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| Date | 22.11.2016 | | Size | 4.68 Kb. | | #2139 |
| | | | | | | | | | - Measures standard written English and rhetorical skills.
| | | | | - Measures mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken up to the beginning of grade 12.
| | | | | - Measures reading comprehension.
| | | | | - Measures the interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required in the natural sciences.
| | | | | - Measures writing skills emphasized in high school English classes and in entry-level college composition courses.
| Overview, continued - ACT test is about 3½ hours long
- There is a short break between the Math and Reading tests
- There is a total of 215 multiple choice questions and one essay
- The ACT does not penalize you for a wrong answer: ANSWER EVERY QUESTION, even if it is a guess
English Test - The English test is a 75-question, 45-minute test, covering:
- Usage/Mechanics
- punctuation
- grammar and usage
- sentence structure
- Rhetorical Skills
- strategy
- organization
- style
Sample English Question: Reading Test - 35 minutes, 40 questions
- 4 reading passages
- 10 questions per passage
- Factoring out time you’ll initially take to read the passages, you’ll have approximately 30 seconds per question (more for some, less for others)
- 4 categories for reading passages:
- Social Studies about 1,000
- Natural Sciences words:
- Humanities college level text
- Prose Fiction
- Well-organized essays with a recognizable theme
- You will have one reading from each of these categories
- You will be asked questions about:
- The theme and what its meaning is
- Specific facts in the essay
- The structure/organization of the essay
Prose Fiction Passage - Only fiction passage on the ACT Reading
- Questions will ask you to:
- Understand thoughts, feelings, motivations of fictional characters even when not explicitly stated in passage
- Make lots of inferences
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