GED Reading/English Exam Questions
and Answers Graded A+
autobiography - Correct answer-a true account of a real person's life written by that
person
biography - Correct answer-a true account of a real person's life written by
someone else
bias - Correct answer-A particular preference or point of view that is personal,
rather than scientific; sometimes at the expense of seeing things as they really are
fiction - Correct answer-writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
non-fiction - Correct answer-writing that tells about real people, places, and events;
a true story
figurative language - Correct answer-writing or speech that is not intended to carry
literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid in order to help
with meaning
simile - Correct answer-a comparison using "like" or "as"
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, metaphor - Correct answer-comparison not using like or as and a comparison
between two essentially non-like things
idiom - Correct answer-a common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if
you take it literally
symbolism - Correct answer-a person, place or object which has a meaning in itself
but suggests other meanings as well
personification - Correct answer-the giving of human qualities to an animal, object,
or idea
active - Correct answer-characterized by energetic movement
apply - Correct answer-ensure observance of laws and rules
application - Correct answer-the action of putting something into operation
atmosphere - Correct answer-the envelope of gases surrounding the earth
cause - Correct answer-events that provide the generative force of something
character - Correct answer-the distinctive qualities that describe how a person
thinks, feels, and behaves; and a person in a story
climax - Correct answer-the most intense, exciting, or important point of
something; a culmination or apex
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and Answers Graded A+
autobiography - Correct answer-a true account of a real person's life written by that
person
biography - Correct answer-a true account of a real person's life written by
someone else
bias - Correct answer-A particular preference or point of view that is personal,
rather than scientific; sometimes at the expense of seeing things as they really are
fiction - Correct answer-writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
non-fiction - Correct answer-writing that tells about real people, places, and events;
a true story
figurative language - Correct answer-writing or speech that is not intended to carry
literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid in order to help
with meaning
simile - Correct answer-a comparison using "like" or "as"
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, metaphor - Correct answer-comparison not using like or as and a comparison
between two essentially non-like things
idiom - Correct answer-a common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if
you take it literally
symbolism - Correct answer-a person, place or object which has a meaning in itself
but suggests other meanings as well
personification - Correct answer-the giving of human qualities to an animal, object,
or idea
active - Correct answer-characterized by energetic movement
apply - Correct answer-ensure observance of laws and rules
application - Correct answer-the action of putting something into operation
atmosphere - Correct answer-the envelope of gases surrounding the earth
cause - Correct answer-events that provide the generative force of something
character - Correct answer-the distinctive qualities that describe how a person
thinks, feels, and behaves; and a person in a story
climax - Correct answer-the most intense, exciting, or important point of
something; a culmination or apex
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