ACT English: Lessons & Preparation Route
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Match the detail to the writer’s purpose
Explain which specific job a detail performs and decide whether it advances the writer’s stated goal.
Connect ideas and place sentences where they belong
Use the relationship between ideas and the information a reader already has to choose a transition, placement, or ending.
Edit for meaning, economy, and tone
Choose wording that preserves the writer’s factual conditions and fits the intended reader.
Find the clause before editing the sentence
Diagnose an incomplete thought or an unclear actor before choosing a sentence repair.
Use punctuation to show clause and phrase boundaries
Tell whether punctuation closes an aside, identifies a group, or introduces a list after a complete clause.
Track subjects, references, and time in context
Preserve agreement, identify the intended referent, and use tense to communicate the order of events.
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