Increase Your Score In 3 Minutes A Day: ACT Reading

by McCutcheon, Randall; Schaffer, James

• ISBN13: 9780071456678
• ISBN10: 0071456678
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Accessible, concise guides for quicker, more effective studyingThese new additions to the Increase Your Score series present key principles and practical strategies for the ACT Writing Test (new for 2005) and the ACT Reading Test, explained in manageable, bite-size sections ideal for the panicked student. Combining humor with academic authority, these succinct guides: Feature essential strategies for effective essay writing or tackling reading comprehension passages under the pressure of time Provide sample essays or reading passages and questions, accompanied by helpful annotated comments and examiner marks Are ideal for students who procrastinate or who can study only in short doses Include cartoons (Zits, Peanuts, Calvin & Hobbes) to reinforce the light, student-friendly tone

Author Biography

Randall McCutcheon is a high school educator nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for innovation in curriculum, with experience teaching English, speech, debate, and journalism. Jim Schaffer, a finalist for the Teacher-in-Space program, is chair of the English Department at Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he teaches English and journalism.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
Making This Book Work for You	xv
Principles of Reading
1. Rev That Engine, Parnelli!	3	(3)
2. Know When and What to Skip	6	(2)
3. Crystal Ball Grazing	8	(3)
4. Writing Between the Lines	11	(2)
5. X-Ray Vision	13	(2)
6. Something Worth Arguing About	15
7. Summarily Dismissed	08	(12)
8. Be Chalant	20	(3)
9. The Power of Pivot	23	(2)
10. Wordlubbers, Beware	25	(3)
11. Get a Clue, Holmes	28	(3)
12. Coming to Terms	31	(2)
13. The Harder It Comes	33	(4)
14. Reading Fiction	37	(3)
15. Come to Your Senses	40	(3)
Test Strategies	43	(40)
1. Be the Test Maker	45	(2)
2. Ah, the Humanity (etc.)	47	(6)
3. Mo, Hairy, and Curly Context	53	(6)
4. The Questions Are the Answers	59	(4)
5. Context Messaging	63	(4)
6. The Night Before the Night Before	67	(3)
7. Translate Questions into English	70	(3)
8. Understand Overstatements	73	(3)
9. Read as a Writer	76	(3)
10. Be a Medi-Tater Tot	79	(4)
Practice Passages	83
Preparing for the Practice Passages	85
Fiction	87	(13)
Natural Sciences	100	(11)
Humanities	111	(12)
Social Sciences	123