Tham khảo tài liệu 'act exam success_2', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | ACT ASSESSMENT STUDY SKILLS AND TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES body of the nutrition it needs to be at its best. You may think that a couple extra cups of coffee a day are a good thing because you can stay up later and study. But in reality you are tricking your brain into thinking that it s awake and making yourself more dependent on caffeine. Foods to avoid especially at test time include high-sugar high-calorie low-nutrition foods such as donuts chips and cookies. Instead find healthy substitutes such as the following INSTEAD OF . EAT . . . donuts low-sugar multi-grain cereal chips carrot sticks cookies natural granola bar ice cream low-fat yogurt sugary soda fresh squeezed fruit juice giant-sized coffee green tea 29 CHAPTER ACT English Test Practice 3 Overview About the ACT English Test As a college student you will do a great deal of writing. From essays to research papers to lab reports you will have writing assignments in nearly all of your classes and in many courses most perhaps even all of your grade will be based upon your written work. Because writing skills are so essential to your academic success the ACT English Test aims to gauge your knowledge of writing rules and strategies. Your score on this section of the exam provides colleges and universities with a measure of how well you communicate in writing. On the ACT English Test you will have 45 minutes to read five prose passages and answer 75 multiplechoice questions. These questions test two types of English skills your understanding of the conventions of standard written English Usage and Mechanics and your knowledge of rhetorical strategies and techniques Rhetorical Skills . The 40 questions about usage and mechanics cover punctuation 13 grammar and usage 16 and sentence structure 24 . The 35 questions about rhetorical skills address general writing strategies 16 organizational techniques 15 and style 16 . .
