ACT READING UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (2)
Question:
Knowing the types of questions asked in the Reading Section will help you know
where to search for the answers.
Answer:
All the information you need to answer the questions is
contained within the passages.
Question:
Flyover
Answer:
A quick look at the passage BEFORE reading the questions paying attention to the
first and last sentences in each paragraph.
Question:
I. Prose Fiction
There are 5 types of questions:
Answer:
1. Specific Detail
2. Inference
3. Character Generalization
4. Point of View
5. Cause-Effect
Question:
1. Specific Details and Facts
Answer:
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.
Question:
1. Specific Details
Answer:
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.
Question:
1. Specific Details
Answer:
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.
Question:
2. Inference
, Answer:
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.
Question:
3. Character generalization
Answer:
Found only in PF. These questions ask you to reduce a lot of information about a
character into one statement.
Question:
Will generally ask you to describe the narrator's point of view. Look for adjectives
that describe emotion: brilliant, excited, delightful, gloomy, disappointing.
Answer:
4. Point of View
Question:
4. Point of View
Answer:
It may be helpful to arrange all the answer choices from most negative to most
positive.
Question:
4. Point of View Question: The author's attitude on this
topic is best described as:
A. indignation
B. eagerness
C. impartiality
D. fear
Answer:
From negative to positive:
indignation
fear
impartiality
eagerness
Question:
Which of the following best describes the organization of the author's discussion
on this topic?
A. He provides an example.
B. He makes a comparison.
C. He makes an acknowledgement.
D. He discusses a theory.
Answer:
4. In trying to understand the author's point of view, you
may be asked about how the passage is organized.
CORRECT ANSWERS (2)
Question:
Knowing the types of questions asked in the Reading Section will help you know
where to search for the answers.
Answer:
All the information you need to answer the questions is
contained within the passages.
Question:
Flyover
Answer:
A quick look at the passage BEFORE reading the questions paying attention to the
first and last sentences in each paragraph.
Question:
I. Prose Fiction
There are 5 types of questions:
Answer:
1. Specific Detail
2. Inference
3. Character Generalization
4. Point of View
5. Cause-Effect
Question:
1. Specific Details and Facts
Answer:
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.
Question:
1. Specific Details
Answer:
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.
Question:
1. Specific Details
Answer:
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.
Question:
2. Inference
, Answer:
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.
Question:
3. Character generalization
Answer:
Found only in PF. These questions ask you to reduce a lot of information about a
character into one statement.
Question:
Will generally ask you to describe the narrator's point of view. Look for adjectives
that describe emotion: brilliant, excited, delightful, gloomy, disappointing.
Answer:
4. Point of View
Question:
4. Point of View
Answer:
It may be helpful to arrange all the answer choices from most negative to most
positive.
Question:
4. Point of View Question: The author's attitude on this
topic is best described as:
A. indignation
B. eagerness
C. impartiality
D. fear
Answer:
From negative to positive:
indignation
fear
impartiality
eagerness
Question:
Which of the following best describes the organization of the author's discussion
on this topic?
A. He provides an example.
B. He makes a comparison.
C. He makes an acknowledgement.
D. He discusses a theory.
Answer:
4. In trying to understand the author's point of view, you
may be asked about how the passage is organized.
