English ACTEnglish ACT

English Section OverviewEnglish Section Overview

The English section is The English section is always…always…

11stst section on the section on the ACTACT

75 75 questionsquestions 4545 minutes minutes 55 passages passages

English Section Overview: English Section Overview: Skills CoveredSkills Covered

GrammarGrammar PunctuationPunctuation Sentence StructureSentence Structure OrganizationOrganization StrategyStrategy StyleStyle

English Section Overview:English Section Overview:ScoringScoring

3939 right (raw right (raw score) score) ==

Scaled score of Scaled score of 1818 ==

““college college readiness”readiness”

English Overview: English Overview: Question TypesQuestion Types

Two types of questions: Two types of questions:

1. 1. Usage & Mechanics Usage & Mechanics (underlined) (underlined)

2. 2. Rhetorical Skills Rhetorical Skills (boxed) (boxed)

English Overview: English Overview: Question TypesQuestion Types

Usage/Mechanics

Rhetorical Skills

Usage and MechanicsUsage and Mechanics

4040 questions total (underlined questions total (underlined questions)questions)

Questions cover:Questions cover:

PunctuationPunctuation - - 1010 questions questions GrammarGrammar - - 1212 questions questions Sentence structure Sentence structure - - 1818 questions questions

PunctuationPunctuation Questions ask you to correct misplaced, Questions ask you to correct misplaced,

misused, or missing punctuation marks.misused, or missing punctuation marks.

Most commonMost common• CommasCommas

• ApostrophesApostrophes

• ColonsColons

• Semi-colonsSemi-colons

PunctuationPunctuation

GrammarGrammar

Questions cover: Questions cover:

Subject-verb Subject-verb agreement agreement

Pronoun-noun Pronoun-noun agreementagreement

Grammar: Subject-Verb Grammar: Subject-Verb AgreementAgreement

Grammar: PronounGrammar: Pronoun –– Noun Noun AgreementAgreement

Sentence StructureSentence Structure Questions deal with the sentence as a Questions deal with the sentence as a

whole.whole.

Questions cover:Questions cover:

• ParallelismParallelism• Modifier placementModifier placement• Run-onsRun-ons• FragmentsFragments

Sentence Structure: ParallelismSentence Structure: Parallelism

Sentence Structure: Sentence Structure: Misplaced ModifiersMisplaced Modifiers

Sentence Structure: Sentence Structure: Misplaced ModifiersMisplaced Modifiers

Sentence Structure: Sentence Structure: Run-ons & FragmentsRun-ons & Fragments

Rhetorical SkillsRhetorical Skills

3535 questions (Box questions) questions (Box questions)

Writing strategy Writing strategy – – 1212 questions questions OrganizationOrganization – – 1111 questions questions StyleStyle – – 1212 questions questions

Writing StrategyWriting Strategy

Questions on Questions on revising a passage revising a passage to to improve its effectiveness.improve its effectiveness.

Questions cover:Questions cover:

• Transitions Transitions

• Adding evidenceAdding evidence

Writing Strategy: TransitionsWriting Strategy: Transitions

Writing Strategy: Adding EvidenceWriting Strategy: Adding Evidence

OrganizationOrganization

Questions ask you to Questions ask you to rearrangerearrange a a sentence, paragraph, or passage to sentence, paragraph, or passage to maximize coherency and unity.maximize coherency and unity.

Paragraph OrganizationParagraph Organization

Sentence OrganizationSentence Organization

StyleStyle

Questions assess how well you can Questions assess how well you can choose the choose the most appropriate word most appropriate word for a sentence in terms of its for a sentence in terms of its tonetone and and clarityclarity..

Style: ToneStyle: Tone

Style: ToneStyle: Tone

Style: RedundancyStyle: Redundancy // WordinessWordiness

Style: RedundancyStyle: Redundancy // WordinessWordiness

Style: RedundancyStyle: Redundancy // WordinessWordiness