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

Revising Your GED Essay

Chapter Review Quiz

Directions:

Complete each sentence below by inserting the correct word(s). You may refer to pages 271–296 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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1

The revision process has steps. (Spell out your answer.)
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2

According to the GED Essay Scoring Guide, an effective (4) essay establishes a organization.
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3

The introductory paragraph should contain a statement.
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4

The introductory paragraph should move from to specific.
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5

Restating an opinion instead of giving a good reason is called .
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6

details add color to a piece of writing.
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7

When writing, you should , not just tell, readers what you mean.
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8

Words like then, also, however, and for example are called words.
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9

Transition words are usually separated from the rest of the sentence by .
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10

Transitions can show the between two paragraphs.
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11

One way to avoid repetition is to use .
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12

Reducing the number of words in your essay without losing important ideas is called .
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13

After revising your essay's content and organization, you should check for mistakes in .
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14

Edited American English includes grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and .
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15

Every sentence in your essay must have both a and a verb.
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