GED Reading Comprehension

Question 1

The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

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setting

Question 2

This means to look for similarities.

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compare

Question 3

A relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others.

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cause and effect

Question 4

This genre is written with facts and supporting details

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non-fiction

Question 5

A brief statement of the main points of (something).

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summarize

Question 6

a person in a novel, play, or movie

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character

Question 7

"If you play your cards right..." The following quote is an example of a(an):

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idiom

Question 8

An idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning; an educated guess

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inference

Question 9

This is a category of literary composition.

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genre

Question 10

The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer

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plot

Question 11

This is the central topic of a text

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theme

Question 12

This refers to literature created from the imagination.

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fiction

Question 13

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

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inference

Question 14

A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.

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personification

Question 15

This makes a comparison, showing similarities using "like" or "as"

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simile

Question 16

A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.

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sequence

Question 17

This makes a comparison between two things that share common characters, but are unrelated

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metaphor

Question 18

Forming a background of an event, idea or statement that allows readers to gain meanining

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context

Question 19

This means to look for differences among two or more elements

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contrast

Question 20

This refers to information that is implied or inferred.

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drawing conclusions

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