Skills and Strategies
What is the name of the strategy where you cross off incorrect answers to narrow down your choices?
What is ... Process of Elimination or Poe
When you are answering a question that asks, "what is the passage primarily about," you are answering a ______ ________ question.
What is .... Main Idea
If you have any time at the end of the section, __ _____ and check over your answers so that you can be sure you didn’t misread anything.
What is... go back
The ACT creators do not expect you to answer all of the questions on each passage, but you know you should answer every question even if you have to______.
What is.... guess
About how much time should you spend on each passage?
What is ... roughly 8.5 minutes.
What should you do when you are stuck on a tricky or complicated question?
What is .... Guess and Go!
When you are asked to answer a question based on why the author wrote the passage, you are answering an _______ __________ question.
What is .... Author's Purpose
How many questions will you need to answer for each of the four ACT reading passsages?
What is ... 10
The _____ your initial ACT Composite score, the more likely your second score will be higher than the first score.
What is ... lower
True or False: You lose points for incorrect answers
What is... False: You only earn points for questions answered correctly
If you are someone who often runs out of time on this section, what should you do to make sure you are reading the passages strategically?
What is ... Read the Questions First
When you have to find specific bits of information from a passage you are looking for_______.
What is .... Details
Placing a_________ by the text will help you refer back to the important information quicker.
What is a .... star or bullet point.
What are three Question Types stated directly in the reading passage.
What is...
Fact, Main Concept, Detail
The best way to prepare for the ACT Reading section is to
What is .... read anything, spend as much time as you can reading.
This strategy helps you earn more points because you focus on the questions you are most likely to answer correctly.
What is..... Answer the easy questions first
The four passages on the reading test.
What is... Prose Fiction, Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science
This passage usually includes history, political science, economics, or social studies.
What is .... Social Science
What score do the ACT test makers consider "college ready" reading?
What is ... 21
What is the name of the strategy where you make notes on the passage to refer back to?
What is .... Annotating or mapping
You should begin with what passage on the ACT reading section?
What is .... The passage you are best at!
Do colleges see all your ACT scores?
What is ... No, they only see the scores YOU send them or, YOU indicate when you sign up for the ACT.
While reading the prose fiction section, you need to pay attention to these
What is ... Characters
The skill tested on the Reading test.
What is...
Comprehension
On vocabulary questions, you can often come to the correct word meaning by __________ the four answers given.
What is ... Substituting.