ACT with CD-ROM
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ACT with CD-ROM
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.
Format:
Books
Physical Description:
xv, 461 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM.
ISBN:
9780743265744
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Summary
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A comprehensive guide for college-bound students preparing for the ACT includes strategies for each subject area, the latest rules on calculator use, and two full-length sample tests.
Table of Contents
| How to Use |
| This Book ACT Emergency Plan |
| Note for International Students |
| Section 1 ACT Basics |
| Chapter 1 Introduction to the ACT |
| Three Keys to ACT |
| Success What Is the ACT? |
| Overview of the ACT |
| ACT FAQs |
| ACT Registration Overview |
| Chapter 2 The Subject Tests: A Preview English Math Reading Science Writing |
| Chapter 3 Taking Control: The Top Ten Strategies |
| The ACT Mindset |
| Ten Strategies for Mastering the ACT |
| Basic Strategy |
| Reference |
| Sheet |
| Section 2 Skill-Building Workouts |
| Chapter 4 English Workout 1: When in Doubt, Take It Out Economy |
| Questions When in Doubt...And Other Tips |
| The Kaplan Three-Step Method for ACT English |
| Chapter 5 Math Workout 1: The End Justifies the Means |
| The ACT Math Mindset |
| The Kaplan Three-Step Method for ACT Math |
| Kaplan's Two-Pass Plan for ACT |
| Math To Calculate or Not to Calculate |
| Chapter 6 Reading Workout 1: Know Where You're Going |
| The Key to Active ACT Reading |
| The Kaplan Five-Step Method for ACT Reading |
| Chapter 7 Science Workout 1: Look for Patterns |
| The Kaplan Five-Step Method for ACT |
| Science Reading Tables and Graphs |
| The Real Thing: Practice Passage |
| Chapter 8 English Workout 2: Make It Make Sense |
| Grammar Rules Tested by Sense |
| Questions Nonstandard-Format |
| English Questions |
| Chapter 9 Math Workout 2: Shake It Up! Ten Textbook Algebra and Coordinate Geometry Questions Four Ways to Shake |
| It Up Typical Story Problems What to Do Next |
| Chapter 10 Reading Workout 2: Look It Up! Using the Kaplan Reading |
| Method Important |
| Question Types Find and Paraphrase...And Other Tips |
| Chapter 11 Science Workout 2: Always Know Your Direction |
| How Scientists Think |
| How Experiments Work Handling Experiment Questions |
| The Real Thing: Practice Passage |
| Chapter 12 English Workout 3: Trust Your Ear Listen to the Choices Nineteen ClassicGrammar Errors |
| Chapter 13 Math Workout 3: Figuring It Out Ten Textbook Geometry |
| Questions Tackling More Complex |
| Geometry Questions |
| Chapter 14 Reading Workout 3: Arts and Sciences |
| The Prose Fiction Passage |
| The Natural Sciences Passage |
| Emergency Strategy for Test Day |
| Chapter 15 Science Workout 3: Keep Your Viewpoints Straight Prereading the Conflicting Viewpoints Passage |
| The Real Thing: Practice Passage |
| The Deep End: Facing Tough Science Passages |
| Chapter 16 Writing Workout: Write What Counts Just the Facts |
| The Kaplan Four-Step Method for the ACT |
| Essay Know the Score: Sample Essays Preparing for the Essay |
| Practice Essay |
| Section 3 Ready, Set, Go |
| Chapter 17 Strategic Summaries English Test |
| Math Test |
| Reading Test |
| Science Test |
| Writing Test |
| Chapter 18 Last-Minute Tips |
| Three Days before the Test |
| Two Days before the Test |
| The Day before the Test |
| The Morning of the Test |
| During the Test |
| After the Test |
| Section 4 Practice Tests and Explanations |
| Practice Test 1 |
| Answer Key |
| Answers and Explanations |
| Practice Test 2 |
| Answer Key |
| Answers and Explanations |
| Compute Your Score |
| Section Five: ACT Resources English Review for the ACT Math |
| Glossary 100 Key |
| Math Concepts |
Simon & Schuster,
Books
Kaplan, Inc.
American College Testing Program.
2006
9780743265744
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.
2006 ed.
SD_ILS:1051164
PERMANENT RESERVE 378.1662 AC81SI, 2006
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