McGraw-Hill Education Conquering ACT English Reading and Writing, Third Edition

by Steven W. Dulan

Overview

A comprehensive tool to help boost your score on the English, Reading, and Writing portions of the ACT

If you’re one of the more than 1.8 million high school students who take the ACT every year and want to boost your English, Reading, and Writing score, than this is the ideal study resource for you!

McGraw-Hill Education’s Conquering ACT English, Reading, and Writing, Third Edition is the most complete, in-depth review guide available for all of the verbal topics tested on the ACT. The author, an expert ACT instructor, is founder and president of Advantage Education, Inc.—one of America’s most respected providers of school-based test-prep classes. He has prepared thousands of students over the course of 20+ years resulting in strategies that work and are field tested.

Score-raising features include:

• 2 practice ACT English tests
• 2 practice ACT Reading tests
• 3 practice ACT Writing tests
• A diagnostic test for each English and Reading section to help you assess your strengths and weaknesses
• Realistic practice questions explanations that reflect the new paired-passage format on the Reading Test
• Coverage of basic reading, writing, and grammar usage skills
• Comprehensive overview of the updated Essay format, including information on scoring
• Hundreds of questions for test-takers who want to maximize their score on the english, reading and writing section
• Companion Online Practice Plus website offers additional ACT practice and test information

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781259837333
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	10/14/2016
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Steven W. Dulan is the founder and president of Advantage Education, Inc., which offers live test-prep classes at high schools and colleges throughout Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and Colorado, as well as distance-learning programs over the Internet. Advantage has offered courses at Michigan State University, Wright State University, and Marquette University, and currently runs highly regarded summer programs at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

Part I: The ACT English Test

1. Format and Scoring

2. ACT English Diagnostic Test

3. Grammar Review

4. Strategies and Techniques

5. Applying Strategies, Building Skills

6. ACT English Practice Test 1

7. ACT English Practice Test 2

Part II: ACT Reading Test

8. Format and Scoring

9. ACT Reading Diagnostic Test

10. Speed Reading

11. Strategies and Techniques

12. Applying Strategies, Building Skills

13. ACT Reading Practice Test 1

14. ACT Reading Practice Test 2

Part III: The ACT Writing Test

15. Format and Scoring

16. ACT Writing Diagnostic Test

17. Strategies and Techniques

18. Applying Strategies, Building Skills

19. ACT Writing Practice Tests—Set 1

20. ACT Writing Practice Tests—Set 2