Understanding Cause and Effect Relationships

Teacher Sarah from Phuket Pals presents a GED RLA screencast focusing on non-fiction reading tests. The video covers types of non-fiction, such as informational texts and business documents, and explains how to distinguish facts from opinions. It also discusses identifying perspectives and understanding cause and effect relationships. The video includes a reading comprehension exercise on the Carnegie Institution, with questions to test understanding. Teacher Sarah encourages viewers to engage by liking, commenting, and subscribing.

What is the main focus of today's GED RLA screencast?

• Fiction reading tests

• Non-fiction reading tests

• Mathematics problem-solving

• Science experiments

Which of the following is NOT a type of non-fiction passage on the GED?

• Science fiction

• Informational texts

• Business documents

• Visual arts

What is the primary purpose of informational texts?

• To tell a fictional story

• To confuse the reader

• To provide factual information

• To entertain the reader

How do business documents differ from informational texts?

• They contain fictional stories

• They focus on rules and procedures

• They are less organized

• They are more entertaining

What is a fact?

• An opinion

• A personal belief

• A statement that can be proven

• A fictional story

What does perspective refer to in reading?

• The font size used

• The author's viewpoint

• The length of the text

• The number of pages

What is a cause and effect relationship?

• A fictional narrative

• An event leading to another

• An unrelated series of facts

• A random sequence of events

Who founded the Carnegie Institution of Washington?

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• Albert Einstein

• Henry Ford

What are the two main functions of the Carnegie Institution?

• To entertain and amuse

• To publish novels and stories

• To research and educate

• To sell products and services

From whose perspective is the passage about the Carnegie Institution written?

• A job seeker

• A student

• The institution itself

• An employee