GED LANGUAGE ARTS EXAM QUESTIONS

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GED LANGUAGE ARTS EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Denotation

Answer:

the literal meaning of a word

Question 2: exposition

Answer:

Readers are introduced to characters, setting, and conflict

Question 3: Logos (logic)

Answer:

appealing to a reader or audience's sense of fact and reason by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, stats, or expert testimony to support

Question 4: Ethos (Ethics/ Credibility)

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The ongoing establishment of a writer's or speaker's authority, credibility, and believability.

Question 5: Pathos (Emotion)

Answer:

The emotional appeal to an audience in an argument.

Question 6: parallel structure

Answer:

the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures ex: Jennifer enjoys knitting, writing, hiking, and reading.

Question 7: hyperbole

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a type of figurative language that uses extreme exaggeration ex: I love you to the moon and back

Question 8: conjunctions

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joins words, phrases, clauses, or sentences together. Ex:for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 9: cumulative conjunctions

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add one statement to another. ex: and, both, also, as well as, not only. "The juice is sweet and sour"

Question 10: Connotation

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an author chooses words or phrases that invoke ideas ir feelings other than their literal meaning. Ex: cheap

Question 11: Anaphora

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses designed to emphasize an idea; ex: We shall not fail. Wh shall go on to the end. We shall fight on the sea, we shall fight with growing confidence, we shall never surrender.

Question 12: diction

Answer:

an author's choice of words and helps to convey author's meaning in a particular way

Question 13: Simile

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says two things are similar and makes a comparison using "like" or "as" EX: The sand is as hot as hell ; The girl is pretty like a flower

Question 14: Metaphor

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States that two things are exactly the same. Ex: The pillow was a fluffy cloud.

Question 15: sentence fragment

Answer:

an incomplete sentence because it is missing a required verb or noun

Question 16: pronoun preference

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the pronoun should refer clearly to one, clear, unmistakable noun (the antecedent)

Question 17: Descriptive writing

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designed to appeal to your senses.

Question 18: Falling action

Answer:

tension decreases

Question 19: affect

Answer:

a verb that means to change something

Question 20: subordinating conjunctions

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introduce dependent clauses and includes words: while, because, since, before, after, if

Question 21: Thesis statement

Answer:

when a writer expresses their main idea in one sentence

Question 22: hasty generalization

Answer:

an argument that relies on insufficient statistical data or innaccurately generalizing

Question 23: subject-verb agreement

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Plural subjects must have plural verbs. Singular subjects must have singular verbs. Ex: "The houses are new." NOT "The houses is new"

Question 24: Rising action

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there is an increase in suspense and tension

Question 25: Parallelism

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similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses; ex: a penny saved is a penny earned.

Question 26: coordinating conjunctions

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they give equa emphasis to two main clauses and are short simple words that can be remembered by

FANBOYS: for, and,nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 27: allusions

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a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature ex: My best friend told my teacher I skipped class to finish my final project, what a Judas!

Question 28: Alternative conjunctions

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expresses two alternatives. Ex: or, either, neither, nor, else, otherwise "He must eat or he will die"

Question 29: run-on sentence

Answer:

contains two equal independent clauses, each with its own subject and verb, but there's no word such as AND or BUT to link or separate the clauses, and the punctuation is either missing or incorrect.