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 …
Open trial session →Course Syllabus
This self-paced GED® Language Arts course follows a 7-lesson sequence. Work through the modules in order so that each skill supports the next.
Course sequence
Module 1 - Lessons 1-4
- How to Read for Meaning
- Finding the Main Idea & Summarizing
- Making Inferences
- Author's Purpose, Tone & Point of View
Module 2 - Lessons 5-7
- Analyzing Arguments: Claims & Evidence
- Grammar & Conventions
- The Extended Response: Writing the GED® Essay
Practice and completion
- Use worked examples and lesson practice to check understanding after each module.
- Review incorrect answers, explain the correction, and repeat weak skills.
- Complete the available mixed or final course practice to demonstrate readiness.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Identify the central skills and conventions used in How to Read for Meaning.
- Read closely and analyze evidence, structure, or language in Making Inferences.
- Apply clear reading or writing strategies to tasks involving Author's Purpose, Tone & Point of View.
- Revise reasoning and correct common errors related to Analyzing Arguments: Claims & Evidence.
- Combine The Extended Response: Writing the GED® Essay with other language-arts skills in mixed practice.
- Use feedback and answer explanations to diagnose and correct mistakes.
- Complete mixed, exam-style practice with clearer reasoning and greater independence.
📝 Practice Questions
12 interactive questions with instant feedback and explanations.
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2 written response prompts with model rubric.