Random Tips

Question 1

ACT Reading Format

Answer 1

• 35 min
• four 750 passages
• 10qs/passage
• take section after 15min break

Question 2

Four diff. passages that are always in same order

Answer 2

1. Prose Fiction
2. Social Studies
3. Humanities
4. Natural Sciences

Question 3

Always read passage first

Answer 3

• most likely can’t remember 10 Qs when you read passage

- better use of time to read passage first

Question 4

Use line references

Answer 4

if question references line 12, for example, read lines 10-14 to find answer

Question 5

Find support

Answer 5

always choose answer based on support in the passage

Question 6

Global questions

Answer 6

ask about the passage as a whole

Question 7

Inference & Writer’s View questions

Answer 7

ask you to understand something that isn’t directly stated in the passage

Question 8

Detail questions

Answer 8

ask about specific parts of the passage

Question 9

Vocab-in-Context questions

Answer 9

ask about a word as it is used in the passage

Question 10

Function questions

Answer 10

ask about the purpose of a specific part of the passage

Question 11

Distortion answer

Answer 11

twists details from the passage so they are no longer correct

Question 12

Misused detail answer

Answer 12

true statement from the passage, but one that doesn’t answer the question

Question 13

Out-of-scope answer

Answer 13

includes information not included in the passage

Question 14

Extreme answer

Answer 14

too extreme to reflect the author’s purpose (often includes words like always, never, best, worst, etc.)

Question 15

Opposite answer

Answer 15

contradicts the information in the passage