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INTRODUCTION TO ACT ENGLISH An overview of essential strategies for test success Todays Topics Section Overview Three Key Strategies Practice Guidelines Homework Assignment ACT ENGLISH SECTION OVERVIEW ACT English

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INTRODUCTION TO ACT ENGLISH

An overview of essential strategies for test success

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Today’s Topics

■ Section Overview ■ Three Key Strategies ■ Practice Guidelines ■ Homework Assignment

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ACT ENGLISH SECTION OVERVIEW

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■ 75 questions per test

ACT English Section Overview

■ 45 minutes per section ■ Five passage sets w/ 15 questions per set

■ Each passage either 1st person narrative or 3rd person report and always poorly written

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THREE STRATEGIES FOR TEST SUCCESS

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Read the Passages Question Questions Answer Questions

■ Read for context. ■ Do NOT skip from underline to underline. ■ The title always tells you the author’s intended main idea. ■ Specific questions are looking for specific answers. ■ You’re not looking for a good answer. ■ You’re not trying to impress your English teacher. ■ You’re looking for the

  • nly correct answer to

the question that has been asked. ■ Read and compare the answer choices to determine which concept(s) are being tested. ■ Only one answer is grammatically correct.

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ILLUSTRATED TECHNIQUES

All questions taken from ACT1572CPRE

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PRACTICE GUIDELINES

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Ratchet Focus Review

■ If your timing is over 10 minutes per passage, work to complete the next section 30 seconds per passage faster. ■ If your timing is under 8 minutes per passage, focus on slowing down in order to minimize mistakes. ■ Once you're within the 8-9 minutes per passage range, shift your focus to accuracy. ■ Practice will make near-perfect, but only if you put in the time. ■ Always review your mistakes carefully to understand both why your answer is wrong and why the right answer is right.

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Homework Assignment

All materials can be found as PDFs on the course website. ■ Read and review Inspirica’s Unlocking ACT English ■ Complete the English sections in the following: – Preparing for the ACT 2018-2019 – Preparing for the ACT 2007-2008

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ADVANCED ACT ENGLISH

A review of the essential strategies and concepts

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Today’s Topics

■Review of the Three Key Strategies ■Advanced Grammar and Testing Tactics ■Homework Review

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THREE STRATEGIES FOR TEST SUCCESS

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Read the Passages Question Questions Answer Questions

■ Read for context. ■ Do NOT skip from underline to underline. ■ The title always tells you the author’s intended main idea. ■ Specific questions are looking for specific answers. ■ You’re not looking for a good answer. ■ You’re not trying to impress your English teacher. ■ You’re looking for the

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the question that has been asked. ■ Read and compare the answer choices to determine which concept(s) are being tested. ■ Only one answer is grammatically correct.

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ADVANCED ACT GRAMMAR CONCEPTS/CONTENT

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The Comma Rules

Pause Test

If you would NOT pause while reading aloud, the comma is wrong.

Period Test

Commas and periods are mutually exclusive. If both are given as possible answers, one must be wrong and the other right.

Preposition Test

If the comma is in front of a prepositional phrase, it is wrong.

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The Semicolon Rule

If you cannot replace the semicolon with a period, then it is incorrect; if you can, then it is correct. This makes semicolons and commas mutually exclusive.

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The Colon Rule

What comes before must be a complete sentence. What comes after must be either a list

  • f items or examples
  • r an elaboration
  • r explanation.
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Double Dashes

Double dashes are identical to parentheses or double commas. They denote an interruption that is grammatically disconnected from the rest of the sentence.

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Apostrophes, Part One

Indicate possession or

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immediately following. dog’s toy One dog owns one toy. dogs’ toy Many dogs share one toy. dogs’ toys Many dogs share many toys. dogs’s toys Bad dog!

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Apostrophes, Part Two

IT’S versus ITS Possessive pronouns never use apostrophes; if a pronoun has an apostrophe, read it as if it’s a contraction. REMEMBER: It’s an apostrophe means that it is an apostrophe.

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Redundancy

Simpler Is Better

Eliminate answers that repeat themselves or restate information already provided elsewhere in other parts of the passage.

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Yet More Redundancy

Simpler Is Better

Shorter answers are better, but not automatically best!

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Word Choice

The right answer accomplishes the stated

  • bjective; the wrong

answers do not. The right answer works in context; the wrong answers do not.

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YES/NO Question Questions

Use POE

It always indicates the author’s intended main idea. Answer the YES/NO portion before considering the reasoning.

Use the Title

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NOT/LEAST/EXCEPT Question Questions

The correct choice will be the one that in every other question-type would be the easiest to eliminate.

Slow Down

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Copy-Editing Question Questions

Look within the text for the clue that indicates the correct positioning

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revision or deletion.

Look for Clues

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ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK REVIEW

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PRACTICE GUIDELINES

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Ratchet Focus Review

■ If your timing is over 10 minutes per passage, work to complete the next section 30 seconds per passage faster. ■ If your timing is under 8 minutes per passage, focus on slowing down in order to minimize mistakes. ■ Once you're within the 8-9 minutes per passage range, shift your focus to accuracy. ■ Practice will make near-perfect, but only if you put in the time. ■ Always review your mistakes carefully to understand both why your answer is wrong and why the right answer is right.

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PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

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One-on-One Test Review Option ($250)

■ Spend 90 minutes reviewing the results of an official practice test in a one-on-one

  • nline session with one of our top tutors.

– A full-length, official practice test in PDF form – Access to our online standardized testing and analytics platform – A complete question-by-question analysis of your results, including timing data, and a breakdown of your strengths and weaknesses – A one-on-one session in our online classroom to review your results in full and devise an individualized study plan for the test ■ Sign up using this same Courses.Inspirica.com site.