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This comprehensive GED Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) course is designed to fully prepare students for success on the GED exam. The course covers every essential skill required for the reading, writing, and critical thinking sections of the test.
What You Will Learn:
- Reading Comprehension: Learn to identify main ideas, supporting details, make inferences, draw conclusions, and evaluate arguments.
- Grammar & Language Mechanics: Master parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, pronoun usage, verb tenses, and common grammar mistakes.
- Writing Skills: Plan, structure, and write high-quality essays. Learn to develop strong thesis statements, body paragraphs with evidence, effective transitions, and cohesive conclusions.
- Advanced Writing & Editing: Improve sentence clarity, conciseness, and style. Learn formal vs. informal language, parallel structure, and advanced editing techniques.
- Test Preparation & Practice: Apply strategies under timed conditions. Practice multiple-choice questions, essay writing under time pressure, and full-length GED RLA simulations.
Course Features:
- 48 comprehensive lectures covering all GED RLA topics
- Full-length reading and writing practice tests
- Timed exercises to build exam stamina and confidence
- Step-by-step strategies for reading, writing, and test-taking
- Homework, exercises, and teacher tips to reinforce learning
- Certificate of completion upon finishing the course
Who This Course is For:
- Students preparing for the GED RLA exam
- Adult learners seeking high school equivalency
- Anyone aiming to improve reading comprehension, grammar, writing skills, and test-taking strategies
Course Goals:
- Equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed on the GED RLA
- Build confidence through practice and exam simulations
- Provide actionable strategies for reading, writing, and time management
Outcome:
By the end of this course, students will have mastered reading comprehension, grammar, essay writing, editing, and test strategies, giving them the tools to approach the GED RLA exam confidently and achieve a passing score.
Foundations of Reading & Language
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Introduction to GED RLA Test Structure-
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what reading comprehension really means
- Learn how to actively read a passage
- Identify key ideas while reading
- Improve understanding and retention
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What is Reading Comprehension?
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what reading comprehension really means
- Learn how to actively read a passage
- Identify key ideas while reading
- Improve understanding and retention
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Types of Text (Informational vs Literary)
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the two main types of texts in GED
- Identify differences between informational and literary texts
- Recognize purpose, tone, and structure of each
- Apply the correct reading strategy for each type
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Vocabulary in Context
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what “vocabulary in context” means
- Learn how to find meanings of unknown words
- Use context clues to guess meanings correctly
- Improve reading accuracy and confidence
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Identifying Main Idea
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what the main idea is
- Identify the main idea in any passage
- Differentiate between main idea and details
- Answer GED-style questions accurately
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Supporting Details & Evidence
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what supporting details are
- Identify evidence in a passage
- Connect details to the main idea
- Answer GED questions using proof from the text
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Tone & Author’s Purpose
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what tone and author’s purpose mean
- Identify tone in a passage
- Recognize why the author wrote the text
- Answer GED questions more accurately
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Text Structure (Organization of Ideas)
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what text structure is
- Identify different types of text organization
- Recognize signal words (keywords)
- Improve reading speed and comprehension
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Introduction to GED RLA Test Structure
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What is Reading Comprehension?
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Types of Text (Informational vs Literary)
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Vocabulary in Context
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Identifying Main Idea
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Supporting Details & Evidence
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Tone & Author’s Purpose
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Text Structure (Organization of Ideas)
Critical Reading & Analysis
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Making Inferences (Reading Between the Lines)
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what an inference is
- Learn how to find hidden meaning in a text
- Use clues + prior knowledge to answer questions
- Improve critical thinking skills for GED
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Drawing Conclusions
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the difference between inference and conclusion
- Learn how to draw logical conclusions from passages
- Use evidence to justify answers
- Improve critical thinking for GED RLA
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Understanding Author’s Argument & Evidence
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what an author’s argument is
- Identify supporting evidence
- Differentiate between strong and weak evidence
- Analyze passages to evaluate arguments
- Improve critical reading skills for GED
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Text Analysis & Critical Thinking
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Analyze texts critically for meaning and purpose
- Identify main idea, supporting details, tone, and author’s argument
- Make inferences and draw logical conclusions
- Answer complex GED reading comprehension questions with confidence
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Evaluating Arguments
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what it means to evaluate an argument
- Differentiate between strong and weak arguments
- Identify bias, assumptions, and logical flaws
- Support answers with evidence
- Apply evaluation skills to GED reading and writing tasks
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Analyzing Evidence
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what constitutes evidence
- Identify strong vs weak evidence
- Determine the relevance of evidence to an argument
- Use evidence to support inferences, conclusions, and essay responses
- Develop analytical skills for GED reading and writing
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Comparing Two Texts
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand how to compare and contrast two texts
- Identify similarities and differences in main idea, tone, and purpose
- Evaluate the strength of arguments and evidence across texts
- Make informed conclusions based on comparison
- Improve GED reading comprehension and extended-response skills
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Understanding Graphs & Visual Data
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Identify types of graphs and visual data
- Read and interpret charts, tables, and diagrams
- Extract key information and trends
- Make inferences and draw conclusions from data
- Apply data interpretation skills to GED reading and math questions
Grammar & Language Mechanics
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Parts of Speech (Noun, Verb, Adjective, etc.)
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Identify the main parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
- Understand their roles in sentences
- Use parts of speech correctly in writing
- Improve sentence structure and clarity for GED RLA
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Sentence Structure: Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Identify simple, compound, and complex sentences
- Understand how to construct each type correctly
- Recognize sentence structures in reading passages
- Apply varied sentence structures in writing for GED
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Subject-Verb Agreement
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the rules of subject-verb agreement
- Identify singular and plural subjects
- Ensure verbs agree with their subjects in number and person
- Apply subject-verb agreement rules in writing and GED multiple-choice questions
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Verb Tenses: Understanding Past, Present, and Future
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Identify and use the main verb tenses: past, present, future
- Understand simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms
- Apply verb tenses correctly in sentences and GED writing
- Maintain consistency of tense in writing and comprehension tasks
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Pronoun Usage: Types, Agreement, and Clarity
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand different types of pronouns (personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, relative, indefinite)
- Ensure pronouns agree with antecedents in number, gender, and person
- Avoid common pronoun errors
- Use pronouns effectively in sentences and GED writing
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Punctuation Rules: Commas, Periods, Semicolons, Colons, and More
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the main punctuation marks and their purposes
- Use commas, periods, semicolons, colons, apostrophes, quotation marks, and dashes correctly
- Apply punctuation rules to improve sentence clarity
- Avoid common punctuation errors in GED writing and reading comprehension
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Capitalization Rules: Proper Use of Capital Letters
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the rules for capitalizing words in English
- Apply capitalization correctly in sentences, titles, and proper nouns
- Avoid common capitalization mistakes in GED writing
- Improve overall writing clarity and presentation
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Common Grammar Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Identify the most common grammar mistakes in English
- Correct errors in subject-verb agreement, pronouns, verb tenses, and sentence structure
- Apply correct grammar in GED writing tasks
- Build confidence in writing clear and grammatically correct sentences
Writing Skills (Extended Response Focus)
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Introduction to GED Essay (Extended Response)
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the purpose and format of the GED extended response
- Recognize scoring criteria for the GED essay
- Know the time management and structure required for success
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Understanding the Essay Prompt
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Recognize the components of a GED essay prompt
- Identify what the prompt is asking them to do
- Determine key points, positions, and tasks
- Plan their essay response based on the prompt
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How to Analyze Two Arguments
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Identify main claims and supporting evidence in two arguments
- Compare and contrast the arguments effectively
- Recognize strengths, weaknesses, and biases in each argument
- Prepare notes for drafting a strong GED essay
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Writing a Strong Thesis Statement
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the purpose of a thesis statement in a GED essay
- Identify the characteristics of a strong thesis
- Write a clear, specific, and defensible thesis for GED prompts
- Use the thesis to guide essay structure and body paragraphs
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Essay Structure: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the three-part structure of a GED essay
- Write an effective introduction with a clear thesis statement
- Organize body paragraphs to support the thesis with evidence
- Write a strong, conclusive ending that reinforces the argument
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Writing Body Paragraphs with Evidence
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the structure of a body paragraph in a GED essay
- Use evidence effectively to support their thesis
- Explain how evidence connects to their argument
- Develop clear and cohesive paragraphs
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Using Evidence & Quotes
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the importance of using evidence and quotes in a GED essay
- Identify relevant evidence from passages
- Integrate quotes smoothly into their writing
- Explain the evidence to strengthen their argument
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Transition Words & Cohesion
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the importance of transitions and cohesion in essays
- Use transition words to connect ideas within and between paragraphs
- Improve the readability and flow of their GED essays
- Avoid abrupt or disjointed writing
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Writing Strong Conclusions
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the purpose of a conclusion in a GED essay
- Learn how to restate the thesis effectively
- Summarize key points without repeating them verbatim
- End the essay with a strong final impression
Advanced Writing & Editing
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Sentence Clarity & Conciseness
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what makes a sentence clear and concise
- Identify unnecessary words or phrases in sentences
- Rewrite sentences to improve clarity without changing meaning
- Develop stronger, more effective writing skills
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Avoiding Wordiness
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Recognize wordy phrases in sentences
- Learn strategies to remove unnecessary words without changing meaning
- Rewrite sentences to be more concise and impactful
- Improve essay readability and flow
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Formal vs Informal Language
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the difference between formal and informal language
- Identify informal words, phrases, and contractions
- Learn how to revise informal writing into a formal academic tone
- Apply formal language in GED essay writing for higher scores
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Editing & Revising Strategies
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the difference between editing and revising
- Learn a step-by-step approach to revise essays for clarity, style, and cohesion
- Identify and correct common grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors
- Apply strategies to improve overall essay quality and readability
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Combining Sentences
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand why combining sentences improves clarity and flow
- Learn techniques to combine simple sentences into compound and complex sentences
- Avoid choppy, repetitive writing
- Apply sentence combining to strengthen GED essays
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Parallel Structure
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand what parallel structure (parallelism) is
- Identify sentences that lack parallel structure
- Correct sentences to create balance and clarity
- Apply parallelism to improve essay style and GED writing scores
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Practice: Editing Full Passages
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Apply skills in clarity, conciseness, formal language, sentence combining, and parallel structure
- Revise and edit a full passage for grammar, style, and readability
- Develop confidence in editing their own essays for GED success
Test Preparation & Practice
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GED RLA Test Strategy
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand the structure and scoring of the GED RLA test
- Identify key question types in both reading and writing sections
- Learn strategies to approach multiple-choice, extended response, and analysis questions
- Build confidence to tackle the GED RLA efficiently
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Time Management Techniques
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Understand how to allocate time effectively for each section of the GED RLA test
- Learn strategies to prevent running out of time on multiple-choice or essay questions
- Apply pacing techniques for reading comprehension and essay writing
- Build confidence to complete the exam within time limits
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Reading Strategy for MCQs
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Identify different types of multiple-choice questions in the GED RLA reading section
- Learn strategies to locate answers quickly and accurately
- Apply techniques such as skimming, scanning, and elimination
- Build confidence in answering MCQs under timed conditions
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Essay Writing Under Time Pressure
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Learn a time-efficient approach to plan, write, and revise GED extended response essays
- Apply structured strategies for thesis development, evidence use, and paragraph organization
- Practice writing essays within the 45-minute test limit
- Build confidence in producing high-quality essays under time constraints
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Full-Length Practice Test (Reading)
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Apply all reading comprehension strategies under timed, exam-like conditions
- Practice answering multiple-choice and short-answer questions efficiently
- Identify areas of strength and areas needing improvement
- Gain confidence for the real GED RLA reading section
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Full-Length Practice Test (Writing)
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this session, students will:
- Apply essay-writing skills under timed exam conditions
- Plan, write, and revise an extended response in 45 minutes
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in essay structure, evidence use, and clarity
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Final Revision & Exam Tips
🎯 Lesson Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will:
- Consolidate all key GED RLA strategies learned throughout the course
- Review common mistakes and ways to avoid them
- Develop a personal checklist for test day
- Build confidence to approach the GED RLA exam calmly and efficiently
Who is this course for?
Students preparing for the GED RLA exam
Adult learners seeking high school equivalency
Anyone wanting to improve reading comprehension, grammar, and essay-writing skills
Adult learners seeking high school equivalency
Anyone wanting to improve reading comprehension, grammar, and essay-writing skills
What are the course requirements?
Basic reading and writing skills at a high school level
Access to a computer, tablet, or mobile device with internet
Willingness to practice essays and multiple-choice exercises
Access to a computer, tablet, or mobile device with internet
Willingness to practice essays and multiple-choice exercises
How long does the course take to complete?
Approx. 48–50 hours of video lessons, exercises, and practice tests
Self-paced: complete lessons at your own speed
Self-paced: complete lessons at your own speed
What topics are covered in this course?
Reading comprehension: main ideas, supporting details, inferences, conclusions
Grammar & language mechanics: parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization
Writing skills: essay structure, thesis statements, transitions, evidence
Advanced writing & editing: conciseness, formal language, parallel structure
Test preparation: full-length practice tests, time management, exam strategies
Grammar & language mechanics: parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization
Writing skills: essay structure, thesis statements, transitions, evidence
Advanced writing & editing: conciseness, formal language, parallel structure
Test preparation: full-length practice tests, time management, exam strategies
Are practice tests included?
Yes, two full-length practice tests (reading and writing) simulate real GED exam conditions
Additional practice exercises and timed essay prompts are included in each module
Additional practice exercises and timed essay prompts are included in each module
- Students are recommended to follow lessons in order for proper skill progression
- Practice exercises and timed tests are included to simulate real GED conditions
- Academic honesty is expected during practice tests and exercises
- Technical Requirements: Stable internet connection and updated device/browser
- Course updates: Content may be updated periodically, and students have free access to updates
- Disclaimer: Completion of this course does not guarantee passing the GED exam, but provides comprehensive preparation to maximize success
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Prerequisites
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GED Science Mastery
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What is Prerequisite coursesA prerequisite is a specific course that you must complete before you can take another course at the next grade level.
Course available for 60 days
Course details
Duration
48–50 hours
Lectures
47
Video
1 Hour
Level
Advanced
A Certificate of Completion will be awarded by AU Tutors to every student who completes all modules and passes the final mock test.
3 Months Access
Mobile, Tablet, Laptop/Desktop
Basic info
Prepare for the GED RLA with structured lessons on reading, writing, grammar, and test strategies. Practice essays, multiple-choice questions, and full-length tests will help you gain confidence and achieve success.
Course requirements
- Basic reading and writing skills at high school level
- Access to a computer or tablet with internet connection
- Willingness to practice timed reading passages and essays
Intended audience
- Basic reading and writing skills at high school level
- Access to a computer or tablet with internet connection
- Willingness to practice timed reading passages and essays
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