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Meltzer  \nThe Critical Reader | New York  \nALSO BY ERICA MELTZER  \nThe Complete Guide to ACT® English The Ultimate Guide to SAT® Grammar & Workbook The Critical Reader: The Complete Guide to SAT® Reading The Complete GMAT® Sentence Correction Guide  \nCopyright © 2014-2016 The Critical Reader  \nAll rights reserved.  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author. For information, please send correspondence to  \n[thecriticalreader1@gmail.com](thecriticalreader1@gmail.com)  \nACT® is a trademark of ACT, Inc., which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this product.  \nISBN-13: 978-0-9975178-2-8  \nISBN-10: 0997517824  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction 5  \n1. Overview of Reading Comprehension 6  \n2. Managing Time: Minimize Your Stress, Maximize Your Score 11  \n3. Reading Fast and Slow 18  \n4. “Mapping” the Passage 29  \n5. Literal Comprehension 33  \n6. The Big Picture: Main Idea, Primary Purpose, and Supporting Evidence 51  \n7. Vocabulary in Context 69  \n8. Reasonable Inferences 74  \n9. Tone and Attitude 83  \n10. Point of View 90  \n11. Paired Passages 93  \n• Practice Test 1 103  \n• Practice Test 2 112  \nAnswers and Explanations 121  \nScore Conversion Chart 134  \nReprints and Permissions 135  \nIntroduction  \nThis book is designed to overturn some of the common wisdom surrounding the ACT. It’s become a test-prep truism that the SAT is a “reasoning test” whereas the ACT is a “curriculum based” test, but dig a little deeper, and those distinctions start to break down somewhat. Although it is true that ACT Reading Comprehension questions and answers are typically phrased in a more direct, less abstract manner, the reality is that the ACT is a test of reasoning skills as well – it simply tests those skills in amuch less obvious way. Because the test seems so straightforward on the surface, though, a common misconception is that the ACT cannot be approached strategically. That is not only false but the exact opposite of the truth. In reality, many of the same shortcuts that can be applied to SAT reading – understanding the test’s biases, playing positive and negative with purpose and tone questions, avoiding “extreme” answers – can be applied just as effectively to the ACT. To be clear, many of those “shortcuts” require you to think and work very logically and deliberately. They also require a great deal of self-management. But they are there, and if you use them properly, they can be exploited to great effect.  \nMoreover, what appear to be timing problems are, more frequently, reasoning and comprehension problems in disguise. The severity of the time constraint effectively demands shortcuts – unless you are an almost superhumanly fast reader, there is simply no time to hunt through the various passages for the answers to all 40 Reading Comprehension questions and still finish within the allotted 35 minutes. For example, many of the most straightforward, fact-based questions only require that you locate information stated word-for-word, or nearly word-for-word in the passage – usually not an excessively challenging task. Since these types of questions do not contain line numbers, however, you can potentially waste considerable amounts of time hunting through the passage, reading and rereading, becoming more and more panicked, and thinking less and less clearly. A vicious circle inevitably ensues. If, on the other hand, you stop and consider how the passage is organized and can thus make logical assumptions about where information is located, you are much more likely to find the information both rapidly and calmly. Likewise, if you are able to stop and consider the “big picture” of a passage before plunging into the questions, you may find that you can answer a number of them correctly and confidently withou","cbCaiceidYxHwYcv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiceidYxHwYcv","pdf",291114,17,"English","# Introduction\n# Overview of Reading Comprehension\n# Managing Time\n# Reading Fast and Slow\n# “Mapping” the Passage\n# Literal Comprehension\n# The Big Picture\n# Vocabulary in Context\n# Reasonable Inferences\n# Tone and Attitude\n# Point of View\n# Paired Passages\n# Practice Tests\n## Practice Test 1\n## Practice Test 2\n# Answers and Explanations\n# Score Conversion Chart\n# Reprints and Permissions","[{\"question\":\"How does the book challenge common wisdom about the ACT Reading test?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that ACT Reading is also a test of reasoning skills, even if questions are phrased more directly than on some other exams. 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