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ACT READING

Passages
40 questions
35 minutes
The ACT Reading Test
 asks you to answer 40 questions - 10
questions about each of four passages - in
35 minutes. The passages in the Reading
Test come from published materials such as
books and magazines. There are four
categories of reading passages: Social
Studies, Natural Sciences, Humanities, and
Prose Fiction. You'll get one passage in
each category. The passages are about
1,000 words long and are written at about
the same difficulty level as college
textbooks and readings.
Natural Sciences
 anatomy, astronomy, biology,
botany, chemistry, ecology,
geology, medicine,
microbiology, natural history,
physiology, physics,
technology, zoology
Humanities
 architecture, art, dance,
ethics, film, language,
literary, criticism, music,
philosophy, radio, television,
theater
Social Studies
 anthropology, archaeology,
business, economics,
education, geography,
history, political science,
psychology, sociology
Prose Fiction
 intact
short stories or
excerpts from short stories or
novels
 The Social Studies, Natural Science,
and Humanities passages are usually
well-organized essays. You are asked
to recognize the theme, to
comprehend specific facts, and to
understand the structure of the
essay. Prose Fiction passages require
you to understand the thoughts,
feelings, and motivations of fictional
characters, even when these are not
explicitly stated in the passage.
 After
each passage, you'll find ten
questions in the following three
categories:

 Specific Detail Questions


 Inference Questions
 Big Picture Questions
Specific Detail Questions

 askabout things stated


explicitly in the passage
Inference Questions

 requireyou to make an
inference from the passage
(to "reading between lines").
Big Picture Questions

 askabout the passage as a whole,


requiring you to find the theme, tone,
or structure of the passage, or ask
you to evaluate the writing.
Final thought

 Remember that the ACT doesn't


punish wrong answers. So don't
leave anything blank, or you'll waste
your points.

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