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  • 3 Common Persuasive Writing Errors

    3 Common Persuasive Writing Errors

    This week we’re going to look at three common persuasive writing errors. These are mistakes that I’ve seen several students make on the ACT Writing section, but they apply equally to all types of persuasive […]

     
  • Improve Your SAT scores!

    Three Tips for ACT and SAT Questions

    Some rules apply to virtually any standardized or multiple choice test. The ACT and the SAT, for example, must follow the “one correct answer per question” rule. If either exam broke this rule, it would […]

     
  • Taking Both the ACT and SAT

    Taking Both the ACT and SAT

    One common question that I get from students is whether they should take both the ACT and SAT. In most situations, the answer is “no.” Virtually all colleges accept both exams, and while the tests […]

     
  • Three Things You Should Do on ACT Writing and the SAT Essay

    Three Things You Should Do on ACT Writing and the SAT Essay

    Recently, we covered three common mistakes on ACT Writing and the SAT Essay that every student should avoid. Today, we’re going to take a more positive approach. Here are three things that you should do […]

     
  • ACT Writing Essay Template

    ACT Writing Essay Template

    In previous lessons, we’ve talked about how the “perspectives” on the ACT Writing test follow a fairly predictable pattern. Two of the perspectives reach the same conclusion, albeit for different reasons. The remaining perspective disagrees […]

     
  • ACT English and SAT Writing and Language: Tricky Wrong Answer Types

    ACT English and SAT Writing and Language: Tricky Wrong Answer Types

    The ACT English and SAT Writing and Language sections are extremely similar. This similarity extends to the types of wrong answer choices commonly employed on the tests. Some of these choices are obvious: subject-verb mismatches, […]

     
  • Changes to the ACT

    Changes to the ACT

    You have probably heard about the recent changes to the SAT. The entire exam has been redesigned from the ground up. What you may not know, however, is that the ACT has had its own […]