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Intro to Text Completion
Intro to Text Completion
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Summary
The content provides foundational strategies for tackling GRE verbal section questions, specifically focusing on text completions and sentence equivalence questions.
- Introduction to text completion questions, emphasizing the importance of identifying clues within the sentence to determine the appropriate word for the blank.
- The necessity of generating one's own word for the blank before looking at the answer choices to avoid being misled.
- A detailed walkthrough of a sample text completion question, illustrating how to apply the strategy of finding clues and matching them with the correct answer.
- Explanation of why it's crucial to come up with one's own word for the blank, supported by an example where 'friendly' or 'outgoing' fits the context.
- Guidance on evaluating answer choices by matching them with the word one has thought of, including tips on dealing with unfamiliar words.
Chapters
00:02
Introduction to Text Completions
01:16
Identifying Clues in Sentences
02:38
Generating Your Own Word for the Blank
02:56
Matching Your Word to the Answer Choices