Reading for information
skills is different from leisurely reading skills because it makes you think
differently about what you are reading. You might use scanning for keywords and
or summarize the subject of the text, reading that may be needed in the
workplace. Whereas when you are leisurely reading, you may read for pleasure,
and you do not have an ulterior purpose for understanding the text.
I found some of the
questions to be exceedingly difficult in the ACT Assessment because of the way
a question was worded in a completely different context as to how the passage example
was written. An example of that would be the question you have to answer is
what step comes next? And, the way the passage is worded is in such a way that
the direction stated actually precedes the item being discussed.
Three tips I would use to
advise future COMM104 students who are preparing to take the ACT test:
- Make sure you
are well rested, eat a healthy snack, and your mind is clear to start the
test.
- It consists
of a short reading passage and then you will answer 2-3 questions and that
is it, you will be done with it and move on to a new reading.
- If you are
stuck on a question, move on, and come back to it later and remember you
are not being timed.
Based on my results, I
want to keep my reading comprehension skills sharp by continuing to read and
reread directions always and double check my answers to make sure they are
correctly answering the question being asked.
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