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    GED Poetry… Ugh!

    Posted on: Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 in: Figurative Language, Poetry, Reading

    I started out talking about metaphors for the GED reading section last time… (Prospero Año Nuevo, by the way…) Anyway, it led me into poetry. I know, it’s the hardest thing, right? But the GED reading test’s gonna have poetry on it. And sometimes I like poetry, you know. It’s a matter of figuring out [...]

    GED Reading: Metaphor… Saying one thing to mean another…

    Posted on: Monday, December 24th, 2007 in: Figurative Language

    Here’s something you need to know for GED reading… One thing that’s on the GED test and that confuses people when they’re reading (me, at least!) is what’s called a metaphor. Do you remember learning about them in high school? Metaphors are used in literature all the time. That’s when you say one thing, but [...]