GED Reading Comprehension Practice & Strategy Part 3 for a higher score

#GED #GEDRLA Boost your GED RLA score with these reading comprehension practice problems! I'll give you tips and strategies along the way to help you get the test done so you can move ahead to bigger and better things like college or a better job. Thank you for watching! Good luck with your test!

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00:00 Intro
00:48 Q1-How to find the setting?
2:30 Q2
3:50 Q3
4:33 Q4 Major vs minor roles in a story
5:44 Tip on using titles to gain information
6:58 - Q5 - What literary device is this an example of?
7:23 - Dialogue explained
8:10 Q6 - Who is speaking?
9:30 Q7 - How to remember characters
12:49 Q8 - What's the main idea and supporting idea?
15:48 Q9
17:37 Q10 Words in context
18:40 Q11 Why did the author include this? Critical thinking practice.
20:08 Q12
21:53 Q13 Words in context practice
23:08 Q14 Meaning of words practice
24:23 Q15 Making inferences
25:27 Q16 Words meaning practice
26:06 Tips for guessing
28:46 Q17 Critical thinking practice and using evidence to make inferences
30:23 Q18 Who's speaking with a quick tip
31:42 Q19 "Good and Bad" characters--memory and comprehension tip
34:50 Critical thinking/inference practice
35:15 What's the theme?
37:31 End


Below is a preview of some of the story and some of the questions we'll be covering. Today's story is "The Cat in the Rain" by Earnest Hemingway.

There were only two Americans stopping at the hotel. They did not know any of the people they passed on the stairs on their way to and from their room. Their room was on the second floor facing the sea. It also faced the public garden and the war monument. There were big palms and green benches in the public garden.

Question: What’s the setting of the story?

In the good _____ there was always an artist with his easel. Artists liked the way the palms grew and the bright colors of the hotels facing the gardens and the sea. Italians came from a long way off to look up at the war monument. It was made of bronze and glistened in the rain. It was raining. The rain dripped from the palm trees.
Question: Which word most likely fits in the blank?
A. Clocks
B. Weather
C. Remote
D. buildings

Water stood in pools on the gravel paths. The sea broke in a long line in the rain and slipped back down the ____ to come up and break again in a long line in the rain. The motor cars were gone from the square by the war monument. Across the square in the doorway of the café a waiter stood looking out at the empty square

Question: Which word best fits in the blank?
A. Beach
B. Pilots
C. Shirt
D. Wallet

The American wife stood at the window looking out. Outside right under their window a cat was crouched under one of the dripping green tables. The cat was trying to make herself so compact that she would not be dripped on.

Question: Based on what you know so far, do you think the cat is likely to play a major or minor role in the story?
A. Major role
B. Minor role

‘I’m going down and get that kitty,’ the American wife said.
‘I’ll do it,’ her husband offered from the bed.
‘No, I’ll get it. The poor kitty out trying to keep dry under a table.’
The husband went on reading, lying propped up with the two pillows at the foot of the bed. ‘Don’t get wet,’ he said.

Question: Which of the following literary devices is this part of the story an example of?
A. Dialogue
B. Metaphor
C. Onomatopoeia

‘I’m going down and get that kitty,’ the American wife said.
‘I’ll do it,’ her husband offered from the bed.
‘No, I’ll get it. The poor kitty out trying to keep dry under a table.’
The husband went on reading, lying propped up with the two pillows at the foot of the bed. ‘Don’t get wet,’ he said.

The rest is all in the video! Thanks for watching.

Quick tips:
Figure out the setting
Where the story takes place
When (year, month, time of day, etc.)