Cracking the GED, 2003 Edition

by Martz, Geoff; Princeton Review

• ISBN13: 9780375762444
• ISBN10: 0375762442
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

The Princeton Review doesn't try to teach students everything there is to know about English, mathematics, or analytic thinking. The Princeton Review just teaches readers what they'll need to score higher on the GED.There's a big difference. InCracking the GED, The Princeton Review will teach test takers how to think like the test makers and: Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool the test taker Improve scores with test-taking strategies like Backsolving and Process of Elimination Ace the exam without needlessly memorizing hundreds of facts Master even the toughest sections: social studies, science, literature and more ** This book includes two full-length simulated GED exams with questions that are just like the ones test takers will 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 Language Arts, Writing Test Sentence Structure Usage Mechanics and Organization III How to Crack the Language Arts, 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 Life Science Physical Science VI How to Crack the Language Arts, Reading 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

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	(88)
Sentence Structure	73	(30)
Usage	103	(20)
Mechanics and Organization	123	(26)
Part III: How to Crack the Language Arts, Essay Test	149	(38)
The Template	155	(14)
Constructing Your Own Template	169	(18)
Part IV: How to Crack the Social Studies Test	187	(60)
Social Studies Part One	203	(22)
Social Studies Part Two	225	(22)
Part V: How to Crack the Science Test	247	(46)
Life Science	257	(20)
Physical Science	277	(16)
Part VI: How to Crack the Language Arts, Reading Test	293	(38)
Fiction and Drama	301	(16)
Nonfiction and Poetry	317	(14)
Part VII: How to Crack the Math Test	331	(122)
Basic Arithmetic	345	(38)
Applied Arithmetic	383	(26)
Algebra	409	(18)
Geometry	427	(26)
Part VIII: Answer Key to Drills	453	(28)
Part IX: Practice Exams	481	(121)
Practice Exam 1	483	(58)
Practice Exam 2	541	(61)
About the Authors	602