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Skills and Strategies
Question Types
Passages
Stump the ACT creators
Tips and Tidbits
100
This is the name of the strategy where you cross off incorrect answers to narrow down your choices.
Process of Elimination or POE
100
When you are answering a question that asks, "What is the passage primarily about?" you are being asked about the ________ ________.
Main Idea
100
These are the 4 types of Reading passages:
Prose Fiction, Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science
100
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______.
guess
100
About how much time should you spend on each passage?
8 minutes
200
This is your approach when you're stuck on a tricky or time-consuming question.
LOTD
200
A question about the Author's purpose asks about the passage as a whole - we call this a ______ question.
Reasoning
200
This passage usually includes history, political science, economics, or social studies.
Social Science
200
The _____ your initial ACT Composite score, the more likely your second score will increase.
lower
200
These 2 things make for easier Fetch questions: Key Words & L___ N______.
Line Numbers/References
300
Before skimming/scanning the passage, you should...
Read the Questions First
300
A question that asks about a specific detail is a _______ question.
Fetch
300
This question would most likely be found on what passage? 

It may reasonably be inferred from lines 10–17 that James Merrill respected Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry:

Humanities
300
What score do the ACT test makers consider "college ready"?
21
300
You can always POE answer choices that are...
Silly/Rude/Offensive
400
This strategy helps you earn more points, because you focus on the questions you're most likely to answer correctly.
POOD
400
Use these to make good guesses on Vocabulary questions - C______ C____.
Context Clues
400
This question would most likely be found on what passage? 

The main point made in the second, third, and fourth paragraphs (lines 14–52) is that the structure of a baby’s brain:

Natural Science
400
Do colleges see all your ACT scores?
No, they only see the scores YOU send them.
400
Sometimes, answer choices will sound plausible, but will include one ______ detail.
Wrong
500
This is the passage you should start with on the Reading Section.
The passage you are best at!
500
Name one quality that can make a question easier.
Line references, key words, short, easy to Fetch
500
This question is most likely from which passage? 

The point of view from which the passage is told can best be described as that of:

Prose Fiction
500
The ACT ______ actually test how well you can read.
Doesn't
500
Sometimes, answer choices will include ______ details, but will not explain the main idea.
Correct