Attn: Solid readers who did well on ACT reading

brand_182
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:58:47 +0000

Ironically, I haven’t read anything posted so far so this technique may have already been stated. I also received a 36 on reading somehow.

Be sure you can read quite quickly. Believe it or not, I had to read two of the passages two to three times when I took the test because they were just so strange that it was difficult to comprehend them. The most important thing is to be able to understand what each paragraph has added to the overall story. For me, if I wasn’t completely sure what I had just read about, it became pointless to even attempt to answer the questions.

Once you’ve read the passage and have thoroughly understood what is said, you should have an idea of where all of the “answers” are. From my experience, 99% of the answers were actually stated in the passage and not really a matter of opinion or even intelligent decision making…which is probably why I made a 36 only on reading. :D