Nice sounding choice that appeals to students because they seem to be true. This is an answer that seems like common sense but is not supported by the article.
What is the Double Decision
100
Locate and interpret significant details
What are Supporting Details
100
This is the average amount of time you shoud give yourself to read and answer the questions for each passage.
What is 8 or 8.5 minutes
100
This is the amount of time given to read all the passages and answer all the questions for the Reading portion of the ACT.
What is 35 minutes
200
Nice sounding choice that appeals to students because they seem to be true. This is an answer that seems like common sense but is not supported by the article.
What is The Unsupported Positive
200
Determine the purpose of a passage analyze the author’s or narrator’s voice and method
What is Main Idea & Author's Approach
200
The standard nonfiction passage on the Reading Test because it can cover all of the question types and because it represents a middle ground between the Humanities and Natural Science passages.
What is social science
200
This is the goal benchmark/score for the reading portion of the ACT.
What is 21
300
A choice that looks like the right answer, but substitutes a word which changes the meaning entirely. The repetition of part of the correct answer makes you think it is right.
What is The Switch
300
Determine the meaning of context- dependent words, phrases, and statements
What is Meanings of Words
300
Relatively unfamiliar topics- ecology, paleontology, astrophysics, evolutionary biology, etc.
What is Natural Sciences
300
Students should do this with their pencil when reading a passage.
What is marking the passage by underlining or circling important information
400
The answer choice contains a word like always, must, will, or every. Since there are very few things that always happen, these answers are usually wrong.
What is The Extreme
400
Applies conclusions to other similar situations. Result of logical thinking based on information in the text.
What is Generalizations & Conclusions
400
Personal discovery narratives of ethnicity, gender or other defining characteristics.
What is Humanities Passages
400
What subjects are tested on the PSAE
What is Reading, Math, and Science
500
A repetition of a phrase or word from the passage that does not answer the question. This is often chosen because you are just trying to find the correct answer in the passage (too much skimming)
What is The Direct Repetition
500
Understand the order of events, make comparisons, and comprehend relationships in a passage
What is Sequential, Comparative, & Cause-Effect Relationships
500
These passages generally are detailed descriptions of characters. Usually, there is a central character who interacts with other characters.
What is Prose Fiction Passage
500
Alert us to a shift in the author’s discussion. Since they ask us to be aware of shifts in a discussion, questions are often derived from these points