<p>Okay, I just did a practice section and got raped by the time...was only able to do 3 of the 4 passages (didn't get to do the prose section...saved it for last) and got 5 wrong out of the 3 passages alone. It took me about ~4 minutes to read the passage...so not enough time to answer the questions (5 minutes to answer 10 questions) because I'm shooting for ~9 minutes per passage which didn't work out. Any tips on tackling the reading section? The answer choices are relatively blatant if you understand the passage because its basically word for word in the text, but even w/ reading the whole passage, I didn't read it too deeply and screwed up on some of the questions where I had to look in the text for evidence (ACT has very few line reference and not in order..sucks)</p>
<p>Well I have never taken the ACT, but I have taken the SAT and one strategy I use (it isn't too great but worth a shot) is not even reading the passage. I read the questions and look through the passages for the answers.</p>
<p>Yeah, but its hard to do that with the ACT since the questions are out of order and some passages have no line-reference questions - I need to work on my skimming skills</p>
<p>That is what I think is different about the ACT and SAT reading sections - - - SAT is more based on what certain lines mean (there are abundant number of questions like this), while the ACT focuses more on the passage as the whole, so you are more compelled to read the whole passage, and end up with no time to answer the questions.</p>
<p>woot! I just tried a passage skimming it and then answering the questions and I was able to answer them all in 8 minutes which is right on target...still managed to get 3 wrong, but that was because I overanalyzed which is a no-no on the ACT. I'm going to keep practicing this.</p>