CHAPTER 1 : READING ON THE GED TEST

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CHAPTER 1 : READING ON THE GED TEST

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Question 1: Determine which detail(s) support(s) a main idea

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Many texts have superfluous details added to them in the name of style . It is important for you to discern which details are necessary to the central idea , and which are added for effect . To do this , you will have to determine or infer the main idea , and then distinguish which details lend support to this idea , and which simply embellish it .Question 2: Make evidence based generalizations or hypotheses based on details in text , including clarifications , extensions , or applications of main ideas to new situations

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Making a hypothesis is very similar to make an inference , but this skill will require you to specifically support the reasons why you made the inference based on the textual evidence .Question 3: Make a sentence level inferences about details that support the main idea

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When you make an inference , it means you are reading a little deeper that the words stated in the text .You should consider it "reading between the lines" . For example , if a passage says that "the man had leathery hands , and paint splattered his overalls and tool belt ," one can infer the character had some sort of carpentry job , although it is not explicitly stated in the text . You can make this inference because of the way the man is described ("paint splattered") and what he is wearing ("Over all's and tool belt ") . When you make a sentence level inference about details that support main ideas in a text , you are simply reading a little deeper into the text and drawing the connection between the details and the subject

Question 4: In literature , most authors use symbols. They use figurative language like metaphors and similes , and determining the purpose for this kind of writing is an inference skill . However , inferring that the play The Crucible (Set in Salem during the witch hunt) is actually an extended metaphor , or allegory , for the hunt for communists in America spurred on by McCarthysim during the Cold War requires that you have a bit more background knowledge , and the ability to connect parallel ideas

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When you infer the main idea in a paragraph or a whole text , you must employ several factors in your inference : your reading comprehension , your background knowledge , and your common sense

Question 5: How to find the main idea ?

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In order to answer the questions , you must study the detail provided in the text , for they are the items which move you out of the superficial realm of response .Question 6: Draw conclusions or make generalizations that require synthesis of multiple main ideas in text

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Drawing conclusions from multiple main ideas in a work is a difficult reading skill to master, and it is the hardest skill in this standard . In order to do this , you must make inferences based on several different ideas instead of just one .

Question 7: Comprehend explicit details and main ideas in text

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The FIRST objective of any reading assignment is to understand what is happening in the text . This can the fundamentals of the plot of a novel , the internees effect of an advertisement , or even the key parts of a setting of a play . When the GED test measures your skills in comprehending the explicit details and the main ideas in a text , it will test your ability to read and excerpt and report back precisely what is taking place

Question 8: Summarize details and ideas in text

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Another important skill in reading comprehension is summarizing the key points in a text . This is a little different from simply identifying the ideas . For example , if you read a how to book on the best ways to caulk a bathtub , you need to be able to summarize the steps , not just identify that the main idea is caulking a bathtub . Summarizing these ideas and details requires you to completely understand the information presented in a text , and have the clarity of thought of succinctly explain it

Question 9: The GED Test will assess some or all of these skills with questions relating to this standard

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• Comprehend explicit details and main ideas in text

• Summarize details and ideas in text

• Male Sentence level inferences about details that support main ideas

• Infer implies main ideas in paragraphs or whole texts

• Determine which detail(s) support(s) a main idea
• Identify a theme , or identify which element(s) in a text support a theme
• Make evidence based generalizations or hypothesis based on details in text , including clarifications ,

extensions , or application of main ideas to new situations

• Draw conclusions or make generalizations that require synthesis of multiple main ideas in text

Question 10: When being asked to draw a conclusion , which means you cannot just state another fact , you have to reach some kind of new idea , or draw a comparison between two separate pieces of information (the details and the main idea).

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The best way to make sure the inference you are making is supported by the text is to finish this sentence Question 11: The questions assessing this standard are among the most straightforward reading questions you will see on the GED test . Most of these questions ask you to read a passage and pull out key elements from it .

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The GED is measuring your ability to comprehened a text ; later it will mesure your ability analyze , interpret , and evaluate texts Question 12: Your best choice in answering all reading comprehension questions is to read carefully and deliberately to determine not only what is being said , but why , and how often .

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It is possible a paragraph can say the word "dance" or its variation several times , but actually be about boxing

Question 13: You must discern what is essential for what is extra .

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The GED test raises the level of difficulty in this questions , because drag and drop questions provide less room for error . You have to make sure to identify all the correct steps NOT JUST ONE . You also have to make sure you carefully separate information that is crucial to the questions from information that is only tangential to the objective .Question 14: Identify a theme , or identify which element(s) in a text support a theme

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There is a small difference between a theme and a subject . A theme is usually some kind of insightful statement about life in literature that pervades the text . For example "Love" is not a theme . "Love" is a subject . "Love drives us to do harmful things," is a theme .Question 15: The best way to know if you are identifying a theme instead of a subject is to determine if it is a complete sentence that makes some observation you can apply elsewhere .

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If you are analyzing Shakespeare othello , for example , "Love kills," is a completely acceptable theme ."Jealousy changes a person's character," is also and astute theme ; however "jealousy " and "manipulation" are only subjects . While these portrayals of theme may present themselves on the GED test as possible answers , always try to find the most insightful answer this is slightly more developed than one word or phrase it is an option

Question 16: Infer implied main ideas in paragraphs or whole texts

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As discussed in the last section , inferring an idea is much more difficult than identifying an idea because oftentimes , an inference requires you to make a leap between one piece of information and another . When you are dealing with an implied main idea , you will have to be able to do two things .

• Identify the subject

• Identify how the subject could be a statement about something else