<p>Would appreciate any tips/advice,
or recommendation for a review packet [links included if possible].</p>
<p>Thank you in advance :)</p>
<p>Last "official" Act I've taken in school came out with
Composite 30 and english 19/20 [I cant remember which] and writing 8.</p>
<p>Appreantly my Writing is good but my ACT english score is horrible.</p>
<p>I've tried practicing and re-took english portion of ACT 3 times over summer break so far and averaging around 26.5 I just simply don't understand why I got it wrong and the I have book doesn't explain it either. So I want to start from scratch and try to get some help from you guys. </p>
<p>By this fall I want to get my English 30+ so I can aim for the 33+ scores.</p>
<p>Also is it just me or Baron feels different from actual ACT.</p>
<p>For example. Math seems to have problems more circled around Vocabs of math that you have to have memorized v.s. where in A.C.T majority questions could be answered with reasoning.</p>
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<li><p>Barron’s isn’t accurate; it’s too hard, and that’s why so many people love preparing with it.</p></li>
<li><p>I usually look at the English section with a “What sounds best?” approach. With most of the grammar, you can squirm your way out of problems by learning how to effectively link sentences and how to work around awkward structure. You’ll want to be very careful, though, about redundancy and pronouns. As a general rule of thumb it’s “its” and “who,” but only guess like that if you’re absolutely unsure (which you won’t be). If I were you, I’d look at the questions I missed in the practice tests and then look up rules about the answers (i.e., rules of colons, semicolons, etc.); you’ll eventually pick up on the stuff you miss. That’s only for grammar, though; just accept the rhetoric as is (no matter how stupid the reasoning is; the key rhetoric is to learn how ACT wants you to respond). If the rhetoric (questions like “which would give the most specific, concise detail about…”) trips you up, try to think of it more literally. Don’t say what you would most like in the passage, just take the question out of context and answer it from there.</p></li>
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<p>Edit: Forgot another rule of thumb. You’re looking for the shortest, most concise answer.</p>