English ACTEnglish ACT
English Section OverviewEnglish Section Overview
The English section is The English section is always…always…
11stst section on the section on the ACTACT
75 75 questionsquestions 4545 minutes minutes 55 passages passages
English Section Overview: English Section Overview: Skills CoveredSkills Covered
GrammarGrammar PunctuationPunctuation Sentence StructureSentence Structure OrganizationOrganization StrategyStrategy StyleStyle
English Section Overview:English Section Overview:ScoringScoring
3939 right (raw right (raw score) score) ==
Scaled score of Scaled score of 1818 ==
““college college readiness”readiness”
English Overview: English Overview: Question TypesQuestion Types
Two types of questions: Two types of questions:
1. 1. Usage & Mechanics Usage & Mechanics (underlined) (underlined)
2. 2. Rhetorical Skills Rhetorical Skills (boxed) (boxed)
English Overview: English Overview: Question TypesQuestion Types
Usage/Mechanics
Rhetorical Skills
Usage and MechanicsUsage and Mechanics
4040 questions total (underlined questions total (underlined questions)questions)
Questions cover:Questions cover:
PunctuationPunctuation - - 1010 questions questions GrammarGrammar - - 1212 questions questions Sentence structure Sentence structure - - 1818 questions questions
PunctuationPunctuation Questions ask you to correct misplaced, Questions ask you to correct misplaced,
misused, or missing punctuation marks.misused, or missing punctuation marks.
Most commonMost common• CommasCommas
• ApostrophesApostrophes
• ColonsColons
• Semi-colonsSemi-colons
PunctuationPunctuation
GrammarGrammar
Questions cover: Questions cover:
Subject-verb Subject-verb agreement agreement
Pronoun-noun Pronoun-noun agreementagreement
Grammar: Subject-Verb Grammar: Subject-Verb AgreementAgreement
Grammar: PronounGrammar: Pronoun –– Noun Noun AgreementAgreement
Sentence StructureSentence Structure Questions deal with the sentence as a Questions deal with the sentence as a
whole.whole.
Questions cover:Questions cover:
• ParallelismParallelism• Modifier placementModifier placement• Run-onsRun-ons• FragmentsFragments
Sentence Structure: ParallelismSentence Structure: Parallelism
Sentence Structure: Sentence Structure: Misplaced ModifiersMisplaced Modifiers
Sentence Structure: Sentence Structure: Misplaced ModifiersMisplaced Modifiers
Sentence Structure: Sentence Structure: Run-ons & FragmentsRun-ons & Fragments
Rhetorical SkillsRhetorical Skills
3535 questions (Box questions) questions (Box questions)
Writing strategy Writing strategy – – 1212 questions questions OrganizationOrganization – – 1111 questions questions StyleStyle – – 1212 questions questions
Writing StrategyWriting Strategy
Questions on Questions on revising a passage revising a passage to to improve its effectiveness.improve its effectiveness.
Questions cover:Questions cover:
• Transitions Transitions
• Adding evidenceAdding evidence
Writing Strategy: TransitionsWriting Strategy: Transitions
Writing Strategy: Adding EvidenceWriting Strategy: Adding Evidence
OrganizationOrganization
Questions ask you to Questions ask you to rearrangerearrange a a sentence, paragraph, or passage to sentence, paragraph, or passage to maximize coherency and unity.maximize coherency and unity.
Paragraph OrganizationParagraph Organization
Sentence OrganizationSentence Organization
StyleStyle
Questions assess how well you can Questions assess how well you can choose the choose the most appropriate word most appropriate word for a sentence in terms of its for a sentence in terms of its tonetone and and clarityclarity..
Style: ToneStyle: Tone
Style: ToneStyle: Tone
Style: RedundancyStyle: Redundancy // WordinessWordiness
Style: RedundancyStyle: Redundancy // WordinessWordiness
Style: RedundancyStyle: Redundancy // WordinessWordiness
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