphrasing Complex Ideas 75
Compare and Contrast 76
Questions about Shifts 100
Chapter 7: Craft and Structure 105
Using Context Clues 105
Word-Meaning Questions 106
Vocabulary 118
Interpreting Figurative Language 123
The Author's Point of View 127
The Primary Purpose of the Passage 133
Chapter 8: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 139
Arguments 141
Reasoning and Evidence 142
Chapter 9: Passage Type 143
Literary Narrative Genre Conventions 143
Social Science and Humanities Genre Conventions 157
Natural Science Genre Conventions 160
Paired Passages 166
Chapter 10: Practice Questions 177
Chapter 11: Answers and Explanations 207
Answer Key 208
Explanatory Answers 209