ACT 2022 For Dummies with Online Practice

Introduction 1Part 1: Coming to Terms with Reality: An Overview of the ACT 7Chapter 1: Getting Your ACT Together: ACT 101 9Chapter 2: Succeeding on the ACT 17Chapter 3: Surviving the College Admissions Process 21Part 2: Serving Your "Sentence": The English Test 27Chapter 4: Mastering the English Test 29Chapter 5: Getting a Grip on Grammar and Usage 35Chapter 6: Spotting Usage Errors and Ripping through Rhetorical Questions 45Chapter 7: It's Not What You Say but How You Say It: English Practice Questions 59Part 3: Don't Count Yourself Out: The Math Test 65Chapter 8: Number Nuts and Bolts 67Chapter 9: Getting into Shapes: Geometry and Trig Review 89Chapter 10: Algebra and Other Sleeping Aids 117Chapter 11: Numb and Number: Acing the Mathematics Test 141Chapter 12: More Fun than a Root Canal: Mathematics Practice Questions 151Part 4: Time to Read the Riot ACT: The Reading Test 159Chapter 13: This, Too, Shall Pass(age): Sailing through the Reading Test 161Chapter 14: Where Are SparkNotes When You Need Them? Reading Practice Questions 171Part 5: Studying Brain Defects in Laboratory Rats: The Science Test 177Chapter 15: From Frankenstein to Einstein: Excelling on the Science Test 179Chapter 16: Faking Atomic Ache Won't Get You out of This: Science Practice Questions 201Part 6: Writing Rightly: The Optional Writing Test 209Chapter 17: Excelling on Your Essay: The Writing Test Review 211Chapter 18: Practicing Promptly with Practice Prompts: Essay Practice Questions 229Part 7: Putting It All Together with Three Full-Length Practice ACTs 233Chapter 19: Practice Exam 1 235Chapter 20: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 283Chapter 21: Practice Exam 2 325Chapter 22: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 367Chapter 23: Practice Exam 3 411Chapter 24: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 457Part 8: The Part of Tens 503Chapter 25: Ten Wrong Rumors about the ACT 505Chapter 26: Attention, Parents! Ten Ways You Can Help Your Child Succeed on the ACT 509Index 513