Test Taking Strategies
Rhetorical Questions
Punctuation I
Punctuation II
Tackling the Test
100
There are many of these to help you do your best on the ACT.
What are test taking strategies?
100
Wordiness is a ____ on the ACT.
What is trap?
100
Use ______ to end all sentences except direct questions or exclamations.
What is a period?
100
______ are used to direct your attention to a list or a formal quotation.
What are colons?
100
There are four sections of the ACT and the optional written portion. These include:____________________________.
What are English, Reading, Math, and Science?
200
Finding the easiest questions and answering them first, then going back to the harder questions.
What is Bubble and Hunt?
200
On wordiness questions always look at the ________ answer first. It's right 99% of the time.
What is shortest?
200
Use a semicolon between two related related sentences that are not connected by a ___________.
What is conjunction?
200
Complete sentences are also known as ________________.
What are independent clauses?
200
There are seventy-five questions in the ________ portion of the test.
What is English?
300
Doing this would allow you to focus on the test and not on your stomach. It will also help you be energized.
What is eating a good breakfast?
300
The __________________ question asks you to choose the appropriate word that matches the meaning conveyed in the sentence.
What is correct-word choice?
300
In ________________ containing many commas, use a semicolon before the coordination conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
300
You do not need to use a comma for only ___ items in a list.
What is two?
300
You have _____ minutes to complete the English portion of the test.
What is 45?
400
Extreme modifiers such as always, never, nobody, and anybody tend to make the answer________.
What is false.
400
In the ___________ questions, all the answers may sound ok, but you must find the answer that does what the question asks.
What is best choice?
400
A _______ sentence must always precede a colon.
What is complete?
400
______ have a function similar to commas and are used to indicate hesitation.
What are dashes?
400
In the English section there are ____ Usage/Mechanic questions covering punctuation, basic grammar, and sentence structure.
What is 40?
500
When deciding between a true/false question mark ____ because there tend to be more of these answers on the test.
What is true?
500
There are two general categories of _____ questions: general (main idea) and specific (fact or example).
What is add-on?
500
"However", "therefore", "nevertheless", and "in fact" are all examples of?
What are adverbial connectives?
500
Apostrophes are used in place of _______ numbers. ('94)
What is omitted?
500
The ________________ questions refer you to specific parts of the text and may ask about the logical sequence of sentences or paragraphs.
What are Rhetorical Skills?
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