Introduction
What is ACT about?
- The ACT Test is a standardized test that measures a high school student’s academic skills and readiness for college by testing an individual knowledge.
- ACT tests your English, math, science, and writing skills. It was created using extensive research into expected high school abilities and necessary college expectations. It is all about setting you up for success in college.
- ACT is a test offered by a nonprofit organization, with the same name, ACT (American College Testing). This test is seen as one of the two major standard tests used in the United States for admission into colleges.
- The ACT test is also often taken by students in the US to determine whether they are "ready for college". Sometimes, regardless of whether they are going to college or not, states and individual school districts require all high school students to take the ACT, using it to assess the students' learning and/or the performance of schools. It is used a standard of determining the academic performance and/or excellence of individual students, or schools at large.
- Some questions refer to underlined portions of the passage and offer several alternatives to the underlined portion. You decide which choice is most appropriate in the context of the passage.
- Some questions ask about an underlined portion, a section of the passage, or the passage as a whole. You decide which choice best answers the question posed.
- Many questions offer “NO CHANGE” to the passage as one of the choices.
English
The English test puts you in the position of a writer who makes decisions to revise and edit a text. Short texts and essays in
different genres provide a variety of rhetorical situations. Passages are chosen for their appropriateness in assessing writing and language skills and to reflect students’ interests and experiences.
Four scores are reported for the English test: a total test score based on all 75 questions, and three reporting category scores based on specific knowledge and skills. The approximate percentage of the test devoted to each reporting category is:
This category requires you to apply your understanding of the purpose and focus of a piece of writing.
- Topic Development: Demonstrate an understanding of, and control over, the rhetorical aspects of texts. Identify the purposes of parts of texts, determine whether a text or part of a text has met its intended goal, and evaluate the relevance of the material in terms of a text’s focus.
- Organization, Unity, and Cohesion: Use various strategies to ensure that a text is logically organized, flows smoothly and has an effective introduction and conclusion.
These questions require you to demonstrate effective language use through ensuring precision and concision in word choice and maintaining consistency in style and tone.
These questions require you to apply an understanding of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics to revise and edit text.
Sentence Structure and Formation: Apply an understanding of sentence structure and formation in a text and make revisions to improve the writing.
Punctuation: Recognize common problems with standard English punctuation and make revisions to improve the writing.
Usage: Recognize common problems with standard English usage in a text and make revisions to improve the writing.
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