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Writing Test Part I Content Areas
Part I of the GED Language Arts Writing Test covers four basic content areas. You need a clear understanding of the types of questions and skills that are tested in each of the content areas. In this web-based training, you will review information about each of the content areas, as well as learn strategies to help students in each area.
| Language Arts Writing, Part I Content Areas |
| Organization (15%) |
- Effective text divisions
- Topic sentences
- Unity and coherence in writing
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| Sentence Structure (30%) |
- Sentence fragments and run-on sentences
- Comma splices
- Improper subordination
- Modification
- Parallelism
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| Usage (30%) |
- Subject-verb agreement
- Verb form and tense errors
- Pronoun reference
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| Mechanics (25%) |
- Capitalization
- Punctuation—commas in series, in compound sentences, with introductory elements, and with appositives; comma overuse
- Spelling—possessives, contractions, and homonyms
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