Chapter 1
CHAPTER 1: READING FOR MEANING
Course: Ged Test Prep
Subject: English Languages Art Rla
Chapter: Chapter 2 Identifying And Creating Arguments
In this lesson, you will learn how to analyze and draw conclusions from information that has been presented both in textual and using visual formats, including data sets, graphs, and images.
When you read a text in a textbook, magazine, or website, it is often accompanied by a graphic, an illustration, photograph, or diagram that helps you to understand the information.
This also applies when responding to GED questions. You will be required to combine information from the text and graphics to draw conclusions and to make observations about how the graphic supports the information in the text.
Let’s practice using this example
Although Leave It to Beaver was a fictional television show, many advertisements, politicians, and movies still echo its portrayal of the typical American household of the 1950s: a married couple with children. A closer look at government statistics shows that it might be time to retool that image; today, fewer than half of American households are husband-wife households. In fact, more than a quarter of American households are now occupied by one person living alone —a significant group for marketers to target, as those who live alone are entirely responsible for all household purchases.