Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

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5. Implied Idea (Items #9–11) .........................................................................98 6. Application (Items #12–13) .........................................................................98 7. Voice (Items #14–15) ...................................................................................99 B. Strategies ................................................................................................................................ 99 1. Three Reading Comprehension Levels

a) General Theme b) Specific Points c) Evaluation 2. Using the Three Comprehension Levels 3. Five Steps to Approaching Passages (Items #16–24) ...............99–101 a) Label Passages as “Easy” or “Hard” b) Preview First and Last Sentences of Selection 4. Item-Type Strategies ................................................................................ 102 a) Main Idea Clues (Items #25–27) ......................................... 102–103 b) Explicit Detail Clues (Item #28) ..................................................... 103 c) Vocabulary Clues (Items #29–33) ................................................ 103 d) Development Clues (Items #34–35) ........................................... 103 e) Implied Idea Clues (Items #36–37) ..................................... 103–104 f) Application Clues (Item #38) ......................................................... 104 g) Voice Clues (Item #39) .................................................................... 104 c) Preview Item Stems d) Read the Passage e) Answer the Items

IV. LESSON 2 | PAIRED PASSAGES ......................................................................... 105 A. Questions that Compare and Contrast (Items #1–9) ..............................................105–108 B. Further Practice (Items #10–33) ..................................................................................109–114 V. LESSON 3 | FURTHER USE OF READING STRATEGIES, PART 1................... 115

VI. LESSON 4 | FURTHER USE OF READING STRATEGIES, PART 2................. 125

VII. QUIZZES ..................................................................................................................135 A. Directed Study Quiz (Items #1–18) ............................................................................. 136–144 B. Timed Quiz (Items #1–17) .............................................................................................145–148 VIII. REVIEW....................................................................................................................149

IX. STRATEGY SUMMARY..........................................................................................163