ACT HOT LIST FOR ENGLISH SECTION

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ACT HOT LIST FORENGLISH SECTION

• This presentation will probably involve audience
  discussion, which will create action items. Use
  PowerPoint to keep track of these action items
  during your presentation
• In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button
• Select Meeting Minder
• Select the Action Items tab
• Type in action items as they come up
• Click OK to dismiss this box
• This will automatically create an Action Item
  slide at the end of your presentation with your
  points entered.

• Mrs. Lewis

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General things to keep in mind

• Dont what if...
• No change is correct approximately 25 of time.
• Omit underlined portion is correct 50 of
  time.
• Guess if you dont know.
• Answer every question.
• Dont skip questions to come back to later.
  Answer now!

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• 1. SENTENCE STRUCTURE

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Sentence Fragments

• Example The bride and groom drove away in their
  car. As the children ran behind, shouting and
  laughing.
• Example 2 Although it will always be associated
  with Shakespeares famous character. The castle
  at Elsinore was never home to Hamlet.

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Look for the following

• Dependent clauses by themselves. (Watch out for
  starting words when, where, how, why, if, as,
  because, although, while, despite, that, who,
  what.)
• Punctuation changes in answer choices. (You are
  often asked to incorporate two sentences into
  one. Check the punctuation in answer.)

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Run-ons and Comma Splices

• Example Aunt Sally swept up the shards of glass
  she was furious. (Run-on)
• Example Aunt Sally ran into the room, Tom was
  already gone. (Comma Splice)

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Run-ons and Comma Splices

• Look for independent clauses joined by comma
  (without conjunction--comma splice).
• Look for a sentence containing two independent
  clauses.
• Check the punctuation in the answer choices.
  Answers dividing sentences are a clue to this
  error.

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Misplaced Modifiers

• Example Walking into the pawn shop, Bobs watch
  dropped into the sewer.
• Why? Bobs watch cannot walk.
• Look for modifying phrases followed by commas.
  Does the noun being modified occur right after
  the comma? If not, that is the error.

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Construction Shifts

• Example Stepping to avoid the large puddle, I
  carefully tripped and fell.
• Clue Look for shifting modifiers in answer
  choices.

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Parallel Structures

• For a list of three or more, each item must be
  in the same format.
• Example When Tom finally came home, Aunt Sally
  kissed him, hugged him, and gives him his
  favorite dinner.
• Clue Look for a series of nouns or actions.

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Review--Sentence Construction

• Sentence Fragments
• Run-on Sentences
• Comma Splices

• Misplaced Modifiers
• Construction Shifts
• Parallel Construction