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The ACT Reading Test is a 40-question, 35-minute test that measures your reading comprehension.
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The test questions ask you to derive meaning from several texts by (1) referring to what is explicitly stated and (2) reasoning to determine implicit meanings.
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Specifically, questions will ask you to use referring and reasoning skills to
determine main ideas; locate and interpret significant details; understand sequences of events; make comparisons; comprehend cause-effect relationships; determine the meaning of context-dependent
words, phrases, and statements; draw generalizations; and analyze the author’s or narrator’s voice
and method.
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Now we’ll evaluate ourselves on each of these reading
skills.
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The test comprises four prose passages that are representative of the level and kinds of text commonly encountered in first-year college curricula.
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Each passage is preceded by a heading that identifies what type of passage it is (for example, “Prose Fiction”), names the author, and may include a brief note that helps in understanding the passage.
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Each passage is accompanied by a set of multiple-choice test questions. These questions do not test the rote recall of facts from outside the passage, isolated vocabulary items, or rules of formal logic.
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Three scores are reported for the ACT Reading Test:
a total test score based on all 40 questions
a subscore in Social Studies/Sciences reading skills (based on the 20 questions on the social studies and natural sciences passages)
and a subscore in Arts/Literature reading skills (based on the 20 questions on the prose fiction and humanities passages).