GED® 2026 Reasoning Through Language Arts: Reading, Language, Argument, and Extended Response
A complete GED® 2026 Reasoning Through Language Arts course covering text-based reading, grammar and editing, argument analysis, and the Extended Response essay. Each week builds skills across all three RLA skill areas. Sessions end with targeted practice; a final exam covers all topics.
📚 Course Curriculum
Welcome. Before any single lesson, read the whole plan once. A student who can see the map walks the road with confidence. This page is …
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Welcome to Reasoning Through Language Arts. Before we read a single passage, let us see the whole field of play. RLA is not a memory …
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In Session 1 you learned to read with a pen. Today you learn to edit with a checklist. On the RLA test, grammar never appears …
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Last week you learned to read with a pen and to edit with a checklist. This week we sharpen the single most tested reading skill …
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You can now find a main idea. This session turns that skill into two more: writing a clean summary of a passage, and performing synthesis …
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So far you have worked with what a passage *says.* Today you learn to handle what a passage *implies.* An inference is a conclusion you …
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About one in four RLA passages is literary — a story or an excerpt. The good news: you do not need a literature degree. GED® …
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Three out of four RLA passages are informational -- science explanations, history, and articles about how the world works. These texts are built out of …
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The GED® almost never asks for a dictionary definition. It asks what a word means *here,* in this sentence, in this passage. That is good …
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Two passages can report the very same facts and leave you feeling completely different. The difference is tone -- the author's *attitude* toward the subject, …
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A GED® reading question often points to one sentence or paragraph and asks, "What does this part *do*?" It is not asking what the part …
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Every text is written by someone, for a reason. Purpose is that reason -- why the author wrote, and why each piece was included. Point …
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A large share of GED® editing questions test one skill: knowing where a sentence should begin and end. Master sentence boundaries and you fix fragments, …
Open trial session →On the GED®, a steady stream of editing questions test two quiet rules: a verb must match its subject, and a pronoun must match the …
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Two more editing skills round out our grammar core: putting modifiers where they belong, and keeping items parallel. Both are really about one idea -- …
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The GED® tests mechanics the way a careful editor reads: not as a quiz on rule names, but as a hunt for the small marks …
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You now know the grammar rules. This session adds the skill that separates a good editor from a great one: choosing the best answer when …
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Week 9 \u00b7 Session 17 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. Up to now you have read mostly to understand …
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Week 9 \u00b7 Session 18 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. Session 17 named the parts of an argument. This …
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Week 10 \u00b7 Session 19 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. Single-passage questions ask *what does this text argue?* Paired-passage …
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Week 10 \u00b7 Session 20 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. GED® reading passages don't always come as paragraphs. Many …
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Week 11 \u00b7 Session 21 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. This week the course turns to the single highest-value …
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Week 11 \u00b7 Session 22 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. Last session you learned to read the prompt and …
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Week 12 \u00b7 Session 23 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. You have a thesis and an outline from last …
Open trial session →Week 12 \u00b7 Session 24 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. You can now build a strong paragraph. This session …
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You have finished twelve weeks of work — reading, grammar, argument, and the extended response. Before you start the timed practice tests in Weeks 13 …
Open trial session →Week 13 · Session 25 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. This is the session everything has built toward. You …
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Week 13 · Session 26 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. In Session 25 you learned the method. This session …
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Week 14 · Session 27 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery. This is the full dress rehearsal. The module below …
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Week 14 · Session 28 of the GED® RLA course. *Always improving the quality of delivery.* This is the final session. You have completed the …
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Course Syllabus
Course Outcomes
📝 Practice Questions
494 interactive questions with instant feedback and explanations.
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1 written response prompt with model rubric.