Reading Section Act

You are capable of getting through each question.

Reading section act. Reading is the third section of the act administered right after a break. There is always one prose fiction passage one social science passage one humanities passage and one natural science passage and they are always in that order. The other test sections you ll need to prepare for are as follows.

This is especially true for the reading section. Save time on reading passages by switching your reading strategy strategy 2. Read the passage in detail line by line.

Read and consider all of the answer choices before you choose the one that best responds to the question. Read the passage s carefully. Last but not least the act isn t without breaks so make sure to rest during your test too.

If you want to go back and review any of the strategies here s a quick listing. The act reading section is one of five sections upon which you will be during the act test and for many students it is the most difficult. Reading is always the third section of the act there will always be passages on four subject areas and each subject area will have 10 questions.

Find your reading skill weaknesses and drill them strategy 4. This is great timing since you ll already be in the testing frame of mind but can hopefully use the break to refresh yourself and come back even more focused and ready to show your knowledge. It lasts about four hours and you have to take it on a saturday morning thousands of students have told me how difficult it is to stay focused during the whole exam and how easy it is to make careless mistakes at the end of the test.

In the act reading section there will be four reading passages of about 800 words each the average length of a people magazine article but maybe not as interesting. Like any section on the act it may seem daunting. But in reality act reading is conquerable.