ACT Reading - Question Types: Help and Review - Videos & Lessons

About This Chapter

The ACT Reading - Question Types chapter of this ACT Prep Help and Review course is the simplest way to gain an understanding of reading question types. This chapter uses simple and fun videos that are about five minutes long, plus lesson quizzes and a chapter exam to ensure students learn the essentials of ACT Reading questions.

Who's it for?

Anyone who needs help learning or mastering ACT preparation material will benefit from taking this course. You will be able to grasp the subject matter faster, retain critical knowledge longer and earn better ACT scores. You're in the right place if you:

Have fallen behind in understanding detail and word meaning and other types of reading questions
Need an efficient way to learn about ACT Reading question types
Learn best with engaging auditory and visual tools
Struggle with learning disabilities or learning differences, including autism and ADHD
Experience difficulty understanding your teachers
Missed class time and need to catch up
Can't access extra ACT review resources at school

How it works:

Start at the beginning, or identify the topics that you need help with.
Watch and learn from fun videos, reviewing as needed.
Refer to the video transcripts to reinforce your learning.
Test your understanding of each lesson with short quizzes.
Submit questions to one of our instructors for personalized support if you need extra help.
Verify you're ready by completing the ACT Reading - Question Types chapter exam.

Why it works:

Study Efficiently: Skip what you know, review what you don't.
Retain What You Learn: Engaging animations and real-life examples make topics easy to grasp.
Be Ready on Test Day: Use the ACT Reading - Question Types chapter exam to be prepared.
Get Extra Support: Ask our subject-matter experts any question about question types in reading. They're here to help!
Study With Flexibility: Watch videos on any web-ready device.

Students will review:

In this course, you'll learn the answers to questions including:

What are some tips for answering detail and word meaning questions?
How do I answer main idea and generalization questions?
What strategies can help me with cause and effect and comparison questions?
How should I address author's tone and method questions?

4 Lessons in Chapter 35: ACT Reading - Question Types: Help and Review

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1. ACT Reading: Detail and Word Meaning Questions

Easy points lurk in the detail questions on the ACT, so don't neglect them! In this lesson, you'll learn a 3-step method for answering these questions quickly and accurately.

2. ACT Reading: Main Idea and Generalization Questions

Main idea questions can be some of the toughest nuts to crack on the ACT. In this lesson, you'll get some hints and tips for managing them like a pro.

3. ACT Reading: Cause and Effect and Comparison Questions

Some ACT questions are tricky because they ask you about more than one piece of information at a time. In this lesson, you'll learn about two of those question types: cause/effect and comparison questions.

4. ACT Reading: Author's Tone and Method Questions

Get rhetorical and score some points on the ACT by understanding how to answer questions about an author's tone and method. We'll walk you through examples, plus tips for answering questions on the test.

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