<p>Hey guys,</p>
<pre><code> Been studying for the ACT for a couple of days now using Barons ACT Book(not the ACT 36 one). The thing is with the Baron's ACT book is the language is really confusing and using a lot of terms most people would not know since they are practicing for the English ACT. I am very distracted since I usually don't study for my tests and do OK. I learn really well listening to someone talk and give examples of what to do. I have the test on June 8th and would like insights from other people.
When I did the practice ACT from my school I got a 24. I did not have time to do the last 10 questions and rushed through the last 20 or so. How can I move faster through the problems without going back and reading the whole paragraph again since I can't memorize the passages.
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<p>It sounds to me like you are the type of student who could use help from an outside source (such as myself). However, outside help often doesn’t come cheap.</p>
<p>Books like Barron’s tend to use technical terminology when explaining grammar (for example, a clause that begins with the word “that” is referred to as a restrictive clause) that bring on giant headaches for students who never cared to learn that terminology in middle school (which is probably 99% of you). The only real way around this problem is to find a tutor to explain things to you in simpler terms. That is, until somebody publishes a text that is more accessible (try Rajiv Raju’s supplemental ACT book).</p>
<p>For the reading section, the highest scorers tend to read the passage once and rarely look back. Some helpful tips: underline important details, and except for the prose passage (which always comes first), take a moment to write down the main idea and purpose for each paragraph. This will initially be more time-consuming, but after a few tries you will likely (hopefully) find that you have to look back at the passages less frequently.</p>
<p>can someone please reference me to a good book for the English section. Barron’s is way to complicated for me and makes things hard to understand.</p>
<p>I am reading a couple of grammar workbooks and I would really appreciate reccs from people in a similar situation. Seems my trouble is not in the Rhetorical but more so the punctuation</p>
<p>Please guys I really need the help! Scored a 23 and went through many pages of many grammar books but little of it is sinking in. I can get things that have to do with mathematics/science easily by looking at it or seeing an example but this is so hard for me. English is my 2nd language but I speak it way more than the other.</p>