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GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.1 Reading Skills. What is the narrator suggesting by referring to the Buttons' decision to have a child as "the charming old custom of having babies" in paragraph 3?
Analysis Videos 5 videos
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 2.4 Reading Skills. What is tragically ironic about this statement in light of Gregor's situation?
In this GED question, figure out the author's purpose in focusing on the Button couple's "enviable position" in society. GED Reasoning through Lang...
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.2 Reading Skills. Choose the best answer to the question: What effect does the author achieve by naming the h...
Application Videos 3 videos
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 2.5 Reading Skills. Which quotation best supports the idea that Gregor feels isolated before his transformation?
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.4 Reading Skills. Which quotation from Doctor Keene in the excerpt best supports the idea that he is more int...
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 1.2 Reading Skills. What purpose does the transition "on the other hand" achieve in the last sentences of parag...
Comprehension Videos 5 videos
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.1 Reading Skills. What is the narrator suggesting by referring to the Buttons' decision to have a child as "t...
In this GED problem, figure out why the author decided to include two paragraphs of first person narration at the beginning of the paragraph. GED R...
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 3.1 Reading Skills. What does Paine achieve by placing this statement after his argument?
Synthesis Videos 4 videos
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 1.4 Reading Skills. How do the first two paragraphs set up the subsequent dialogue to create a certain impressi...
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 1.5 Reading Skills. What seems to be the author's purpose in comparing the scene in this excerpt to the present...
GED Reasoning through Language Arts 3.3 Reading Skills. Despite the authors' different viewpoints, what does the material presented in this article...