GED® Language Arts (RLA): Reading & Writing
Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) is the GED®'s English test. It measures three skills: reading closely for meaning, editing writing for correct grammar, and writing a clear, evidence-based essay. This course builds all three from the ground up, with short practice passages, common-error grammar drills, and a full guide to the Extended Response essay.
📚 Course Curriculum
Most of the RLA test is reading. The good news: you don't need to know the topic in advance — every answer is supported somewhere …
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The main idea is the single most important point a passage makes. Everything else in the passage exists to explain or support it. How to …
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An inference is a logical conclusion you draw from clues in the text plus common sense — it is 'reading between the lines'. The author …
Open trial session →Every text is written for a reason. Author's purpose is usually one of three:. To inform — explain facts (a news report, an instruction manual). …
Open trial session →An argument tries to convince you of a claim (a position) using evidence (facts, examples, data) and reasoning (the logic that connects them). [[figure:argument A …
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About a quarter of the RLA test asks you to edit writing — choosing the version of a sentence that follows the rules of standard …
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The Extended Response gives you two passages that argue opposite sides of an issue and asks you to write an essay explaining which argument is …
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Course Outcomes
📝 Practice Questions
12 interactive questions with instant feedback and explanations.
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2 written response prompts with model rubric.