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ACT English: Top 10 Things to Watch Out For

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and the top two tips you'll ever receive!

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Tip: While reading the question carefully, underline what you're really looking for.

"Between March and November of 2011, an anonymous donor left intricately crafted paper sculptures at various cultural institutions....

1. Which choice most effectively emphasizes the complexity of the paper sculptures?

A. NO CHANGE

B. impressively

C. terrifically

D. superbly

Tip: The BEST preparation for ACT is what happens bell-to-bell.

  • Good students RETAIN.
  • There is NOTHING on the ACT English test that we don't cover in class.
  • Listen! Remember!
  • Ask for help.

Top 10 Things to Watch For:

10. Confusing Words (It's/Its; Affect/Effect; )

9. Consistency in Verb Tense & Pronoun Case

8. Parallel Structure

7. Punctuation (particularly apostrophes and commas)

6. Subject/Verb & Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

5. Transition Words

4. Sentence-Level Problems (Fragments, Run-ons, Comma Splices)

3. Wordiness (Economy is a virtue!)/Clarity

2. Redundancy

1. EXCEPT/NOT Questions

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Redundancy

When you're repetitive and you say the same thing again and again

Top 10 Things to Watch Out For

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At dawn a hunter crept across a steep, wooded, pine-covered slope in northwest Wyoming.

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F. No Change

G. sloping, pine-covered hill

H. pine-covered slope

J. slanting, pine-covered slope

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"There is no friend

as loyal as a book."

- Ernest Hemingway

"So many books,

so little time."

- Frank Zappa

"Don't read books.

Make prezis!"

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Thank you!

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