This is all probably very different from the English/Literature coursework or even state reading exams you’re used to! Oh, and no amount of info on Chaucer or other literary greats crammed deep in your brain will save you. Your only real challenge is to get through them all in the VERY short amount of time you have, without misstepping. Unlike the English and Math sections of the ACT, the Reading section is basically a speed test. The questions themselves are not especially difficult, nor are the passages.
Because they’re right: the ACT’s Reading section is different from the way you’re used to reading and analyzing text in English class or while you read for fun! The only thing you need to “learn” for the ACT Reading Section is…strategy! the Reading section of the ACT.Īnd I don’t blame them for kvetching. No matter what their level of interest in or experience with “reading” as an activity is, they often complain about the gap between what they know their “reading comprehension” skills to be in real life, and the ACT’s way of evaluating that reading comprehension, i.e. I’ve noticed a pattern among the students who seek me out to seriously improve their ACT scores.
