Cracking the ACT [2012]
By: Geoff Martz, Kim Magloire, and Theodore Silver
Contributors: Magloire, Kim; Silver, Theodore; Hendrix, Melissa; Princeton Review (Firm)
Edition: 2012 ed. / updated by Melissa Hendrix and the staff of Princeton Review.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 626
ISBN-13: 9780375427442
Subjects: Entrance examinations; Study guides; ACT Assessment; Examinations, questions; Universities and colleges
Description: A guide to preparing for the ACT, based on the Princeton Review coaching course, offers advice on test-taking, specific suggestions for each section of the exam, and three full-length practice exams with answers and explanations.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Orientation : Introduction to the ACT ; Triage ; Guessing and POE ; Taking the ACT; title: pt. II. How to crack the ACT English test : Introduction to the ACT English test ; Complete ; Consistent, clear, and concise ; Rhetorical skills; title: pt. III. How to crack the ACT mathematics test : Introduction to the ACT mathematics test ; Fundamentals ; No more algebra ; Plane geometry ; Word problems ; Graphing and coordinate geometry ; Trigonometry; title: pt. IV. How to crack the ACT reading test : Introduction to the ACT reading test ; Distracters ; The four-step system; title: pt. V. How to crack the ACT science reasoning test : Introduction to the ACT science reasoning test ; Charts and graphs ; Experiments ; Fighting scientists; title: pt. VI. How to crack the ACT writing test : The essay; title: pt. VII. Drill answers and explanations : Drill answers and explanations; title: pt. VIII. The Princeton Review ACT practice exam 1 and answers and explanations : Practice exam 1 ; Practice exam 1: answers and explanations; title: pt. IX. The Princeton Review ACT practice exam 2 and answers and explanations : Practice exam 2 ; Practice exam 2: answers and explanations; title: Paying for college 101.