British Literature December 12, 2008 Ms. Cares. Agenda: It’s time to get it done! You have this period to work on unpacking your interim reading assessment.

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British Literature December 12, 2008 Ms. Cares

Agenda: It’s time to get it done! You have this period to work on unpacking your interim reading assessment. To dominate the ACT reading portion, you must know what to expect and how to handle it. Therefore, you must identify your own areas of need: on what do you need clarification? If you finish, the good news is that I have more…

Author’s Approach: As s/he presents herself in the passage, the author can best be characterized as someone who… In this passage, the author was most likely attempting to… It can be reasonably inferred that the main distinction the author hopes to make in this passage is between… What of the following best explains how the author uses the first two paragraphs to introduce the topic of the passage? If the passage’s last paragraph was to be deleted, which of the following would readers lose?

Cause and Effect Relationships Because…, it can be reasonably inferred that… In this passage, the author reveals that s/he has (done something) as a result of… It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that (something) happens because… The author claims that when (something happens) it can cause… According to the passage, the (something) was (something else) because of… The passage indicates that (something) depends on…

Comparative Relationships How are (two things or characters) alike? Details in the passage suggest that the traits that (character 1) shares with (character 2) are… Considering (something), a professional might infer the difference between (something and something else)… The passage indicates that a (character) is better than another (character) because…

Generalizations and Conclusions During the era in which the passage takes place, (something) is… It can be reasonably inferred from the fifth paragraph that… The author’s (character) can best be described as… When the (someone did something) (lines 38-41), this most probably was indicating his/her…