GED Language Arts and Reading new update questions with answers

GED Language Arts and Reading new update questions with answers Clarity is the objective of any writing, and the organization of any expository writing is extremely important to clarity. - 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. - *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 - Intended to explain or describe Singular - (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing Adjective Verb - 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 - A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with. Plural - A plural word form Compound subject - A type of subject where two or more individual noun phrases are coordinated to form a single, larger noun phrase Noun phrase - Compound subjects cause many difficulties in the proper usage of grammatical agreement between the subject and other entities (verbs, pro nouns, etc) Independent clause - (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 - Are clauses that express a complete thought. They can function as sentences.