ACT Reading || Ultimate Study Guide: Exam-Ready in
Less Time!!
The best way to practice for the Reading Test is? correct answers READING. The more you
read, the better your reading skills.
All the information you need to answer the questions is contained within the passages. correct
answers Knowing the types of questions asked in the Reading Section will help you know
where to search for the answers.
How many passages are there? correct answers Four. Prose fiction and three nonfiction
passages.
How many questions per passage? correct answers Ten
Flyover correct answers A quick look at the passage BEFORE reading the questions paying
attention to the first and last sentences in each paragraph.
I. Prose Fiction
There are 5 types of questions: correct answers 1. Specific Detail
2. Inference
3. Character Generalization
4. Point of View
5. Cause-Effect
1. Specific Details and Facts correct answers The most straightforward questions you'll
encounter. Simply find the details within the passage. Expect 3 or 4 specific detail questions
about the PF passage.
1. Specific Details correct answers Many questions have key words in the question or choices
that will enable you to find the correct section of the passage to support your answer.
1. Specific Details correct answers Read each choice carefully and don't fall for a choice that
has the exact some wording as the passage but used in the wrong context.
2. Inference correct answers These questions ask for implied information. You must use
information in the passage to figure out something else. Look for verbs like: suggest, infer,
imply and indicate.
2. Inference correct answers Anything directly stated by the author is not an inference.
3. Character generalization correct answers Found only in PF. These questions ask you to
reduce a lot of information about a character into one statement.
4. Point of View correct answers Will generally ask you to describe the narrator's point of
view. Look for adjectives that describe emotion: brilliant, excited, delightful, gloomy,
disappointing.
Less Time!!
The best way to practice for the Reading Test is? correct answers READING. The more you
read, the better your reading skills.
All the information you need to answer the questions is contained within the passages. correct
answers Knowing the types of questions asked in the Reading Section will help you know
where to search for the answers.
How many passages are there? correct answers Four. Prose fiction and three nonfiction
passages.
How many questions per passage? correct answers Ten
Flyover correct answers A quick look at the passage BEFORE reading the questions paying
attention to the first and last sentences in each paragraph.
I. Prose Fiction
There are 5 types of questions: correct answers 1. Specific Detail
2. Inference
3. Character Generalization
4. Point of View
5. Cause-Effect
1. Specific Details and Facts correct answers The most straightforward questions you'll
encounter. Simply find the details within the passage. Expect 3 or 4 specific detail questions
about the PF passage.
1. Specific Details correct answers Many questions have key words in the question or choices
that will enable you to find the correct section of the passage to support your answer.
1. Specific Details correct answers Read each choice carefully and don't fall for a choice that
has the exact some wording as the passage but used in the wrong context.
2. Inference correct answers These questions ask for implied information. You must use
information in the passage to figure out something else. Look for verbs like: suggest, infer,
imply and indicate.
2. Inference correct answers Anything directly stated by the author is not an inference.
3. Character generalization correct answers Found only in PF. These questions ask you to
reduce a lot of information about a character into one statement.
4. Point of View correct answers Will generally ask you to describe the narrator's point of
view. Look for adjectives that describe emotion: brilliant, excited, delightful, gloomy,
disappointing.
