Navigating the 2024 GED RLA Test Strategies

The video tutorial provides a comprehensive walkthrough of a GED practice test, focusing on reasoning through language arts. It covers question analysis, inference, vocabulary, character analysis, grammar, historical context, and essay writing tips. The instructor demonstrates thought processes for selecting answers and emphasizes understanding context and structure in both questions and essays.

What is the main purpose of the GED practice test as described in the introduction?

• To test students' knowledge of mathematics

• To help students prepare for the actual GED test

• To entertain students with interesting stories

• To provide a fun activity

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Which quotation from the passage best supports the idea that patience is required?

• I will be too busy to drink

• Each step was exaggerated and painfully slow

• When we were boys we practiced with rhinoceros when they were asleep

• The tribe taught me to stalk many other animals

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What can the reader infer about the narrator based on the passage?

• He was raised in the city rather than the wilderness

• He is nervous about traveling in the Savannah

• He is in a hurry to reach his next destination

• He is experienced in working with animals

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which definition best matches the use of the word 'occupied' in the passage?

• To have taken possession or control of

• To have taken or filled up a spot

• To have been a resident of a place

• To have held a position or office

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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What does Anne's request to be called 'Cordelia' reveal about her?

• She hesitates to share personal details

• She feels confused about her identity

• She tries to make her life more interesting

• She wishes she could fit in better with her peers

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CCSS.RI.7.10

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Which word best describes Anne's character based on the passage?

• Dramatic

• Reserved

• Practical

• Satisfied

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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What punctuation is needed after the word 'outstanding' in the sentence 'The speed and power of our Skyview products have been outstanding your products are always well suited to our needs'?

• No punctuation

• A comma

• A semicolon

• A period

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• The phone call lasted about 20 minutes, as I asked for help with my problem.

• The phone call lasted about 20 minutes asking for help with my problem.

• The phone call lasted about 20 minutes, asking for help with my problem.

• Asking for help on the phone call about my problem lasted about 20 minutes.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What approach did Eleanor Roosevelt take to encourage the acceptance of universal human rights?

• She wanted to exclude those who disagreed with her.

• She warned of problems if nations had different civil rights policies.

• She acknowledged the difficulty of convincing other nations.

• She compared abstaining nations with voting nations.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why did President Truman mention the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in his speech?

• To show how civil rights legislation worked outside the United States

• To highlight that the United States had civil rights policies that should be adopted by other countries

• To express his general support for civil rights in the United States

• To show how the United States had learned valuable civil rights lessons from other countries

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