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PDFFO4 | The ACT, or American College Test, is a multiple-choice standardized test used by colleges and universities in the United States for the admission and placement
of incoming students. Students typically take the ACT in high school as part of
their college application process; however, students not yet in high school—as well
as adults—can also take the ACT. Along with the SAT, it is one of the two main
collegiate admissions tests, and each year it is taken by more than 1.6 show more million
prospective college students. The ACT is designed to test how well a student has learned material that has been covered in the standard high school curriculum. Students may elect to take either the ACT or the ACT Plus Writing. The ACT consists of an English section, a Math section, a Reading section, and a Science section. The ACT Plus Writing consists of the four aforementioned sections as well as an essay-based Writing test. Yes, the ACT always gives its sections in the same order. The English section is always given first, followed by the Math section, the Reading section, and the Science section. On the ACT Plus Writing, the Writing section is always given last.
Contents
How to Use This Book 1
The ACT: An Introduction 2
The ACT English Section 4
Chapter Outline 6
Review 7
Review: Parts of Speech 8
Review: Subject and Predicate 11
Review: Independent and Dependent Clauses 12
Identifying Grammatical Errors 13
Usage Errors 14
Comparative and Superlative Errors 15
Preposition Errors 17
Pronoun Usage Errors 20
Verb Usage Errors 24
Punctuation Errors 30
Possessive Apostrophes 31
Apostrophes for Contractions 33
Quotation Mark Errors 36
Colon Errors 40
Semicolon Errors 42
End-of-Sentence Punctuation Errors 44
Hyphen and Dash Errors 45
Comma Errors 47
Commas in Lists 48
Comma Splices 50
Appositives 52
Commas for Phrases and Clauses 54
Agreement Errors 56
Modifier-Word Modified Agreement Errors 56
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Errors 57
Noun-Noun Agreement Errors 57
Subject-Verb Agreement Errors 57
Phrase and Clause Errors 61
Conjunction Errors 62
Modifier Placement Errors 66
Parallel Structure Errors 71
Sentence Completeness Errors 74
Sentence Fragment Errors 75
Sentence Combination Errors 77
Making and Analyzing Editing Decisions 78
Editing in Context vs. Error Identification 79
Direct Editing Decisions: Which Option is Best? 81
Adding Content 82
Choosing the Best Sentence for a Spot 82
Choosing the Best Spot for a Sentence 88
Rearranging Content 93
Moving Sentences 93
Paragraph Breaks 95
Rephrasing for a Particular Effect 97
To Edit or Not—and Why 104
To Add Content or Not—and Why 104
To Remove Content or Not—and Why 107
To Rephrase Content or Not—and Why 109
Identifying the Function of Passage Elements 116
Identifying the Effects of Editing 123
Identifying the Effects of Adding Content 124
Identifying the Effects of Removing Content 127
Identifying the Effects of Rephrasing Content 130
Analyzing Passage Effectiveness 135
The ACT Reading Section 137
Chapter Outline 139
Review: Close Reading 140
What is Said 142
Main Idea 143
Finding the Main Idea of a Selection from a Passage 144
Finding the Main Idea of an Entire Passage 145
Analyzing Argument 151
Questions About the Author’s Argument 152
Questions About Other People’s Arguments 153
Questions About the Structure of an Argument 154
Identifying Details 158
Identifying Details in a Specific Paragraph 159
Identifying Details in a Full Passage 160
How It’s Said 165
Determining Context-Based Meaning 166
Context-Based Meaning of Unfamiliar Words 167
Words with Multiple Meanings 168
Context-Dependent Meaning of Phrases and Clauses 171
Analyzing Tone 176
Tone of a Sentence or Paragraph 176
Tone of an Entire Passage 179
Words That Describe Tone 181
Point of View 184
Identifying Author and Audience 185
Identifying the Author’s Directly Stated Views 186
Inferring the Author’s Views on a Topic 188
Sequence 195
Sequence of Passage Text 195
Sequence of Events 196
When Passage Text Sequence ≠ Passage Event Sequence 197
Identifying the Reasoning Behind Sequence 199
Inferring the Previous Topic 201
Inferring the Next Topic 202
Why It’s Said 207
Purpose of Lines and Passage 208
Questions About the Purpose of a Single Word 209
Questions About the Purpose of a Sentence 210
Questions About a General Part of the Passage 210
Questions About the Purpose of the Passage as a Whole 211
Purpose of Dialogue 213
Engaging with What’s Said 218
Comparing and Contrasting 219
Identifying Comparisons and Contrasts 220
Comparing and Contrasting Two Textual Features 221
Comparing More than Two Textual Features 223
Comparing and Contrasting Passage Structures 224
Identifying Cause and Effect 229
Identifying Cause 230
Identifying Effect 231
Identifying Cause and Effect Simultaneously 232
Summarizing and Paraphrasing 236
Paraphrasing an Excerpt 237
Summarizing an Excerpt 238
Summarizing a Passage 239
Generalizations, Inferences, and Predictions 243
Making Inferences 244
Making Predictions 245
Making Generalizations 246
Comparing What’s Said: Paired Passages 250
Comparing and Contrasting Ideas in Paired Passages 251
Identifying the Main Idea of Each Passage 251
Comparing the Main Ideas of Paired Passages 252
Comparing and Contrasting Arguments in Paired Passages 255
Comparing Arguments: Where Do the Authors Agree? 257
Contrasting Arguments: Where Do the Authors Disagree? 258
Hypothetical Changes to Arguments 259
Making Inferences Based on Newly Introduced Information 260
Comparing and Contrasting Language and Rhetoric in Paired Passages 261
Choosing Which Passage Best Fits a Description of Style 263
Direct Comparisons of Style Descriptions 264
Direct Comparisons of Textual Features 265
Making Inferences About Passage Genre 266
Making Inferences About the Authors 266
Multi-Passage Critical Thinking: Conclusions, Inferences, and Predictions 267
Drawing Inferences and Conclusions from Paired Passages 267
Making Predictions Based on Paired Passages 270
The ACT Science Section 279
Chapter Outline 281
Review 282
Review: Experiments & Procedures 283
Control Groups 283
Independent Variable 283
Dependent Variable 284
Sample Passage: Experiments and Procedures 285
Review: Graphs 288
Axes and Labels 288
Dual Axes 289
Linear Relationships 290
Exponential Relationships 291
Graphing an Equation 292
Determining an Equation for a Graph 293
Practice Questions: Graphs 294
Review: Math, Science, and Equations 298
Reading an Equation 298
Applying an Equation 298
Units 300
Terminology and Jargon 302
Data Interpretation 303
Identifying a Point from a Table 304
Identifying a Trend from a Table 305
Identifying a Point from a Graph 306
Identifying a Trend from a Graph 307
Anticipating Placement of New Data Points 308
Practice Passage: Data Interpretation 309
Data Interpretation: Further Applications 313
Experimental Setups and Results 314
Distinguishing Experimental Purpose 315
Interpreting Textual Setups 318
Interpreting Diagrammed Setups 319
Describing Results 323
Visualizing Results 325
Applying Results to New Scenarios 328
Experimental Integrity and Flaws 330
Experimental Setups and Results: Further Applications 332
Evaluating Conflicting Theories 333
Given Background 334
Identifying Theses and Arguments 336
Identifying Agreement 338
Comparing Arguments 340
Applying Arguments 342
Integrating New Information 344
Evaluating Conflicting Theories: Further Applications 346
The ACT Mathematics Section 347
Chapter Outline 349
Arithmetic 352
Number Theory and Basic Operations 353
Classifying Numbers 353
Order of Operations 354
Absolute Value 356
Sets and Sequences 357
Simplifying Fractions 362
Mixed Fractions 362
Fractions and Decimals 362
Operations with Fractions 363
Compound and Complex Fractions 365
Ratios and Proportions 366
Decimals 367
Combinations and Permutations 368
Combinations 368
Permutations 369
Squaring, Exponents, and Square Roots 370
Perfect Squares 370
Simplifying Square Roots 371
Equations with Square Roots 372
Squaring and Square Roots with Fractions 375
Squaring and Square Roots with Decimals 377
Data Analysis 379
Probability 380
Probability of Single Events 380
Probability of Multiple Events: “And” and “Or” 383
Dependent vs. Independent Events 383
Mean 388
Basic Statistics 388
Median 391
Mode 393
Range 395
Basic Statistics Review 397
Algebra 399
Rules of Exponents 400
Monomials 403
Adding and Subtracting Monomials 403
Variables and Algebraic Notation 403
Multiplying and Dividing Monomials 404
Factoring Monomials 406
Practice Problems: Monomials 408
Binomials 412
Adding and Subtracting Binomials 412
Multiplying and Dividing Binomials 415
Factoring Binomials 416
FOIL 417
Practice Problems: Binomials 419
Adding Polynomials 425
Polynomials 425
Subtracting Polynomials 426
Multiplying Polynomials 426
Dividing Polynomials 428
Factoring Polynomials 429
Practice Problems: Polynomials 431
Equations and Inequalities 436
Linear Equations 436
Linear Inequalities 437
Absolute Value Equations 437
Direct and Inverse Variation 438
Rational Equations 440
Radical Equations 443
Quadratic Equations 445
Function Notation 448
Inequalities 451
Rules of Inequalities 452
Linear Inequalities 453
Non-Linear Inequalities 455
Solving Systems of Equations 457
Solving Using Substitution 457
Solving Using Elimination 458
Geometry 460
Plane Geometry 461
Squares 464
Area of a Square 464
Perimeter of a Square 465
Diagonal of a Square 465
Rectangles 467
Rectangular Area 467
Rectangular Diagonals 467
Triangles 469
Area of a Triangle 469
Equilateral Triangles 470
Isosceles Triangles 472
Circles 473
Bringing It All Together 474
Complex Shapes 476
Solid Geometry 479
Cubes 479
Cylinders 481
Spheres 482
Angles 484
Triangular Angles 484
Circular Angles 486
Clock Math 487
Coordinate Geometry 488
x- and y-Intercept 489
Lines 497
Distance Formula 497
Midpoint Formula 500
Parallel, Perpendicular, and Tangent Lines 504
Graphing Points 506
Graphing 506
Graphing Lines 509
Graphing Quadratic Functions 518
Graphing Exponential Functions 527
Graphing Inequalities 535
Trigonometry 544
SOHCAHTOA 545
Trigonometric Identities 547
Reciprocal Identities (Trigonometric Ratios) 547
Quotient Identities 549
Pythagorean Identities 549
Conversions Between Radians and Degrees 550
Unit Circle 552
Trigonometric Function Graphs 554
Sine Graphs 554
Cosine Graphs 555
Tangent Graphs 555
Amplitude, Period, Frequency, and Phase Shifts 556
Solutions for Triangles 557
Practice Problems: Trigonometry 561
Full-Length ACT Diagnostic Test 569
English Test 570
Mathematics Test 582
Reading Test 590
Science Test 599
English Test: Answer Key 613
Mathematics Test: Answer Key 636
Reading Test: Answer Key 663
Science Test: Answer Key 678
Score Conversion Tables 691
Calculating Your Composite Score 693
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RT - University Entrance Examinations
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of incoming students. Students typically take the ACT in high school as part of
their college application process; however, students not yet in high school—as well
as adults—can also take the ACT. Along with the SAT, it is one of the two main
collegiate admissions tests, and each year it is taken by more than 1.6 show more million
prospective college students. The ACT is designed to test how well a student has learned material that has been covered in the standard high school curriculum. Students may elect to take either the ACT or the ACT Plus Writing. The ACT consists of an English section, a Math section, a Reading section, and a Science section. The ACT Plus Writing consists of the four aforementioned sections as well as an essay-based Writing test. Yes, the ACT always gives its sections in the same order. The English section is always given first, followed by the Math section, the Reading section, and the Science section. On the ACT Plus Writing, the Writing section is always given last.
Contents
How to Use This Book 1
The ACT: An Introduction 2
The ACT English Section 4
Chapter Outline 6
Review 7
Review: Parts of Speech 8
Review: Subject and Predicate 11
Review: Independent and Dependent Clauses 12
Identifying Grammatical Errors 13
Usage Errors 14
Comparative and Superlative Errors 15
Preposition Errors 17
Pronoun Usage Errors 20
Verb Usage Errors 24
Punctuation Errors 30
Possessive Apostrophes 31
Apostrophes for Contractions 33
Quotation Mark Errors 36
Colon Errors 40
Semicolon Errors 42
End-of-Sentence Punctuation Errors 44
Hyphen and Dash Errors 45
Comma Errors 47
Commas in Lists 48
Comma Splices 50
Appositives 52
Commas for Phrases and Clauses 54
Agreement Errors 56
Modifier-Word Modified Agreement Errors 56
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Errors 57
Noun-Noun Agreement Errors 57
Subject-Verb Agreement Errors 57
Phrase and Clause Errors 61
Conjunction Errors 62
Modifier Placement Errors 66
Parallel Structure Errors 71
Sentence Completeness Errors 74
Sentence Fragment Errors 75
Sentence Combination Errors 77
Making and Analyzing Editing Decisions 78
Editing in Context vs. Error Identification 79
Direct Editing Decisions: Which Option is Best? 81
Adding Content 82
Choosing the Best Sentence for a Spot 82
Choosing the Best Spot for a Sentence 88
Rearranging Content 93
Moving Sentences 93
Paragraph Breaks 95
Rephrasing for a Particular Effect 97
To Edit or Not—and Why 104
To Add Content or Not—and Why 104
To Remove Content or Not—and Why 107
To Rephrase Content or Not—and Why 109
Identifying the Function of Passage Elements 116
Identifying the Effects of Editing 123
Identifying the Effects of Adding Content 124
Identifying the Effects of Removing Content 127
Identifying the Effects of Rephrasing Content 130
Analyzing Passage Effectiveness 135
The ACT Reading Section 137
Chapter Outline 139
Review: Close Reading 140
What is Said 142
Main Idea 143
Finding the Main Idea of a Selection from a Passage 144
Finding the Main Idea of an Entire Passage 145
Analyzing Argument 151
Questions About the Author’s Argument 152
Questions About Other People’s Arguments 153
Questions About the Structure of an Argument 154
Identifying Details 158
Identifying Details in a Specific Paragraph 159
Identifying Details in a Full Passage 160
How It’s Said 165
Determining Context-Based Meaning 166
Context-Based Meaning of Unfamiliar Words 167
Words with Multiple Meanings 168
Context-Dependent Meaning of Phrases and Clauses 171
Analyzing Tone 176
Tone of a Sentence or Paragraph 176
Tone of an Entire Passage 179
Words That Describe Tone 181
Point of View 184
Identifying Author and Audience 185
Identifying the Author’s Directly Stated Views 186
Inferring the Author’s Views on a Topic 188
Sequence 195
Sequence of Passage Text 195
Sequence of Events 196
When Passage Text Sequence ≠ Passage Event Sequence 197
Identifying the Reasoning Behind Sequence 199
Inferring the Previous Topic 201
Inferring the Next Topic 202
Why It’s Said 207
Purpose of Lines and Passage 208
Questions About the Purpose of a Single Word 209
Questions About the Purpose of a Sentence 210
Questions About a General Part of the Passage 210
Questions About the Purpose of the Passage as a Whole 211
Purpose of Dialogue 213
Engaging with What’s Said 218
Comparing and Contrasting 219
Identifying Comparisons and Contrasts 220
Comparing and Contrasting Two Textual Features 221
Comparing More than Two Textual Features 223
Comparing and Contrasting Passage Structures 224
Identifying Cause and Effect 229
Identifying Cause 230
Identifying Effect 231
Identifying Cause and Effect Simultaneously 232
Summarizing and Paraphrasing 236
Paraphrasing an Excerpt 237
Summarizing an Excerpt 238
Summarizing a Passage 239
Generalizations, Inferences, and Predictions 243
Making Inferences 244
Making Predictions 245
Making Generalizations 246
Comparing What’s Said: Paired Passages 250
Comparing and Contrasting Ideas in Paired Passages 251
Identifying the Main Idea of Each Passage 251
Comparing the Main Ideas of Paired Passages 252
Comparing and Contrasting Arguments in Paired Passages 255
Comparing Arguments: Where Do the Authors Agree? 257
Contrasting Arguments: Where Do the Authors Disagree? 258
Hypothetical Changes to Arguments 259
Making Inferences Based on Newly Introduced Information 260
Comparing and Contrasting Language and Rhetoric in Paired Passages 261
Choosing Which Passage Best Fits a Description of Style 263
Direct Comparisons of Style Descriptions 264
Direct Comparisons of Textual Features 265
Making Inferences About Passage Genre 266
Making Inferences About the Authors 266
Multi-Passage Critical Thinking: Conclusions, Inferences, and Predictions 267
Drawing Inferences and Conclusions from Paired Passages 267
Making Predictions Based on Paired Passages 270
The ACT Science Section 279
Chapter Outline 281
Review 282
Review: Experiments & Procedures 283
Control Groups 283
Independent Variable 283
Dependent Variable 284
Sample Passage: Experiments and Procedures 285
Review: Graphs 288
Axes and Labels 288
Dual Axes 289
Linear Relationships 290
Exponential Relationships 291
Graphing an Equation 292
Determining an Equation for a Graph 293
Practice Questions: Graphs 294
Review: Math, Science, and Equations 298
Reading an Equation 298
Applying an Equation 298
Units 300
Terminology and Jargon 302
Data Interpretation 303
Identifying a Point from a Table 304
Identifying a Trend from a Table 305
Identifying a Point from a Graph 306
Identifying a Trend from a Graph 307
Anticipating Placement of New Data Points 308
Practice Passage: Data Interpretation 309
Data Interpretation: Further Applications 313
Experimental Setups and Results 314
Distinguishing Experimental Purpose 315
Interpreting Textual Setups 318
Interpreting Diagrammed Setups 319
Describing Results 323
Visualizing Results 325
Applying Results to New Scenarios 328
Experimental Integrity and Flaws 330
Experimental Setups and Results: Further Applications 332
Evaluating Conflicting Theories 333
Given Background 334
Identifying Theses and Arguments 336
Identifying Agreement 338
Comparing Arguments 340
Applying Arguments 342
Integrating New Information 344
Evaluating Conflicting Theories: Further Applications 346
The ACT Mathematics Section 347
Chapter Outline 349
Arithmetic 352
Number Theory and Basic Operations 353
Classifying Numbers 353
Order of Operations 354
Absolute Value 356
Sets and Sequences 357
Simplifying Fractions 362
Mixed Fractions 362
Fractions and Decimals 362
Operations with Fractions 363
Compound and Complex Fractions 365
Ratios and Proportions 366
Decimals 367
Combinations and Permutations 368
Combinations 368
Permutations 369
Squaring, Exponents, and Square Roots 370
Perfect Squares 370
Simplifying Square Roots 371
Equations with Square Roots 372
Squaring and Square Roots with Fractions 375
Squaring and Square Roots with Decimals 377
Data Analysis 379
Probability 380
Probability of Single Events 380
Probability of Multiple Events: “And” and “Or” 383
Dependent vs. Independent Events 383
Mean 388
Basic Statistics 388
Median 391
Mode 393
Range 395
Basic Statistics Review 397
Algebra 399
Rules of Exponents 400
Monomials 403
Adding and Subtracting Monomials 403
Variables and Algebraic Notation 403
Multiplying and Dividing Monomials 404
Factoring Monomials 406
Practice Problems: Monomials 408
Binomials 412
Adding and Subtracting Binomials 412
Multiplying and Dividing Binomials 415
Factoring Binomials 416
FOIL 417
Practice Problems: Binomials 419
Adding Polynomials 425
Polynomials 425
Subtracting Polynomials 426
Multiplying Polynomials 426
Dividing Polynomials 428
Factoring Polynomials 429
Practice Problems: Polynomials 431
Equations and Inequalities 436
Linear Equations 436
Linear Inequalities 437
Absolute Value Equations 437
Direct and Inverse Variation 438
Rational Equations 440
Radical Equations 443
Quadratic Equations 445
Function Notation 448
Inequalities 451
Rules of Inequalities 452
Linear Inequalities 453
Non-Linear Inequalities 455
Solving Systems of Equations 457
Solving Using Substitution 457
Solving Using Elimination 458
Geometry 460
Plane Geometry 461
Squares 464
Area of a Square 464
Perimeter of a Square 465
Diagonal of a Square 465
Rectangles 467
Rectangular Area 467
Rectangular Diagonals 467
Triangles 469
Area of a Triangle 469
Equilateral Triangles 470
Isosceles Triangles 472
Circles 473
Bringing It All Together 474
Complex Shapes 476
Solid Geometry 479
Cubes 479
Cylinders 481
Spheres 482
Angles 484
Triangular Angles 484
Circular Angles 486
Clock Math 487
Coordinate Geometry 488
x- and y-Intercept 489
Lines 497
Distance Formula 497
Midpoint Formula 500
Parallel, Perpendicular, and Tangent Lines 504
Graphing Points 506
Graphing 506
Graphing Lines 509
Graphing Quadratic Functions 518
Graphing Exponential Functions 527
Graphing Inequalities 535
Trigonometry 544
SOHCAHTOA 545
Trigonometric Identities 547
Reciprocal Identities (Trigonometric Ratios) 547
Quotient Identities 549
Pythagorean Identities 549
Conversions Between Radians and Degrees 550
Unit Circle 552
Trigonometric Function Graphs 554
Sine Graphs 554
Cosine Graphs 555
Tangent Graphs 555
Amplitude, Period, Frequency, and Phase Shifts 556
Solutions for Triangles 557
Practice Problems: Trigonometry 561
Full-Length ACT Diagnostic Test 569
English Test 570
Mathematics Test 582
Reading Test 590
Science Test 599
English Test: Answer Key 613
Mathematics Test: Answer Key 636
Reading Test: Answer Key 663
Science Test: Answer Key 678
Score Conversion Tables 691
Calculating Your Composite Score 693
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RT - University Entrance Examinations
BT - Education
NT - Measurement
UF - The document is a resource for tutoring preparation for the 2019 ACT.
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