Informational texts cover social science, natural science, or humanities topics. Some informational texts include "mixed-information formats" where graphics and quantitative data is mixed in the text. 

ACT Reading Informational Texts

- Literary Narratives
- Informational Texts

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The reading test includes multiple texts with long and short passages. The texts are designed to simulate reading commonly found in first-year college courses. Questions on the reading are multiple choice.

ACT Reading Section

ACT. (2022). ACT Technical Manual. https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT_Technical_Manual.pdf 

ACT Technical Manual

The reading test has an overall score that is comprised of several constituent scores. The scores that comprise the overall score include individual scores from different types of questions and a score for understanding complex texts. 

ACT Scoring and Reporting Categories

ACT Reading Passage Types

The reading section asks test takers to respond to 40 items in 35 minutes. It includes four passage units. Three of the four passage units include one long prose passage. One of the four passage units contains two shorter prose passages. 

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