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- ACT English format and strategy: complete overview of the enhanced 2025 section, scoring categories, pacing, and question types
A complete overview of ACT English format and strategy: the enhanced 2025 section (50 questions in 35 minutes), the three scoring categories, pacing at about 42 seconds per question, the best-choice mindset and NO CHANGE, and how to handle the rhetorical questions. The strategic foundation for the section.
π 10 min readACT-ENG-FORMAT - ACT English Knowledge of Language: complete overview of word choice, concision, tone, idioms, and connotation
A complete overview of the Knowledge of Language reporting category on ACT English: word choice and precision, concision and redundancy, tone and style consistency, idioms and prepositions, and word connotation and precise transitions. The style category that rewards precise, concise, consistent wording.
π 10 min readACT-ENG-KOL - ACT English Production of Writing: complete overview of topic development, adding and deleting, organization, transitions, framing, and goal questions
A complete overview of the Production of Writing reporting category on ACT English: topic development and purpose, adding or deleting information, organization and sentence order, transitions and cohesion, introductions and conclusions, and the writer's goal questions. The rhetorical category about purpose, unity, and organization.
π 11 min readACT-ENG-POW - ACT English punctuation: complete overview of commas, apostrophes, colons and semicolons, dashes, end marks, and the recurring traps
A complete overview of punctuation on ACT English: commas and unnecessary commas, apostrophes and possessives, colons and semicolons, dashes and parentheses, end punctuation and question marks, and the common traps. Punctuation is a large part of the Conventions of Standard English category.
π 11 min readACT-ENG-CSE-P - ACT English sentence structure and formation: complete overview of fragments, run-ons, joining clauses, modifiers, parallelism, and tense
A complete overview of sentence structure and formation on ACT English: complete sentences and fragments, run-ons and comma splices, joining clauses and conjunctions, modifier placement, parallel structure, and verb tense and consistency. The largest slice of the Conventions of Standard English category.
π 11 min readACT-ENG-CSE-SS - ACT English usage and grammar: complete overview of agreement, pronouns, verb forms, modifiers, and confused words
A complete overview of usage and grammar on ACT English: subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement and reference, pronoun case, verb forms and tense, adjectives and adverbs and comparisons, and commonly confused words. The usage half of the Conventions of Standard English category.
π 11 min readACT-ENG-CSE-U