<p>I took the ACT in April and got a 31. However I got it in a very strange way. My subscores go as follows:
Science- 35
Math- 32
English- 35
Reading- 23
I don't really know how this happened. But I want to retake it and get a 34, which can be done if I just fix my reading section. Can someone give me advice for how to imrpove my reading score?</p>
<p>Yes, you have to read alot! I believe its the only and fastest way. Pick up a book and have u and ur study partner read it but be a 9 grade level or above. Its better if its above. Read the book and have him come up with questions for u to answer. Try to finish a book in one or two sitting, this will improve reading speed. Try to read ALOT! like before i took my act for a month i would read 2-3 200 page books each in one day. My reading speed is like almost 200 words per minute now.</p>
<p>36 on reading here. </p>
<p>Take AP Lang</p>
<p>Read books/passages and learn to immediately and subconscious identify “Purpose, Theme, Tone, Contrast, Comparison, and Rhetoric”. There’s probably some more, but that’s exactly what the SAT and ACT test for.</p>
<p>Depends AP lang in some schools are for senior class</p>
<p>I’m not good at reading by any means, but I improved by reading books and comparing my understanding of chapter summaries with spark notes. It allowed me to see what I recalled from what I read and if my general understanding was correct. This probably won’t be helpful once you get over a 31, because then you will need to understand more than just summaries of a text–you will need to understand the reading at a sentence-level basis.</p>