Pass Key to the ACT, 9th Edition
ISBN: 9781438001159 | 1438001150
Edition: 9thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc
Pub. Date: 8/1/2012
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This abbreviated but completely up-to-date version of Barron's full-size ACT test preparation manual presents: Two full-length ACT practice tests with all questions answered and explained A handy guide for calculating your ACT score Subject review sections with additional practice questions covering English, math, reading, science reasoning, and advice for students taking the optional writing test Additional helpful features include an overview of the ACT with descriptions of test question types and test-taking advice.
| Preface | p. v |
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Test-Taker's Checklist for the ACT | p. viii |
| Preparing for the ACT | p. 1 |
| The ACT | p. 1 |
| Before Taking the ACT | p. 4 |
| Test Scores | p. 11 |
| Composite Scores and College Enrollment | p. 12 |
| Preparing for the English Test | p. 14 |
| Description of the English Test | p. 14 |
| ... MORE | p. 16 |
| Test-Taking Tips | p. 17 |
| Usage/Mechanics | p. 18 |
| Basic Grammar and Usage | p. 32 |
| Verb Forms and Verbals | p. 34 |
| Pronouns | p. 35 |
| Sentence Structure | p. 39 |
| Consistency and Tense | p. 46 |
| Parallelism | p. 46 |
| Transitional Words and Phrases | p. 47 |
| Rhetorical Skills | p. 50 |
| Kinds of Questions | p. 50 |
| Word Choice | p. 51 |
| Sample English Test | p. 56 |
| Preparing for the Mathematics Test | p. 75 |
| Description of the Mathematics Test | p. 75 |
| Strategy | p. 75 |
| Arithmetic/Pre-Algebra | p. 75 |
| Algebra and Coordinate Geometry | p. 93 |
| Operations on Polynomials | p. 95 |
| Geometry | p. 128 |
| Trigonometry | p. 134 |
| Preparing for the Reading Test | p. 144 |
| Description of the Reading Test | p. 144 |
| Test-Taking Tips | p. 145 |
| Prose Fiction | p. 148 |
| Social Studies | p. 151 |
| Humanities | p. 156 |
| Natural Science | p. 159 |
| Sample Reading Test | p. 164 |
| Preparing for the Science Reasoning Test | p. 185 |
| Description of the Science Reasoning Test | p. 185 |
| Test-Taking Tips | p. 187 |
| Data Representation Questions | p. 189 |
| Research Summaries Questions | p. 200 |
| Test-Taking Tips | p. 202 |
| Conflicting Viewpoints Questions | p. 216 |
| Sample Science Reasoning Test | p. 222 |
| Preparing for the Writing Test | p. 242 |
| Description of the Writing Test | p. 242 |
| Sample Student Essays with Evaluations | p. 244 |
| The Challenge of Writing a 30-Minute Essay | p. 248 |
| Thirteen Principles of Essay Writing | p. 250 |
| Essay-Writing Practice | p. 264 |
| Model Tests | p. 268 |
| Model Test A | p. 271 |
| Answer Keys and Analysis Charts | p. 328 |
| Answer Explanations | p. 332 |
| Model Test B | p. 371 |
| Answer Keys and Analysis Charts | p. 427 |
| Answer Explanations | p. 431 |
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