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Timed Practice

Strategy!

Skip the BOXED questions (AND questions that take longer than 30 seconds)until the end of the passage.

THEN go back and read the passage (ignoring the grammatical questions) as a whole.

THEN answer the boxed questions.

answers

10. D

15. C

Practice Rhetorical Questions

Read the passage and pay attention to the author's purpose and tone throughout. Make notes on the text where you think it changes or sounds a bit off.

(handout modified passage--it has been re-typed to be grammatically correct)

answer

English ACT Prep

#40 is about choosing the most logical transitional word

#41 is about the correct use in the sentence of the -ing noun

#41 helps you figure out #40

#40 = J

#41 = C

Interrelated Question Example

Strategies

Take into account the writing style: anecdotes, narratives, formal, first-person, etc...

Reread the sentence using your selected answer.

Watch for questions about a section of the text. They are identified by a question number in a box--not an underlined portion.

Watch for interrelated questions. (example next slide)

Ms. Ackermann

  • Rhetorical Skills focus on:
  • writing strategy
  • the choices made and strategies used by a writer
  • make decisions concerning the appropriateness of a sentence
  • organization
  • deal with the order and coherence of ideas and the effective transitional elements
  • style
  • word choice--tone, clarity, not redundant or ambiguous

Types of Questions

  • Usage/Mechanics
  • always refer to an underlined portion of the essay
  • focus on punctuation, grammar, & sentence structure and formation
  • in many punctuation questions, the words in every choice will be identical but the punctuation will change
  • grammar questions will have you choose the best word(s)--verb tense, agreement, pronouns, etc
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