English Section Strategies
This is the most common type of question in the ACT English section.
What are grammar and usage questions?
This is the first step you should take when approaching a new passage in the ACT Science section.
What is to quickly skim the passage?
This is the best way to represent data that changes over time.
What is a line graph?
This strategy involves solving easier questions first and coming back to harder ones later.
What is “skipping and returning”?
This is the best way to manage your time to avoid feeling rushed.
What is to pace yourself and allocate specific times for each section?
This strategy involves reading the entire passage before answering questions.
What is the holistic reading strategy?
This type of question asks you to interpret data from tables, graphs, and charts.
What are data representation questions?
This is the term for the middle value in a data set.
What is the median?
What is the formula for the area of a circle?
What is “πr²”?
This is the best way to ensure your essay stays focused on the main argument.
What is to create an outline before writing?
This punctuation mark is often tested and can join two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
This strategy involves identifying the main idea of each paragraph or section.
What is summarizing?
This is the probability of rolling a 3 on a standard six-sided die.
What is 1/6?
What is the best way to check your work on math problems?
What is “reworking the problem or using a different method”?
The process of underlining or highlighting key points and making notes in the margins.
This type of question asks you to improve the organization of a passage.
What are rhetorical skills questions?
This type of question requires you to compare and contrast different scientific viewpoints.
What are conflicting viewpoints questions?
This is the best way to calculate the average of a data set.
What is to sum all the values and divide by the number of values?
This strategy involves using process of elimination to narrow down answer choices.
What is “eliminating incorrect answers”?
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What is how much time you should spend on English, Math, Reading, and Science questions, respectfully.
This is the best way to approach questions about the main idea of a passage.
What is to read the first and last sentences of each paragraph?
This is the best way to handle questions that require you to make inferences based on the given data.
What is to look for patterns and trends in the data?
This is the term for the likelihood of an event occurring.
What is probability?
This strategy involves using estimation to quickly check if your answer is reasonable.
What is “estimating”?
What is to pace yourself and allocate specific times for each section?
What is to carefully examine the data and results presented?