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Exploring the ACT Reading Passages

Authored by LAVETTE WARD

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Exploring the ACT Reading Passages
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of ACT reading passage typically presents arguments or expresses opinions?

Literary Narrative

Social Science

Humanities

Natural Science

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of passage on the ACT Reading section is likely to feature excerpts from novels or short stories?

Literary Narrative

Social Science

Humanities

Natural Science

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many passages are there in the ACT Reading section?

3

4

5

6

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of ACT reading passage may include elements such as personal letters, essays, or memoirs?

Literary Narrative

Social Science

Humanities

Natural Science

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main focus of the Natural Science passage in the ACT Reading section?

Debates in scientific communities

Historical scientific discoveries

Descriptions of scientific experiments and their results

Biographies of famous scientists

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Social Science passage on the ACT Reading test often deals with topics from which of the following fields?

Biology and Chemistry

Anthropology and Psychology

Literature and Art

Physics and Astronomy

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is NOT a characteristic of the Literary Narrative passage on the ACT Reading test?

Character development

Plot analysis

Data interpretation

Thematic elements

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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