Cracking the GED, 2001 Edition

by MARTZ, GEOFF

• ISBN13: 9780375756191
• ISBN10: 0375756191
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

The Princeton Review doesn't try to teach you everything there is to know about math, English, or analytic thinking -- only the techniques you'll need to score higher on the GED.There's a big difference.InCracking the GED,The Princeton Review will teach you how to think like the test makers. This is accomplished by teaching you how to: Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you Work backward from the answer choices to solve writing skills problems Crack the social studies and science sections without memorizing hundreds of facts Tackle the math sections by "backsolving" your way to the right answers *This book includes 2 full-length, simulated GED exams with questions that are just like the ones you'll see on the actual GED. Contents include: I Orientation Getting Started Taking the GED Guessing and POE Crazy Graphics Crazy Reading II How to Crack the Writing Skills Multiple-Choice Test Sentence Structure Usage Mechanics III How to Crack the Writing Skills Essay Test The Template Constructing Your Own Template IV How to Crack the Social Studies Test Social Studies Part One Social Studies Part Two V How to Crack the Science Test Biological Science Physical Science VI How to Crack the Literature and Arts Test Fiction and Drama Nonfiction and Poetry VII How to Crack the Math Test Basic Arithmetic Applied Arithmetic Algebra Geometry VIII Answer Key to Drills IX Practice Tests

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 Writing skills Multiple-Choice Test	61	(90)
Sentence Structure	73	(30)
Usage	103	(20)
Mechanics	123	(28)
Part III: How to Crack the Writing Skills Essay Test	151	(38)
The Template	157	(14)
Constructing Your Own Template	171	(18)
Part IV: How to Crack the Social STudies Test	189	(56)
Social Studies Part One	199	(22)
Social Studies Part Two	221	(24)
Part V: How to Crack the Science Test	245	(46)
Biological Science	255	(20)
Physical Science	275	(16)
Part VI: How to Crack the Literature and Arts Test	291	(36)
Fiction and Drama	299	(16)
Nonfiction and Poetry	315	(12)
Part VII: How to Crack the Math Test	327	(118)
Basic Arithmetic	339	(36)
Applied Arithmetic	375	(26)
Algebra	401	(18)
Geometry	419	(26)
Part VIII: Answer Key to Drills	445	(28)
Part IX: Practice Tests	473	(124)
About the Authors	597