ACT Prep 2024 for Dummies with Online Practice (Paperback, 10)

Introduction 1

Part 1: Coming to Terms with Reality: An Overview of the ACT 7

Chapter 1: Getting Your ACT Together: ACT 101 9

Chapter 2: Succeeding on the ACT 17

Chapter 3: Forming an ACT Study Plan 21

Part 2: Serving Your “Sentence”: The English Test 27

Chapter 4: Mastering the English Test 29

Chapter 5: Getting a Grip on Grammar and Usage 35

Chapter 6: Spotting Usage Errors and Ripping through Rhetorical Questions 45

Chapter 7: It’s Not What You Say but How You Say It: English Practice Questions 61

Part 3: Don’t Count Yourself Out: The Math Test 67

Chapter 8: Numbers Nuts and Bolts 69

Chapter 9: Getting into Shapes: Geometry and Trig Review 91

Chapter 10: Algebra and Other Sleeping Aids 119

Chapter 11: Numb and Number: Acing the Mathematics Test 143

Chapter 12: More Fun than a Root Canal: Mathematics Practice Questions 153

Part 4: Time to Read the Riot ACT: The Reading Test 161

Chapter 13: This, Too, Shall Pass(age): Sailing through the Reading Test 163

Chapter 14: Where Are SparkNotes When You Need Them? Reading Practice Questions 173

Part 5: Studying Brain Defects in Laboratory Rats: The Science Test 179

Chapter 15: From Frankenstein to Einstein: Excelling on the Science Test 181

Chapter 16: Faking Atomic Ache Won’t Get You out of This: Science Practice Questions 203

Part 6: Writing Rightly: The Optional Writing Test 213

Chapter 17: Excelling on Your Essay: The Writing Test Review 215

Chapter 18: Practicing Promptly with Practice Prompts: Essay Practice Questions 233

Part 7: Putting It All Together with Three Full-Length Practice ACTs 237

Chapter 19: Practice Exam 1 239

Chapter 20: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 287

Chapter 21: Practice Exam 2 329

Chapter 22: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 371

Chapter 23: Practice Exam 3 415

Chapter 24: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 461

Part 8: The Part of Tens 507

Chapter 25: Ten Wrong Rumors about the ACT 509

Chapter 26: Attention, Parents! Ten Ways You Can Help Your Child Succeed on the ACT 513

Index 517