<p>Ok i am new to this website. I need help in my ACT. I took the ACT 9 times so far and failed the reading section over and over. In order to get my diploma i need to get a 18 on the reading section and i cannot get it because i alway run out of time and dont really understand most of the question because they want you to infer and i dont have that kind of time while the test is going on. My highest score on the reading section is 16 i need an 18 to get my diploma. I've been reading books to try to get my comprehension better but i dont think that'll be enough for passing the ACT reading section. I am kind of in a rush because i need my diploma as soon as possible because i want to join the U.S Marines and in order i need my diploma. I have not pass the FCAT reading thats why i am depending on this ACT february 8th . I really need advice or any help please. Would actually like if you briefly explain on what to do for myself to get atleast a 18 or higher on the reading. </p>
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<p>Try the SAT. Some people do better on one or the other.</p>
<p>What’s your strategy right now? How many passages are you attempting to complete?</p>
<p>Well im attempting them in order and i usual only get to the 2nd passage only until times up. Then i have to guess the rest which i bubble in c all the way down.</p>
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<p>The strategy I use is to read a passage in exactly 4 minutes and then to answer the 10 questions that follow in 4:45 which gives me 8:45 per passage. Normally I finish the science passages faster than 8:45 and the humanities/prose fiction might take me up to 9 minutes per passage, so I do stray away from my timing rules, but it’s within reason. The biggest tip to give is to actively read. As you read think about big picture ideas. During the science passages, you should know what the passage is about after reading the first 2 sentences. Think about what each paragraph is getting at and what it means as a whole. Essentially don’t just read words on a page, read and think about what is going on. If you do this, it will make the questions far easier as you’ll already have thought about bigger implications. Also, always try to disprove any answer choices, it is often easiest to disprove an answer choice than prove it. Cross off eliminated answer choices and guess if you just can’t figure it out, but if you have time come back to it. If you favor different types of passages, do those first and get all the points you can get before moving on. Practice makes perfect so just keep taking practice reading tests and try to make yourself do the passages faster. Time is crucial on the reading test so don’t get distracted and don’t get bogged down by a question. You should attempt each question on a passage before moving on. Just keep practicing in the red book or from online PDFs and try to figure out why you may have gotten a certain answer wrong.</p>
<p>What sometimes helps me is to briefly scan the questions before I read the passage so I know what to look for. Then you can annotate the lines where you find the answer (this only applies to some questions not the ones about the whole passage). Also ask yourself after every paragraph or few lines what the main idea is and write it down so you can refer back to it later and save time. If you don’t know the answer to a question the most important thing is to guess and move on. Don’t waste time by trying to figure out the answer when there might be easier questions ahead. It’s especially the best to just guess and move on because the ACT doesn’t deduct any points for wrong answers. Make sure you fill in something for every bubble on that reading section(even if you didn’t quite think about the question enough because time is running short) because that’s at least 25% chance of getting points. Good luck, I know you can do it! :)</p>
<p>Thank you all of you for your time and help for giving me advice. I hope it works out well and i get my diploma so i can leave for the U.S Marines :-)</p>
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<p>I am trying this to help my reading</p>
<ol>
<li>I read one op ed piece from the NYT every day</li>
<li>1 read 2 articles from sports illustrated or time every week (5-6 pages)</li>
<li>1 read one hard article per week from the New Yorker or Scientific American (You may ilke harpers)</li>
<li>I have one book I am always reading.</li>
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<p>Just went to a training session for the ACT. One suggestion I got for practice was to read the passage, then cover it up, summarize the main idea, and then see how many questions you can answer without going back. A LOT of the reading comprehension questions hinge on that main idea. You need something like 18 questions right to get the 18, which is less than half the questions. I’m also guessing that you’re spending a huge amount of time reading. As you practice, time yourself for 9 minutes per passage (reading + questions), and make sure you’re not spending more than, say 4 minutes on the passage. Also, in your case it may make sense to do the passages out of order: if you’re much worse at social science and humanities, for example, do those last and do the ones you’re more likely to do better on anyway.</p>