Victory fot the ACT Exam 16e ST Sample

68 • R EADING

5. Events and Relationships (Items #9–11) .................................................82 6. Implied Idea (Items #12–13) ....................................................................... 83 7. Application (Items #14–15) ......................................................................... 83 8. Voice (Items #16–17) .................................................................................... 83 9. Arguments (Items #18–19) ......................................................................... 83 B. Strategies ................................................................................................................................ 84 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 #20–28) .............. 84–85 a) Label Passages as “Easy” or “Hard” b) Preview First and Last Sentences of Selection 4. Item-Type Strategies ..................................................................................86 a) Main Idea Clues (Items #29–31) ............................................. 86–87 b) Explicit Detail Clues (Item #32) ....................................................... 87 c) Vocabulary Clues (Items #33–37) .................................................. 87 d) Text Structure Clues (Items #38–39) ............................................. 87 e) Events and Relationships Clues (Items #40–41) ................. 87–88 f) Implied Idea Clues (Item #42–43) .................................................. 88 g) Application Clues (Item #44) ........................................................... 88 h) Voice Clues (Item #45) ...................................................................... 88 i) Arguments Clues (Item #46) ............................................................ 88 c) Preview Item Stems d) Read the Passage e) Answer the Items

IV. UNIT 2 | MULTIPLE TEXTS ....................................................................................89 A. Questions that Compare and Contrast (Items #1–9) .................................................89–92 B. Further Practice (Items #10–33) .................................................................................... 93–98 V. UNIT 3 | FURTHER USE OF READING STRATEGIES, PART 1..........................99

VI. UNIT 4 | FURTHER USE OF READING STRATEGIES, PART 2....................... 109

VII. QUIZZES .................................................................................................................. 119 A. Directed Study Quiz (Items #1–18) .............................................................................120–128 B. Timed Quiz (Items #1–17) .............................................................................................129–132 IX. STRATEGY SUMMARY................................................................................. 133 – 134