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Acing The Gre phần 2 – ABOUT THE GED LANGUAGE ARTS, WRITING EXAM – generally controls sentence structure and the con- The scores of two independent readers are combined ■ ventions of Edited American English (EAE) and averaged. If the essay receives a score of 2 or above, exhibits appropriate word choice the essay score will be combined with the multiple- ■ choice score from Part I of the Language Arts, Writing Test to form a composite score. If a GED candidateA “2” Essay essay responds to the prompt, but the focus may receives a score below 2 on the essay, there will be no ■ shift composite score, and the candidate will have to retake exhibits some indication of organizational plan both the essay and multiple-choice portion of the test. ■ demonstrates some development, but details and ■ examples may be redundant or generalized exhibits inconsistency in sentence structure and ■ Write Neatly, Please the conventions of Edited American English exhibits a narrow range of word choice, fre- ■ quently including inappropriate choices Though the quality of your writing should be the only thing that matters, the quality of your handwriting counts, too. You must write neatlyA “1” Essay lacks a clear purpose or presents more than one ■ enough for the readers to understand each purpose word. It won’t matter how wonderful your shows evidence of insufficient organizational ■ essay is if the readers can’t understand what plan you have written. is significantly underdeveloped or offers inade- ■ quate or inappropriate support exhibits minimal or no control of sentence struc- ■ ture and the conventions of Edited American English (EAE) exhibits weak or inappropriate word choice ■ 39CHAPTER 6 Sentence Structure TO HELP you do well and feel comfortable during the exams, Chapters 6–9 review the four writing areas covered on Part I of the GED Writing Test: sentence structure, usage, mechanics, and organ- ization. In this chapter, you will learn the components of sentences and how they work together to express ideas.S refers to the way we compose sentences: how we string subjects, verbs, objects, ENTENCE STRUCTURE and modifiers together in clauses and phrases. Awkward or incorrect placement of phrases and clauses can result in sentences that are confusing or unclear, or that say things that you don’t mean. Sentencestructure is also important to style. If sentence structure is too simple or repetitive, the writing becomes monotonousfor the reader. (Sentence variety will be addressed in the review for Part II.) S ubjects, Predicates, and ObjectsWhen we write, we express our ideas in sentences. But what is a sentence, anyway? The sentence is our basic unit of written expression. It consists of two essential parts—a subject and a predicate—and it must express a complete thought. The subject of a sentence tells us who or what the sentence is about—whoor what is performing the action of the sentence. The predicate tells us something about the subject—what the sub-ject is or does. Thus, in the following sentence: The phone is ringing. 41 – SENTENCE STRUCTURE –The word phone is the subject. It tells us what the sen- I ndependent and Dependenttence is about—who or what performs the action of the Clausessentence. The verb phrase is ringing is the predicate. Ittells us the action performed by (or information about) A clause contains a subject and a predicate and may alsothe subject. ...