Victory for the ACT Exam 16e TG Sample

190 • R EADING

5. Events and Relationships (Items #9–11) ...................................... 218–219 6. Implied Idea (Items #12–13) ........................................................... 219–220 7. Application (Items #14–15) ...................................................................... 220 8. Voice (Items #16–17) .................................................................................. 221 9. Arguments (Items #18–19) ............................................................. 221–222 B. Strategies ..................................................................................................................... 223–215 1. Three Reading Comprehension Levels ................................... 223–224 a) General Theme ...............................................................................223 b) Specific Points ....................................................................... 223–224 c) Evaluation ......................................................................................... 224 2. Using the Three Comprehension Levels........................................... 224 3. Five Steps to Approaching Passages (Items #20–28) ......... 224–226 a) Label Passages as “Easy” or “Hard”.......................................... 224 b) Preview First and Last Sentences of Selection ......................224 c) Preview Item Stems..............................................................224–225 d) Read the Passage........................................................................... 225 e) Answer the Items .................................................................. 225–226 4. Item-Type Strategies....................................................................... 231–241 a) Main Idea Clues (Items #29–31) ......................................... 231–232 b) Explicit Detail Clues (Item #32) .................................................... 233 c) Vocabulary Clues (Items #33–37) ..................................... 234–236 d) Text Structure Clues (Items #38–39) .................................236–237 e) Events and Relationships Clues (Items #40–41) .......................237 f) Implied Idea Clues (Items #42–43) ............................................. 238 g) Application Clues (Item #44) ........................................................ 239 h) Voice Clues (Item #45) ................................................................... 240 i) Arguments Clues (Item #46) .......................................................... 241 B. Exit Ticket #1............................................................................................................... 242–243 IV. UNIT 2 | MULTIPLE TEXTS ..................................................................................244 A. Questions that Compare and Contrast (Items #1–9) ............................................. 244–251 B. Further Practice (Items #10–33) ............................................................................... 252–255 C. Exit Ticket #1............................................................................................................... 256–267

V. UNIT 3 | FURTHER USE OF READING STRATEGIES, PART 1........................268

VI. UNIT 4 | FURTHER USE OF READING STRATEGIES, PART 2.......................294