ACT For Dummies, with Online Practice Tests 6th Edition PDF
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015935103 ISBN 978-1-118-91153-2 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-118-91140-2 (ebk); ISBN 978- 1-118-91160-0 (ebk) ACT® For Dummies®, 6th Edition with Online Practice Visit www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/act to view this book's cheat sheet. Table of Contents Cover Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here Figuring Out How Long All This Studying Will Take Part I: Coming to Terms with Reality: An Overview of the ACT Chapter 1: Getting Your ACT Together: ACT 101 What to Take to the ACT What Not to Take to the ACT What to Do If You Have Special Circumstances Guessing for Points to Maximize Your Score Your Number’s Up: Scoring on the ACT What the ACT Expects You to Know Repeating the Test for a Better Score Chapter 2: Succeeding on the ACT Surviving the ACT with Four Stress-Busters Avoiding a Few Dumb Mistakes That Can Mess Up Your ACT Chapter 3: Surviving the College Admissions Process What’s the Main Thing Colleges Look For? How Do Higher ACT Scores Increase My Scholarship Chances? Do Schools Care Whether I Repeat the ACT? What Classes Should I Take in High School? How Helpful Are Sports and Charity? What Should I Say on the College Essay? What Will They Ask Me in the Interview and What Should I Say? How Do I Decide Which School Is Best for Me? What’s the Biggest Mistake Most Students Make in College Planning? How Do I Make My Final Decision? Part II: Serving Your “Sentence”: The English Test Chapter 4: Mastering the English Test Figuring Out What the English Questions Want You to Know Seeing Is Believing: The Test’s Format Their Pain, Your Gain: Looking Out for Traps That Others Fall into Chapter 5: Getting a Grip on Grammar and Usage Reviewing the Parts of Speech Piecing Together the Parts of a Sentence Keeping Track of Punctuation Rules for Every Occasion Chapter 6: Spotting Usage Errors and Ripping Through Rhetorical Questions Spotting Mistakes: Commonly Tested Errors Checking for Sentence Clarity and Proper Organization Chapter 7: It’s Not What You Say but How You Say It: English Practice Questions Part III: Don’t Count Yourself Out: The Math Test Chapter 8: Number Nuts and Bolts The Wonderful World of Numbers Minor Surgery: Basic Math Operations Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages Ratios and Proportions Covering Your Bases: Exponents Smooth Operator: Order of Operations Average, Median, Mode, and More Abracadabra: Elementary Algebra Chapter 9: More Figures than a Beauty Pageant: Geometry and Trig Review Toeing the Line Analyzing Angles Triangle Trauma Thanks 4 Nothing: A Quick Look at Quadrilaterals Missing Parrots and Other Polly-Gones (Or Should We Say “Polygons”?) Measuring up polygons Running Around in Circles Trying Your Hand at Trigonometry Chapter 10: Algebra and Other Sleeping Aids Suffering Inequalities Things Aren’t Always What They Seem: Symbolism Too Hip to Be Square: Roots and Radicals Thinking Exponentially: Logarithms Barely Functioning with Functions Taking a Flight on the Coordinate Plane Picking Your Way through Percent Increase, Probability, and Combinations Chapter 11: Numb and Number: Acing the Mathematics Test What You See Is What You Get: The Format and Breakdown of the Math Test Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: What Isn’t on the Math Test Getting into the Grind: The Approach Translating English into Math Time Flies When You’re Having Fun: Timing Tips Do’s, Don’ts, and Darns: What to Do and Not Do on the Math Test Chapter 12: More Fun than a Root Canal: Mathematics Practice Questions Part IV: Time to Read the Riot ACT: The Reading Test Chapter 13: This, Too, Shall Pass(age): Sailing through the Reading Test Facing 40 Questions: The Reading Test Getting Prepared: Reading Strategies Identifying Reading Question Types Figuring Out Reading Question Formats Tips and Traps Chapter 14: Where Are CliffsNotes When You Need Them? Reading Practice Questions Part V: Studying Brain Defects in Laboratory Rats: The Science Test Chapter 15: From Frankenstein to Einstein: Excelling on the Science Test Too Graphic for Words: The Science Test’s Format The Android’s Favorite: Data Representation Experiments Galore: Research Summaries Warring Factions: Conflicting Viewpoints Chapter 16: Faking Atomic Ache Won’t Get You Out of This: Science Practice Questions Passage Initial Analysis Questions Part VI: Writing Rightly: The Optional Writing Test Chapter 17: What to Expect from the ACT Writing Test Rattling Your Writing with Some Loose Screws Making the Grade: How the ACT Folks Score Your Essay Reviewing Some Example Essays and Their Scores Chapter 18: Excelling on Your Essay: The Writing Test Review Keeping It Simple: Developing a Perspective Fightin’ with the Test’s Words: Incorporating the Question Putting Up Your Dukes: Defending Your Perspective Throwing a Good First Punch: The Hook The Proof Is in the Pudding: Proving Yourself Hamburger Writing: Organizing Your Essay Wielding the Red Pen: Editing and Proofing Chapter 19: Practicing Promptly with Practice Prompts: Essay Practice Questions Writing Prompt 1 Writing Prompt 2 Part VII: Putting It All Together with Three Full-Length Practice ACTs Chapter 20: Practice Exam 1 Answer Sheet English Test Mathematics Test Reading Test Science Test Writing Test Chapter 21: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations English Test Mathematics Test Reading Test Science Test Writing Test Score One for Your Side: The Scoring Guide Answer Key for Practice Exam 1 Chapter 22: Practice Exam 2 Answer Sheet English Test
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