Cracking the GED, 2004 Edition

by PRINCETON REVIEW

• ISBN13: 9780375763403
• ISBN10: 0375763406
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about English, mathematics, social studies or science only the techniques you'll need to score higher on the exam.There's a big difference. InCracking the GED, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you Improve your score with test-taking strategies like Backsolving and Process of Elimination Ace the exam without needlessly memorizing hundreds of facts This book includes two full-length practice GED exams with questions that are just like the ones you'll see on the actual GED.

Table of Contents

Part I: Orientation	1	(60)
Getting Started	3	(8)
Taking the GED	11	(8)
Guessing and POE	19	(6)
Crazy Graphics	25	(20)
Crazy Reading	45	(16)
Part II: How to Crack the Language Arts, Writing Test	61	(86)
Sentence Structure	73	(30)
Usage	103	(20)
Mechanics and Organization	123	(24)
Part III: How to Crack the Language Arts, Essay Test	147	(38)
The Template	153	(14)
Constructing Your Own Template	167	(18)
Part IV: How to Crack the Social Studies Test	185	(60)
Social Studies Part One	201	(22)
Social Studies Part Two	223	(22)
Part V: How to Crack the Science Test	245	(46)
Life Science	255	(20)
Physical Science	275	(16)
Part VI: How to Crack the Language Arts, Reading Test	291	(38)
Fiction and Drama	299	(16)
Nonfiction and Poetry	315	(14)
Part VII: How to Crack the Math Test	329	(122)
Basic Arithmetic	343	(38)
Applied Arithmetic	381	(26)
Algebra	407	(18)
Geometry	425	(26)
Part VIII: Answer Key to Drills	451	(28)
Part IX: Practice Exams	479	(121)
Practice Exam 1	481	(58)
Practice Exam 2	539	(61)
About the Authors	600