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Tham khảo tài liệu 'kĩ năng viết trong các bài test 5', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | TIPS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE GED SOCIAL STUDIES EXAM Only Half the Story Another way a writer may slant information is to omit evidence. A writer may try to convince you to accept his or her interpretation of an event or issue by giving you only one side of the story and by leaving out contrasting facts or perspectives. When this is done deliberately it is a propaganda technique called card stacking. When you read evaluate whether the author has presented different points of view and offered balanced evidence. For instance a campaign ad might highlight a candidate s positive qualities and leave out unfavorable characteristics. Campaign ads might also target an opponent presenting negative qualities and omitting positive ones thereby creating a distorted perspective. Cause and Effect Relationships The GED Social Studies Test will ask you to identify the relationships between events. Often historical events are connected to situations that came before them. When you are considering the causes of an event be aware that multiple causes can create one effect just as one cause can have many effects. Sometimes what is considered a cause can be controversial. In the following passage legislators and criminologists argue over the causes that might have contributed to a drop in the youth crime rate. Juvenile crime has reached its lowest national level since 1988. The number of arrests for juvenile murder has also dropped. It is now at the lowest level since 1966. Backers of adult time legislation get-tough laws that send violent teenagers to adult prison believe that fear of imprisonment is stopping juveniles from committing crimes. However the decrease in crime often started before these laws took effect. Some criminologists believe a drop in crack cocaine use and gun carrying is the more likely cause. These experts argue that as the crack market dropped off in the mid-1990s fewer teens were dealing drugs and fewer were carrying guns to protect themselves. Police also .