ACT For Dummies, with Online Practice Tests

✍ Scribed by Lisa Zimmer Hatch;Scott A. Hatch

• Publisher: Wiley;For Dummies
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Series: For dummies
• Edition: 6th edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The fast and easy way to score higher on the ACT Does the thought of preparing for the ACT give you anxiety? Fear not! This new edition of ACT For Dummies gives you a competitive edge by fully preparing you for the ACT exam with subject reviews, practice opportunities, three full-length practice tests and coverage of the optional writing test. Written in the accessible and friendly For Dummies tone, this hands-on guide helps you assess where you need more study help, gets you up-to-speed on the questions you can expect to encounter on the actual ACT exam, and will have you practicing your way.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I: Coming to Terms with Reality: An Overview of the ACT 7 Chapter 1: Getting Your ACT Together: ACT 101 9 Chapter 2: Succeeding on the ACT 15 Chapter 3: Surviving the College Admissions Process 19 Part II: Serving Your "Sentence": The English Test 25 Chapter 4: Mastering the English Test 27 Chapter 5: Getting a Grip on Grammar and Usage 33 Chapter 6: Spotting Usage Errors and Ripping Through Rhetorical Questions 43 Chapter 7: It's Not What You Say but How You Say It: English Practice Questions 59 Part III: Don't Count Yourself Out: The Math Test 65 Chapter 8: Number Nuts and Bolts 67 Chapter 9: More Figures than a Beauty Pageant: Geometry and Trig Review 87 Chapter 10: Algebra and Other Sleeping Aids 115 Chapter 11: Numb and Number: Acing the Mathematics Test 135 Chapter 12: More Fun than a Root Canal: Mathematics Practice Questions 145 Part IV: Time to Read the Riot ACT: The Reading Test 153 Chapter 13: This, Too, Shall Pass(age): Sailing through the Reading Test 155 Chapter 14: Where Are CliffsNotes When You Need Them? Reading Practice Questions 165 Part V: Studying Brain Defects in Laboratory Rats: The Science Test 173 Chapter 15: From Frankenstein to Einstein: Excelling on the Science Test 175 Chapter 16: Faking Atomic Ache Won t Get You Out of This: Science Practice Questions 187 Part VI: Writing Rightly: The Optional Writing Test 195 Chapter 17: What to Expect from the ACT Writing Test 197 Chapter 18: Excelling on Your Essay: The Writing Test Review 207 Chapter 19: Practicing Promptly with Practice Prompts: Essay Practice Questions 217 Part VII: Putting It All Together with Three Full-Length Practice ACTs 221 Chapter 20: Practice Exam 1 223 Chapter 21: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 269 Chapter 22: Practice Exam 2 309 Chapter 23: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 353 Chapter 24: Practice Exam 3 395 Chapter 25: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 441 Part VIII: The Part of Tens 489 Chapter 26: Ten Wrong Rumors about the ACT 491 Chapter 27: Attention, Parents! Ten Ways You Can Help Your Student Succeed on the ACT 495 Index 497

✦ Subjects

ACT Assessment;Universities and colleges--Entrance examinations;Universities and colleges--United States--Entrance examinations;Study guides;American College Testing Program;ACT Assessment -- Study guides;Universities and colleges -- United States -- Entrance examinations -- Study guides;Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations;United States