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020			_a9781119787358 (pbk)
082			_a378.1664
110			_aACT
245			_aThe official ACT reding guide / _cACT
250			_a2nd edition
260			_aLowa _bWiley _c2021
300			_avii, 392 pages _c26 cm
365			_bRs. 1790.00
505			_aIntroduction 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.
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