GED Language Arts and Reading

Clarity is the objective of any writing, and the organization of any expository writing is extremely important to clarity. - Answer- When judging the organization of a piece of writing, whether it is a promotional piece or a personal letter, you should look for a clear and logical delivery of ideas. Things to ask yourself about your writing. - Answer- *Does each piece of writing contain a topic statement in the first paragraph? *Does each paragraph have a topic sentence? *Are related ideas grouped in the same paragraph? *Do all sentences in the paragraph support the topic sentence? Is there a clear progression from one idea to the next, from one paragraph to the next (perhaps using first, next, then, & finally) *Do all the paragraphs support the topic sentence? Expository - Answer- Intended to explain or describe Singular - Answer- (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing Adjective Verb - Answer- A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen Subject - Answer- A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with. Plural - Answer- A plural word form Compound subject - Answer- A type of subject where two or more individual noun phrases are coordinated to form a single, larger noun phrase Noun phrase - Answer- Compound subjects cause many difficulties in the proper usage of grammatical agreement between the subject and other entities (verbs, pro nouns, etc) Independent clause - Answer- (Main clause) is a clause that can stand by itself, also known as a simple sentence. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate; it makes sense by itself Independent clauses - Answer- Are clauses that express a complete thought. They can function as sentences. Dependent clauses - Answer- Do not express a complete thought & cannot function as sentences Noun - Answer- is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Whatever exists, we assu