Reading
Strategies
Strategeies
ACT info
Wild Card
100

You receive this much time to complete the Reading section of the ACT

What is 35 minutes

100

True or False: There is no penalty for wrong answers on the ACT

What is True

100
Where would I look to find a solution to a story?
What is the 2nd column of a fiction passage
100
The average ACT takes how long
What is 3 to 4 hours
100

Student usually take the ACT their... (Grade level)

What is 11th & 12th grade year

200

You have this many questions on the Reading section of the ACT.

What is 40.

200

When should you mark the questions and return to them later?

What is when the question is hard (difficult) and you have no clue of the answer.

200
Wht to do when you want to find out the author's thesis
What is read the 1st paragraph
200
Each Question on the ACT is worth how many points
What is 1 point
200
The ACT test what four skills?
What is Reading English Math Science
300

You have how many passages on the reading section of the ACT

What is 4

300

Which questions should I answer first?

What is the easy ones or the ones I know the answer to

300
When you want to verify the author's thesis
What is read the last paragraph
300
If you approach a question you do not know on the test, do this first
What is Skip it
300

What are 5 items you should bring with you on testing day?

What is ID, Admission slip, 2 pencils, calculator, watch

400

You have approximately how much time to read and answer questions on each of the ACT reading passages

What is 8 1/2 mins per passage

400

What are choices that are designed to alter your way of thinking, break your concentration, throw you off task.

What are distractors

400
A fiction strategy to identify the setting, characters, and problem.
What is read the 1st column of the passage
400

How many required tests are included in the ACT? 

What is 4

400

This is administered and designed to measure your general education and ability to complete college level work

What is ACT

500

What are the diffeent types of reading passages on the ACT reading test

What is Prose(fiction), Soc Science, Humanities, Natural Science

500

What questions should you concentrate the hardest one?

What is questions you’re more likely to get right to achieve your optimum score.

500
What is it called, when you underline the title and author for clues to find the topic, Read the first sentence of other paragraphs, mark key words, skim for important information.
What is a nonfiction strategy
500
How many and what type of questions does each ACT reading passage have?
What is multiple choice and 10
500

These use the ACT to compare students from different schools, cities, and states

What are Colleges