When you analyze something, you break it down into its basic parts, or elements, to better understand how it works. You also explore relationships of component ideas. In this chapter you will learn and practice how to analyze material in the following ways: - distinguishing facts from opinions and hypotheses
- distinguishing conclusions from supporting statements
- recognizing information that is designed to persuade an audience
- recognizing unstated assumptions
- identifying cause-and-effect relationships
- recognizing the point of view of a writer in a historical account
- recognizing the historical context of a text
- identifying comparisons and contrasts
- determining the implications, effects, and value of presenting visual data in different ways
Forty percent of the questions on the GED Social Studies Test will require you to demonstrate good analysis skills. |
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