<p>Teamonster: I think we might be just getting mixed up between two different questions?</p>
<p>That particular question was not testing commas; it was the standard “Which of the following alternatives is not acceptable”. All of the choices had commas.</p>
<p>Njman: The ACT English is very consistent in that the answer choices are generally the most clear and concise answers. “shined a light on” is a bit abstract. Sure, its meaning was obvious in the context, but “tried to focus on” is more concrete.</p>
<p>So how does everyone think they did? I thought the English section was fairly easy. I breezed through it and even had time to double check half of my answers. I think I probably got around a 34-36.</p>
<p>anyone know if national and international test are different?
I took it outside of US and I can’t recognize many of those questions you guys are talking about :(</p>
<p>wait does essay count towards ACT writing score? I thought it only counted towards SAT writing score and ACT essay was just completely separate from multiple choice?</p>
<p>I posted this before, but:
Two english scores are calculated. The first score is based on the multiple section only, and this is the score that affects the composite. The second score is the “english plus writing” score which factors in your essay score and gives you a different score for the english section. HOWEVER, this second “english plus writing” score has NO effect on your final composite score. So, in reality, the essay is a separate score and has no impact on your composite score.</p>
<p>Does anyone have better reasoning for why it was not “run-of-the-mill”, other than saying it just didn’t seem right? I’m pretty sure it was run-of-the-mill because ACT always tests a couple idioms, and up until that point it hadn’t tested any.</p>
<p>For the question about the Harlem Renaissance. I was between “really shines its light…” and “tried to focus”. They are both grammatically adequate, but the first choice implies that it actually did shine its light on young writers, while the second choice says that they “tried.” I was leaning towards shining its light because their original goal was to actually do it not try. But, I ended up selecting “tried to focus” because it is more clear and the ACT loves clear and concise.</p>
<p>@lacesea definitely “rather than”…but I think the issue was “rather than on” or just “than on”…I said “rather than on” because the sentence sounded awkward without the “rather”</p>
<p>“the idea really shined it’s light on” vs. “tried to focus on”
I believe it referred to “the idea,” and after initially checking my answer and reading it over, i realized that the first choice can’t be correct since I visualized an “idea” shining it’s light “on,” which obviously sounds worse than an “idea focusing on” something.
The latter appears to be correct.</p>