Basic Concepts
In a nutshell: Develop strategies to quickly and accurately understand ACT reading passages.
## Sharpen Your Reading Skills
The Reading section of the ACT measures how well you can read, understand, and analyze written passages.
### What’s Tested?
- **Main Idea:** Grasping the central point of a passage.
- **Details:** Identifying key facts and evidence.
- **Inference:** Reading between the lines for implied meaning.
- **Comparisons:** Understanding relationships between ideas or characters.
### Reading Strategies
Skimming for main ideas, noting keywords, and eliminating wrong answers are techniques that can boost your score.
### Real-Life Impact
Strong reading skills help you process information quickly—useful for everything from reading news articles to understanding instructions.
Examples
- Identifying the author’s tone in a novel excerpt.
- Comparing two scientists’ viewpoints in a science article.