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The official ACT reding guide / ACT - 2nd edition - Lowa Wiley 2021 - vii, 392 pages 26 cm

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: Question 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 Types 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 239;
Answer Key 240;
Explanatory Answers 242.



ISBN: 9781119787358 (pbk)

Dewey Class. No.: 378.1664