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ACT Reading 1.1 Humanities Passage

ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the main purpose of this passage?


Author's Voice and Method Videos 10 videos

ACT Reading 1.10 Natural Science Passage
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ACT Reading: Natural Science Passage Drill 1, Problem 10. Based on the tone and complexity of this passage, in which of the following contexts migh...

ACT Reading 1.10 Prose Fiction
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Prose Fiction Drill 1.10. Which of the following best describes the narrator's attitude toward his father?

ACT Reading 2.9 Natural Science Passage
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ACT Reading 2.9 Natural Science Passage. Which of the following courses of action does the Committee on Investigations and Oversight seem to a...

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Cause-effect Relationships Videos 4 videos

ACT Reading 1.4 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 4. Which of the following does the passage cite as a possible cause of Shakespeare's "tragic...

ACT Reading 2.5 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading 2.5 Social Science Passage. According to the passage, why does Ferri believe the correctional school of criminal law is relatively...

ACT Reading 2.8 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading 2.8 Social Science Passage. Which of the following statements or ideas is not expressed in the passage?

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Comparative Relationships (Compare and Contrast) Videos 9 videos

ACT Reading 1.6 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading 1.6 Humanities Passage. Which of the following is not a similarity that the author notes between Brutus and Hamlet?

ACT Reading 2.7 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading 2.7 Social Science Passage. With whom does Ferri associate the corrective school of criminal law?

ACT Reading 1.1 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading: Social Science Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. According to Freud, how were dreams understood in what he refers to as the "prescienti...

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Draw conclusions from multiple texts Videos 1 videos

ACT Reading 1.7 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 7. Which of the following characters is specifically mentioned as a personification of "horror and...

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Generalizations Videos 10 videos

ACT Reading 1.3 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading 1.3 Humanities Passage. According to the passage, when did Shakespeare's "tragic period" occur?

ACT Reading 1.9 Natural Science Passage
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ACT Reading 1.9 Natural Science Passage. Which of the following statements about the Mars missions is accurate?

ACT Reading 2.5 Natural Science Passage
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ACT Reading 2.5 Natural Science Passage. Which of the following is not a criticism leveled at ATSDR by the Committee on Investigations and Ove...

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Identify and Interpret Details Videos 10 videos

Which of the Following Issues Might be a Case for the ATSDR?
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ACT Reading 2.10 Natural Science Passage. Based on information found in the passage, which of the following issues might be a case for the ATSDR?

ACT Reading 1.5 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading 1.5 Humanities Passage. Which of the following plays is mentioned as a tragedy that Shakespeare wrote early in his career prior to...

ACT Reading 2.1 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading 2.1 Humanities Passage. Which of the following statements about Schumann is not expressed in the passage?

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Main Idea Videos 10 videos

ACT Reading 1.1 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the main purpose of this passage?

ACT Reading 2.2 Natural Science Passage
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ACT Reading 2.2 Natural Science Passage. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of the passage?

ACT Reading 2.1 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading 2.1 Social Science Passage. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?

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Make comparisons between multiple texts Videos 2 videos

ACT Reading 1.2 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. What distinction does the passage make between Hamlet and Julius Caesar and the other play...

ACT Reading 2.3 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading 2.3 Social Science Passage. In what context would you expect to see this passage?

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Meanings of Words From Context Videos 10 videos

ACT Reading 2.4 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading 2.4 Humanities Passage. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "pedantic"?

ACT Reading 1.10 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 10. Which of the following is the best explanation of the term "tragedy of thought" in line 58?

ACT Reading 1.4 Natural Science Passage
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ACT Reading 1.4 Natural Science Passage. "Chryse Planitia" refers to which of the following?

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Sequence of Events Videos 9 videos

ACT Reading 1.3 Natural Science Passage
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ACT Reading 1.3 Natural Science Passage. As described in the passage, when did the first NASA mission actually land on Mars?

ACT Reading 1.6 Natural Science Passage
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ACT Reading 1.6 Natural Science Passage. Which of the following statements about the Mars Exploration Rovers is not true?

ACT Reading 1.2 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 2. Which of the following statements about the circumstances of the narrator's birth is not true?

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