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Contemporary's GED Language Arts, Writing
Ellen Carley Frechette
Tim Collins

Writing Your GED Essay

Chapter Review Quiz

Directions:

Follow the instructions below. You may refer to pages 253–270 in Contemporary’s GED Language Arts, Writing if you need additional help. When you have finished the quiz, click on Submit Answers to receive feedback and results. You may also choose to e-mail your results to your instructor.

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Match each of the following definitions with the appropriate term.
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a sentence in a body paragraph that clearly states the main idea of the paragraph
2


a set of sentences that develops a central point or main idea
3


a paragraph that identifies the topic and main idea of an essay
4


a sentence that gives a detail that backs up a topic sentence
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a paragraph that is organized from specific to general
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a sentence that previews the content and organization of an essay
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a paragraph that backs up the thesis statement
A)topic sentence
B)body paragraph
C)concluding paragraph
D)thesis statement
E)introductory paragraph
F)paragraph
G)supporting sentence