ACT Reading Section Review 21 Club

Typically, distractors use the ____________ from the passage.

• Opposite wording

• Incorrect wording

• Exact wording

• Silly wording

Typically, distractors contain some element of ____________

• truth

• exact wording

• opposing viewpoints

• ridiculous material

Which of the following steps should be taken during the reading portion of the ACT?

• Reading

• Sleeping

• Prereading

• Answering the Questions

Literary Narrative means the passage reads like a ___________

• Newspaper Article

• Textbook Entry

• Poem

• Story

Informational Text reads like a _______________

• Story

• Textbook

• Cookbook

• Instruction Manual

Which of the following should you do first?

• Preread the Passage

• Preread the Questions

• Read the Passage

• Label Difficult Questions

At what speed, at WPM, do you need to read in order to complete the test with plenty of time?

• 300 WPM

• 200 WPM

• 275 WPM

• 350 WPM

While reading, you cannot afford to ____________.

• Progress

• Flip back and forth between the passage and answer choices

• Address

• Regress

Helpful methods for speed reading includes:

• Using your hand or pencil to keep your place on the page

• Using your mousepad to keep the text moving

• Bounce between words as fast as possible

• Read the passage backwards

How much time should you spend reading a passage?

• 4 mins

• 5 mins

• 3 and a half minutes

• 4 and a half minutes