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ACT ENGLISH TEST Strategies and concept review.!unctuation Rules Commas Used to indicate a separation o1 ideas or elements within a sentence. Use commas to set o11 an appositive (it renames the preceding noun)
ACT ENGLISH TEST Strategies and concept review.!unctuation Rules Commas Used to indicate a separation o1 ideas or elements within a sentence. Use commas to set o11 an appositive (it renames the preceding noun)
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ACT ENGLISH TEST Strategies and concept review.!unctuation Rules Commas Used to indicate a separation o1 ideas or elements within a sentence. Use commas to set o11 an appositive (it renames the preceding noun)
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ELA Strategies and Techniques 1 all else is equal, lean towards the shortest answer. Wordiness and redundancy are never rewarded. You will be asked to make the best choices usually the 1ewer words the better. i.e. "The tiny, little girl smiled at me. Both tiny and little have the same meaning ELA Strategies and Techniques Skim 1irst Most are underlined portions o1 text 1 you have a general sense o1 the structure and overall meaning o1 the passage, you will be more likely to choose the correct answer. Take OMT seriously Selecting this option will remove the underlined portion 1rom the sentence. "OMT is a viable answer when it eliminates wordiness or redundancy. When OMT is given it is right more than the time. ELA Strategies and Techniques There can be only 1 right answer. 1 you 1ind 2 that are synonyms or mean the same eliminate them. Pause at commas Pause extra long when reading to see i1 it is a necessary 1it or i1 it seems out o1 place. Sometimes it helps to 1ear change The 1irst answer choice is NO CHANGE This answer choice should be used as o1ten as the other choices. !unctuation Rules Commas Used to indicate a separation o1 ideas or elements within a sentence. Use with a coordinating conjunction to separate main clauses within a sentence. Jenny sings in the choir, and she plays the guitar in a band. Amanda enjoys her job, but she is looking 1orward to her vacation. just completed my workout, yet, m not tired. !unctuation Rules Commas Use to separate elements that introduce and modi1y a sentence. Yesterday, painted the entire garage. Use be1ore and a1ter an expression. The new park, o1 course, is popular. Use to set o11 an appositive (it renames the preceding noun) My brother, a well respected scientist, made an important discovery. Use to set o11 interjections Well, its about time that you got here. Use to separate items in a list or series. Skippy packed his suitcase, put on his jacket, and le1t. !unctuation Rules Apostrophes Use to 1orm possessives o1 nouns, to show the omission o1 letters and to indicate plurals o1 letters and numbers. My 1riends house is at the end o1 the street. The horses stalls were 1illed with straw. Frank and Ruths anniversary is today. ts raining again. !unctuation Rules Colon and semicolon Colon is used be1ore a list or a1ter an independent clause that is 1ollowed by in1ormation. We are required to bring the 1ollowing to camp: sleeping bag, pillow, clock, and clothes. Captain Jones said: " have not begun to 1ight. Semicolon is used to join closely related independent clauses when a conjunction is not used to join the 2 clauses. My sister and enjoyed the play; we stopped 1or ice cream. !unctuation Rules Parenthesis Use to enclose supplemental in1ormation that is not essential to the meaning. Alan visited the 1ootball Hall o1 Fame (on a guided tour) during his summer vacation. Dashes Use in place o1 parentheses to place special emphasis on certain words. Dr. Evans a noted scientist- spoke to us today. !unctuation Rules Periods Use to end most sentences Scott enrolled in classes today. Question mark Use to end a direct question Do you think it will rain today? Exclamation point Use to end an emphatic statement with emotion Please dont use your cell phone in class! Grammar Rules Subject/verb agreement A sentence is composed o1 the basic parts Subject : is who or what sentence is about Verb: tells you either what subject is doing or what is being done to subject. Grammar Rules Person A verb must be in the same person as the subject. First person: am eating lunch. Number Singular subject requires a singular verb. The earth is round. Voice Active voice means that the subject is acting The dog licked my brother. NOTE: Active voice is more likely to score higher points. Grammar Rules Present tense the action is taking place now: Jenny works at the mall a1ter school. Present per1ect tense the action is occurring over time: Jenny has worked at the mall 1or 2 years. Past tense the action happened in the past: Jenny worked at the mall. Past per1ect tense the action took place be1ore another action: Jenny had worked at the mall. Future tense action will continue to happen: Jenny will work at the mall Future per1ect tense Jenny will have worked at the mall 1or 2 years as o1 next week. Grammar Rules Nouns and pronouns Proper nouns name speci1ic people, places or objects. Always capitalized Common nouns name nonspeci1ic people, places or objects. Never capitalized Pronouns take the place o1 a noun , him, her, he, she, we, they, me, us, you, it, them etc. Grammar Rules Verbs and verb 1orms Simple present: write Simple past: wrote Present participle: am writing Past participle: have written Most past tenses are 1ormed by adding ed Past participles include has, had, or have (helping verbs) Grammar Rules Sentence structure rules Avoid Run-on sentences Sentence 1ragments Misplaced modi1iers Parallelism See page 113 1or more help in the McGraw- Hill ACT book. Rhetorical Skills This addresses writing strategy, organization and style. Rhetoric: e11ective and persuasive use o1 language. Look 1or the 1low o1 ideas, the appropriateness and purpose o1 both the passage and elements o1 the passage as well as the e11ectiveness o1 the opening, transitional and closing sentences. Rhetorical Skills Organization: is it logical, ranking items in order, making connections, resolving issues. The best approach is to determine which sentence comes 1irst. The 1irst sentence should introduce. diom: the common or everyday usage o1 a word or phrase. Sit across 1rom, bogged down, admit to, on each side, single out, big break, eye-catching. Commonly Misused Words Accept, Except Accept is verb means to "agree to receive something. Except is preposition meaning "other than A11ect, E11ect A11ect means "to in1luence. E11ect is used to "indicate or achieve a result. Commonly Misused Words All Ready, Already All ready means "completely ready. Already means "by or be1ore a speci1ied time. Among, Between Among is used with more than two items Between us used with two items. Capital, Capitol Capital: o11icial seat o1 government Capitol: re1ers to the building where government meets. For more help see pages 120 to 122. ACT MATH TEST Strategies and concept review ACT MATHEMATICS Pictures are worth.at least a couple o1 points. Visualize to prevent errors. Sketches can be quick and give you accurate 1eedback. Think be1ore computing Use a 1amiliar calculator and know what your answer should be around to avoid errors. Answer the question they ask you 1 it has three steps to get to the solution do all three steps Check the choices Can you eliminate any o1 them? ACT MATHEMATICS Section has 60 questions Each is weighted the same, you dont get more points 1or harder questions dont waste time on hard questions when you can answer the easy ones. The whole is equal to exactly the sum o1 its parts. Ratio problems note part to part or part to whole The ratio o1 girls to boys in class is part to part. The ratio o1 girls to students is part to whole. ACT MATHEMATICS Weird doesnt equal hard Look 1or new "operations to be de1ined. Apply the de1inition and compute You will be required to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, 1ractions, and decimals. Keep track o1 negative signs and line up decimals For more help see page 133. ACT MATHEMATICS Square roots Exponents when a whole number is multiplied by itsel1, the number o1 times is multiplied is re1erred to as the exponent. Any number can be raised to any exponential value. 7 6 = 7x7x7x7x7x7=117,649 ACT MATHEMATICS Ratio, proportion, and percent A ratio is the relation between two quantities expressed as one divided by the other. 1 there are 3 blue cars and 5 red cars, the ration o1 blue to red is 3/5, or 3:5 A proportion indicates that one ration is equal to another ration. 1 ration o1 blue to red cars is 3/5 and there are 8 cars, you could say 3 cars is to 8 cars as x percent is to 100 percent A percent is a 1raction whose denominator is 100. the 1raction 55/100 is equal to 55% ACT MATHEMATICS Linear equations with one variable n a linear equation with one variable, the variable cannot have an exponent or be in the denominator o1 a 1raction. solate the x and solve 1or x 2x+13=43 2x+13=43 2x=43-13 2x=30 X=30/2, X = 15 ACT MATHEMATICS Common ACT example o1 a linear equation is speed o1 travel. Remember the 1ormula Rate x Time = distance The question will give you 2 o1 these values and you will have to 1ind the remaining value. ACT MATHEMATICS Absolute value o1 a number is indicated by placing that number inside 2 vertical lines. Absolute value o1 10 = 10 Absolute value o1 -10 = -10 Probability Used to measure how likely an even is to occur. To determine probability, divide the number o1 outcomes that 1it the conditions o1 an event by the total number o1 outcomes. Chance o1 1lipping heads is 1 out o1 2, or The probability is .5 The probability o1 1lipping 3 heads in a row is x x , or 1/8 ACT MATHEMATICS 10 algebra questions on Function Polynomial operations and 1actoring simple quadratic equations Linear inequalities with one variable Properties o1 integer exponents and square roots See pages 136-141 1or help ACT MATHEMATICS For help on coordinate geometry, equation o1 a line, distance and midpoint 1ormulas, plane geometry see pages 141-147. ACT READING TEST Strategies and concept review ACT READING 4 passages will be Prose Fiction Humanities Social Sciences Natural Sciences You will have about 8 minutes to work on each passage. Some suggest to slow down on 2 or three and guess on the remaining passage. ACT READING Question types Main idea/point o1 view Authors point o1 view and the intended audience Speci1ic detail Asking you about a 1act Conclusion/in1erence put together in1ormation and use as evidence 1or a conclusion Extrapolation Go beyond the passage itsel1 and 1ind answers that are probably true based on your knowledge Vocabulary There are questions that ask what speci1ic words mean within a passage. The context should lead you to a guess. ACT READING Read the question stems 1irst Skim the passage read 1or main ideas 3 components: what, what about it and why did the author write this Answer the questions Re1er back to the passage Predict an answer Process o1 elimination ACT READING Main idea What? What about it? And Why? Speci1ic Detail Use line or paragraph re1erences to 1ind the answers Sometimes they are paraphrased Conclusion/in1erence Find strong evidence to support Extrapolation What is probably true look 1or clues in authors tone or attitude. ACT SCIENCE TEST Strategies and concept review ACT SCIENCE Passages in 3 1ormats Data Representation Research summaries Con1licting viewpoints Prioritize you may only really get to 4 or 5 o1 the 7 passages. 1 you have a hard time with one, move on and remember to come back and guess. ACT SCIENCE Think 1irst Understand the main idea Look 1or trends in the charts Vocabulary you can answer questions without even knowing exactly what they mean i1 you 1ocus on the overall idea. Dont "listen to science Dont spend time trying to pronounce the terms ACT SCIENCE Scienti1ic method Process by which scientists attempt to construct an accurate representation o1 the world. s a means o1 building a supportable, documented understand Four essential elements: Observation Hypothesis Prediction Experiment ACT SCIENCE Experimental design ndependent variable manipulated by the experimenter is under control o1 the scientist As scientist changes the ndependent variable, it is hoped that the dependent variable will change as a result (observed by experimenter) A control is an element that is not subject to the same changes ACT WRITING TEST Strategies and concept review ACT WRITING Prompt THERE S NO WRONG ANSWER! Writing is assessed by your ability to write a clear, organized and persuasive essay ACT Writing Read prompt care1ully 1ollow directions Who will you be addressing? Create a 2 column mind map denti1y 3 points 1or each side Organize ideas be1ore you begin writing which is your strongest point? Label your points 1rom strongest to weakest ACT PROMPT PRO 1. 2. 3. CON 1. 2. 3. ACT Writing Decide which side you will write 1rom it doesnt have to be side you believe in There is no wrong answer! Form your topic sentences and use them to outline your paragraphs FORMAT is key Avoid pronouns (, him, her, she, he, they, etc.) ACT Writing Begin writing with your HOOK Form a question that restates the question and "hooks your reader Stay 1ocused on your topic and stick to the side you chose. ACT Writing ntroduction Form a question that "hooks the reader and restates the prompt Thesis statement is last its your opinion believe, think, 1eel etc believe high school should be extended to 1ive years because students need the time to become involved in school activities, get the work experience and take on hard courses 1or college prep. ACT Writing 2 nd paragraph ntroduce your strongest point in a topic sentence Support your topic in 1-2 sentences Example ACT Writing 3 rd paragraph ntroduce your 2 nd strongest point in a topic sentence Support your topic in 1-2 sentences Example ACT Writing 4 th paragraph ntroduce your weakest point in a topic sentence Support your topic in 1-2 sentences Example ACT Writing Rebuttal Acknowledge there is another side but state why you side is stronger keep to your side. Conclusion Restate in new words your thesis and leave the reader with a remark or question that supports your side Take your time and plan; then write your essay. Persuade your reader to believe in what you are writing.
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