LANGUAGE ARTS EXAM QUESTIONS

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LANGUAGE ARTS EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: "Angela convinced her friends to make incendiary posters for the protest."

The word incendiary, as used in this sentence, most nearly means:

A). tending to stir up conflict B). designed to cause fires

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Tending to stir up conflict Question 2: How to prepare for the GED Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) test General Information In current edition of the GED test (last revision, 2014), the assessment of Reading and Writing skills are combined in one test section. Your ability to do the following will be tested within this

section:

Read carefully (Reading Comprehension questions) Write clearly (Extended Response/Essay) Use, and edit for, standard written English (Language and Usage questions)

The 150 minutes of testing time will be structured like this:

Section 1: 35 minutes to answer questions on Reading Comprehension and Language/Usage

Section 2: 45 minutes for writing the Extended Response (essay)

Break: 10 minutes

Section 3: 60 minutes to answer questions on Reading Comprehension and Language/Usage Note that the times for Sections 1 and 3 may vary a bit, but the total time will always be 150 minutes.When taking the test, you will use your reading skills for all tasks, because the Writing portion requires you to read and respond to a lengthy prompt. You will use your knowledge of standard English in both the Writing and for some of the questions about Language/Usage.Types of Questions

While over 50% of the questions on the GED test are multiple choice, there are other types of questions, as well.

These are the types you will encounter in the RLA sections 1 and 3:

Multiple Choice: You choose among four given answers.

Fill-in-the-blank: You must type in a word or words to answer the question. No answer choices are given. Sometimes this type of question will require you to write a short explanation of several sentences or more, but the response should not take over 10 minutes to complete.Drag-and-drop: You will click on an item on the screen and move it to the correct place. This type of question might be used when you are asked to put things in a certain order, dividing items into certain classifications, or perform other graphic tasks to answer a question.Drop-down: This type of item allows you to choose the correct version of a sentence or phrase.Once you have chosen your answer, the answer will appear as part of the text on the screen.Section 2 of the RLA test is composed of one extended response question. For this section, you will be given 45 minutes to craft a response to a prompt. The prompt will include 2 passages to read. Then you will be directed to respond to what you have read.

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Three Levels of Understanding In order to be successful on the RLA section of the test, you will need to be able understand what you read on several different levels.Recall This is the simplest level of reading comprehension and just requires you to find facts within a reading passage. You might have to slightly reword the facts, but everything you need to answer this type of question is in the passage...you just have to find it. Keep in mind that only about 20% of the questions on the test are on this level.

Example:

You might read part of a manual dealing with safety precautions when installing an appliance and practice finding bits of information within that reading that deal with safety around water, around pets, or near children, etc. Be sure to learn how to word things differently than they were worded in the reading passage.Processing This question level will ask you to take the information stated in the passage and do something with it.You might have to put it in a certain order, like most important to least important to the subject of the passage. The question may ask you to classify, find a pattern, or somehow organize the information given.

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Using the same passage as in the above example, you might be asked to tell the meaning of a word, based on the surrounding words and sentences in the passage. Another question might ask you to identify the main point of the passage.Going Beyond the Text At this level of question, you will need to take the text and go further with the ideas presented in print.You will have to use prior general knowledge to support your answer as you do things like explain, predict, or summarize ideas in the passage. These types of questions are answered by writing a short answer yourself, usually requiring 10 minutes or less.

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Again, using the appliance installation manual mentioned above, you might be asked this question: "Based on the information in the passage, tell about one problem you might encounter with installation if you only had the facts presented in this passage and no prior knowledge of the function of this appliance."

Question 3: Sentence Structure

Sentences require words to be in a certain order to convey information accurately and effectively. Though you should certainly study the different parts of a sentence, including verbs, nouns, prepositions, phrases, clauses, and conjunctions, you should also consider reading itself an effective exercise because it can help you to familiarize yourself with proper sentence structure and use. Like organization questions, questions on sentence structure require students to rearrange sentences and correctly identify the proper use of various parts of a sentence. To get you started, the parts of a sentence have been identified as follows: Verbs: Verbs are words conveying action within a sentence. Multiple verbs may exist in a single sentence, though in this case, there will always be a main verb, or a verb bearing the majority of the action in a sentence.Nouns: A noun is, put simply, a person, place, or thing. Nouns come in many forms and may be extremely generic ("animals") or extremely narrow in focus (Amanda).Prepositions: Prepositions are used to identify the location or placement of the noun in a sentence. They include words such as on, in, above, below, etc.Phrases: A phrase is an incomplete thought or sentence. "Miranda's handbag," for instance, is a phrase because it is not a complete thought-it does not have both a subject and a verb, but a possessive and a noun.Conjunctions: A conjunction is a word used to connect sentences or phrases. These may include and, but, or, because, and more.Although these definitions will be extremely helpful when taking the GED test, you must know how to apply them. If you are asked to identify the noun or the verb in a sentence, the definition above will be enough to help you identify that part of the sentence. If you are asked to rearrange a poorly arranged or grammatically incorrect sentence, however, definitions might not be quite enough. To help you in this area, study the placement of subjects, verbs, and punctuation in sentences. Doing so helps to adequately prepare you for language arts questions found in the test.

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Extended Response (Essay, RLA Part 2) For many students, any writing portion of a test seems scary, but it doesn't have to be. The key is to break it down into manageable tasks, then do them, one by one. Pretty soon, you'll have a finished essay.This writing test may be different from others you have taken. Instead of responding to a one or two sentence prompt, you will be reading someone else's writing and responding to it.What You Will Do Let's look at your task during this 45 minute section of the 2014 Reasoning Through Language Arts test.

You will be asked to:

Read two passages which present opposing opinions on a topic.

Decide which passage presents the better argument for that position. The key here is that you will need to choose based only on how the position is supported. This may not, necessarily, be the argument with which you agree.Write an essay telling which passage you picked and support your choice with evidence from the passage.Review your essay to correct errors and make sure you have clearly expressed your point of view, using specific examples from the prompt.As you write, keep in mind that your score on this task will depend on how well you: Analyze two arguments and give evidence from the text that proves your points Develop ideas and structure your writing in a logical, meaningful order Use standard English, including all of its rules and conventions Question 4: "The rudimentary comics were better suited for young children than for the college student who was reading them."

The word rudimentary, as used in this sentence, most nearly means:

A). involving basic principles B). of an immature form

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of an immature form Question 5: "Susie was preceding me at the graduation ceremony because of the alphabetical order of our names."

The word preceding, as used in this sentence, most nearly means:

A). come before in time B). come before in order

Answer:

come before in order

Explanation:

The phrase alphabetical order hints that Susie and the author are to line up by order of their names.Question 6: Find the error, if any, in this sentence: "Her favorite season was Winter because she loved the snow."

Answer:

The word Winter should be winter.Question 7: Find the error, if any, in this sentence: "His yaht was impressive in both size and grandeur as it moved smoothly through the ocean."

Answer:

The word yaht is spelled incorrectly.