ACT 36: Aiming for the Perfect Score - Softcover

Spare, Alexander; Summers, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 143800625X ISBN 13: 9781438006253

Verlag: Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S., 2015

Inhaltsangabe

An ACT test score of 36 represents test-taking perfection. College-bound students who approach this score are virtually assured of acceptance into the nation's finest colleges. Students who are focusing on getting an exceptionally high or even perfect score on the ACT will want to get their hands on this innovative book. Inside, they'll find:

Advice and strategies for tackling the ACT's most difficult questions and coming up with winning answers

Extra-challenging practice tests in all ACT test areas: English, Math, Reading, Science, and the optional Writing test

Instruction on reading efficiently and retentively

Special tips for boosting your science score

Detailed advice on writing a winning essay The book can be purchased with an optional CD-ROM presenting a full-length ACT practice test that closely matches the real ACT with answers, plus 50 extra-difficult questions with answers.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jonathan has taught high school science for more than 20 years at West Leyden High School in Northlake, IL. During that time, he has taught review courses for the ACT and SAT. He has worked in labs at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, and the Feinberg School of Medicine. Jonathan has also received local and state recognition for outstanding teaching.

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Table of Contents:
Introduction
ENGLISH
1. Fundamentally Speaking
2. Punctuation: Minimize the Madness
3. Sound Sentences
4. World of Words
5. Thinking Like a Writer
6. English Practice Test
MATH
7. Overview of the Math Section
8. Elementary Algebra
9. Intermediate Algebra/Coordinate Geometry
10. Plane Geometry/Trigonometry
11. Mini-Lessons as Review
12. Math Practice Test
READING
13. Balancing Efficiency and Accuracy
14. Fiction: Are You a Good Judge of Character?
15. The Nuances of Nonfiction
SCIENCE
16. Overview of the Science Test
17. Passage Types and Strategies
18. Passage Dissection: Introductions
19. Passage Dissection: Tables, Graphs, and Figures
20. Passage Dissection: Questions
21. Data Representation Passages
22. Research Summaries Passages
23. Conflicting Viewpoints Passages
24. Tips for Boosting Your Science Score
WRITING
25. Writing an Effective Essay

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 143800625X
• ISBN 13: 9781438006253
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar