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The Official ACT Reading Guide

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Buch | Softcover
350 Seiten
2020
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-119-63455-3 (ISBN)
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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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 666 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
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ISBN-10 1-119-63455-5 / 1119634555
ISBN-13 978-1-119-63455-3 / 9781119634553
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