ACT Preparation / Unit 16 ACT 1502 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Previewing a Passage
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The idea
Previewing means reading the title and heading first for clues to the topic, the source and the kind of text, before reading the passage itself.
In practice
A heading naming a memoir signals a first-person story; one naming a science journal signals explanation and evidence.
Where people slip
A preview sets expectations; the passage, not the preview, settles the answers.
Your place on the trail
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