April 2011 ACT Reading Discussion

<p>i dont know, i put eel but i think the question had to do with strong electric fish… sorry i cant remember anything</p>

<p>Yeah, the passage never mentioned a weakly electric fish. Only a strongly one.</p>

<p>i thought the two fish being discussed were both considered “weak”</p>

<p>They were (regarding the fish the passage was mostly about), but I don’t remember being given a specific example of weak electric fish like we were for strong electric fish (eel).</p>

<p>@Coste
ya they didnt mention a specific weak electric fish so i think that was the answer :)</p>

<p>for some reason i thought it only asked one of those types of questions on that section of the test, and that it was the complete opposite for the question discussing the 2nd paragraph, maybe in wrong though… too late anyway</p>

<p>On the comic book passage, I do not think the author’s view towards color was that it helped distinguish words and pictures. That came later on in the story while this question was only referring to paragraph two (I think) and specifically the quote about using cheap, inexpensive material. Anyways, I thought his attitude towards comic strips was that their quality is not diminished by the lack of color.</p>

<p>Any chances that -1 will still be a 36?</p>

<p>thats what i put bio1995</p>

<p>First of all, color was NOT the main point of that question. I can’t remember what the question was, but only one choice had to do with color and it was off.</p>

<p>@bio1995 is correct. The passage explicitly stated that comics were usually printed on inexpensive paper. The author obviously did not care whether or not the paper quality was good.</p>

<p>Not diminished by lack of color was not an answer choice though, the only answer choice that had to do with color was something along the lines of: The color distinction made it better. The answer choice @bio1995 is referring to is “the quality of the paper does not affect the comic strip” or something like that.</p>

<p>Do you guys remember the question in the Wright brothers passage where it asked something about which helped powered aircrafts or something. One of the choices was something with automobiles</p>

<p>yes, that was already discussed</p>

<p>Comic Strip Passage-</p>

<p>Was “equal balance of text and picture” an answer to any of the questions? I put that down for one.</p>

<p>i put that down as an answer i think. the more time passes since the test the more answers slip my memory</p>

<p>Anyone remember the letter choice for the inexpensive paper question?</p>

<p>equal balance of text/picture was definitely an answer to one. i can’t remember much about it besides that though, ha.</p>

<p>I am confused about the different test forms. I had 67F just like everybody else is saying. Why does everyone have the same form?</p>

<p>@zepphead33 Would you want a harder test than someone else, and then to apply to the same college and let he or she get picked over you because you did worse?</p>

<p>Didn’t think so. Neither do I.</p>

<p>@khh But wouldn’t that apply to the different time you take the test too then?</p>

<p>Not necesarily, because everyone has the opportunity to take the test on any given test day. That’s also where the curve factors in.</p>

<p>That doesn’t make sense. You’re saying that everybody must take the exact same test in order for the scores to be fairly and equally interpreted by colleges.</p>

<p>People who take different administrations of the test are taking entirely different tests with completely different questions, but their scores are just the same as those from different administrations. Colleges don’t say, “Oh he got a 31 on the April administration of the test, that’s roughly equal to a 34 on the June administration.”</p>

<p>Having different forms of the test on the same day is no different than having different tests on different days.</p>