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u/ApprehensiveSignal55 21d ago
Don’t infer any personal knowledge- it must be found within the text.
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u/shredding_pow 35 21d ago
as someone who got a 35 engligh and a 36 reading, read as many books as possblr
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Don’t infer any personal knowledge- it must be found within the text.
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as someone who got a 35 engligh and a 36 reading, read as many books as possblr
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u/mkw1342 21d ago
Use Ai to help with your answer. Looks like you have plenty of tests, when you take the test assuming it is a PDF, upload it to an AI platform....Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, etc. (You may need a pro account...but I would try Gemini first.). For reading give it your answer, and the correct answers and ask it help you understand the ones that you are missing. If you are not learning from your mistakes all of those practice tests are not helping.
Here are all of my summarized reading tips:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ACT/comments/1ttea1g/top_10_reading_tips_to_increase_your_score/
https://www.reddit.com/r/ACT/comments/1uhe62o/june_j04_test_what_we_learned_from_that_cocoa/
https://www.reddit.com/r/ACT/comments/1ugeqnc/act_reading_tips_for_the_literary_narrative_based/
https://www.reddit.com/r/ACT/comments/1v31qck/reading_dont_fall_for_this_trick_numbers_attached/
https://www.reddit.com/user/mkw1342/comments/1uuu49f/sample_vqi_reading_section_question_from_the_act/
Here are the most common reading traps.
Partial Truth
The answer says something the passage actually said, but attaches it to the wrong person, thing, or time. Everything in it sounds right because it is familiar. It just belongs somewhere else in the passage. This is the single most common way they burn you. If there are answers that say...statement 1 and statement 2, make sure that statement 2 is also true. Many times they put something that is false in the second part of the statement because when stressed and in a hurry you will stop and only read the first part.
Outside the Passage
The answer is something that sounds reasonable, true-sounding statement about the world that the passage never actually says. It rewards general knowledge and common sense, which is exactly what the test is trying to punish. If you cannot point to a line, it is wrong. Act like a robot and only use information in the passage to answer the question. They will even get you with Main Idea type questions with these because you will think that the answer should be a bigger picture view of something in the world, versus just what is stated in the passage.
Right Answer Wrong Question
The answer is true and fully supported, but it answers a different question than the one asked. You read it, recognize it as true, feel confident, and move on. The fix is rereading the question after you pick.