The most controversial question on the ACT Prep

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<p>On the reading portion, should I read the questions first or read the passage first or scan the questions first or scan the passage first?</p>

<p>Each prep book I own has its own strategy, I'm not sure which one to follow. I'm leaning towards reading the passage first to get the main ideas and summary. What's your opinion?</p>

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<p>In my opinion, its all about what works best for you and what you feel more comfortable doing. I personally like to read the passage thoroughly, then answer the questions and go back to the passage if I need to. </p>

<p>I had a teacher that taught us to scan the passage to get an idea, then answer the questions and go back if its one of those, “in line 8 q’s” in order to be more time efficient. Tried it that way, got a 27 and ran out of time. Tried it my way, got a 33 with time to spare.</p>

<p>So its all up to you. Try different strategies and see what works best.</p>

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<p>Aw, I was looking forward to the most very controversial question on the ACT, not just a commonly asked one.</p>

<p>Anyway, it really just depends on the person. Try both on practice tests.</p>

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<p>I spend about 5-10 seconds scanning the questions. Then, I spend about just less than 9 minutes on each passage reading for about 4-5 minutes and answering the last 4 min.</p>

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<p>The “looking at the questions first” strategy doesn’t work for most people, but it does work for a lucky few.</p>

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<p>This is what I found on <a href=“http://www.wcs.k12.mi.us/WMHS/mme/MME%20Strategies.pdf[/url]”>http://www.wcs.k12.mi.us/WMHS/mme/MME%20Strategies.pdf&lt;/a&gt;

  1. Prose Fiction-(Boring and most difficult to understand)
    a. DO LAST!
    b. Skim through it quickly annotating each verse, so you know
    where to look when trying to answer the questions.
  2. Social Science-(Social Studies)
    a. DO THIRD!
  3. Humanities-(Easiest one to understand)
    a. DO FIRST!
  4. Natural Science-(Next to easiest to understand)
    a. DO SECOND!</p>

<p>Dunno if this actually works though. I think prose is the easiest.</p>

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<p>Reading=speed read passage>answer questions
Science=Read Questions>Locate Answer</p>