Act Prep
18263 Preparing ACT 2012-13_5003 AAP Prep for ACT 6/8/12 9:34 AM Page 1
2012–2013
PREPARING FOR THE ACT
What’s Inside
■
Full-Length Practice Tests, including a Writing Test
■ Information about the Optional
Writing Test
■ Strategies to Prepare for the Tests
■ What to Expect on Test Day
Esta publicación también se puede ver o descargar en español en www.actstudent.org/testprep/index.html. This booklet is provided free of charge.
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Contents
1.
2.
3.
4.
Additional ACT
Preparation Materials
®
General Preparation for the ACT Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Strategies for Taking the ACT Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What to Expect on Test Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Taking the Practice Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Practice Multiple-Choice Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Practice Writing Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5. Scoring Your Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
How to Score the Multiple-Choice Tests . . . . . . . . 57
How to Score the Writing Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6. Sample Answer Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Multiple-Choice Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Writing Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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ACT Online Prep™: The only online test preparation program designed exclusively by ACT test development professionals. ACT Online Prep has practice test questions, a practice essay with real-time scoring, a diagnostic test, and a personalized Study
Path. You can access ACT Online Prep via the Internet anywhere and at any time.
The Real ACT Prep Guide is the official print guide to the ACT. This book includes five complete practice tests previously used in actual administrations—each with an optional Writing Test, with
2012–2013
PREPARING FOR THE ACT
What’s Inside
■
Full-Length Practice Tests, including a Writing Test
■ Information about the Optional
Writing Test
■ Strategies to Prepare for the Tests
■ What to Expect on Test Day
Esta publicación también se puede ver o descargar en español en www.actstudent.org/testprep/index.html. This booklet is provided free of charge.
18263 Preparing ACT 2012-13_5003 AAP Prep for ACT 6/8/12 9:34 AM Page 2
Contents
1.
2.
3.
4.
Additional ACT
Preparation Materials
®
General Preparation for the ACT Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Strategies for Taking the ACT Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What to Expect on Test Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Taking the Practice Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Practice Multiple-Choice Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Practice Writing Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5. Scoring Your Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
How to Score the Multiple-Choice Tests . . . . . . . . 57
How to Score the Writing Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6. Sample Answer Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Multiple-Choice Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Writing Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
•
•
ACT Online Prep™: The only online test preparation program designed exclusively by ACT test development professionals. ACT Online Prep has practice test questions, a practice essay with real-time scoring, a diagnostic test, and a personalized Study
Path. You can access ACT Online Prep via the Internet anywhere and at any time.
The Real ACT Prep Guide is the official print guide to the ACT. This book includes five complete practice tests previously used in actual administrations—each with an optional Writing Test, with